SJR 8 (LSB 2161XS (1) 86)

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8

BY  GUTH

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to funding for the construction, maintenance, and supervision of the public highways with moneys from the general fund of the state.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  The following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is proposed:

   Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is amended by adding the following new section:

   Construction, maintenance, and supervision of the public highways.  SEC. 11.  The fund created by the general assembly for the construction, maintenance, and supervision of the public highways shall be annually credited from the general fund of the state with an amount equal to three percent of the revenues deposited in the general fund of the state in the previous fiscal year.
    Sec. 2.
  REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION.
  The foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred to the general assembly to be chosen at the next general election for members of the general assembly, and the secretary of state is directed to cause the proposed amendment to be published for three consecutive months previous to the date of that election as provided by law. 
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to funding for the construction, maintenance, and supervision of the public highways with moneys from the general fund of the state.
   The joint resolution provides that the fund created by the general assembly for the construction, maintenance, and supervision of the public highways shall be annually credited from the general fund of the state with an amount equal to 3 percent of the revenues deposited in the general fund of the state in the previous fiscal year.
   The joint resolution, if adopted, would be published and then referred to the next general assembly (87th) for adoption a second time, before being submitted to the electorate for ratification.