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House Joint Resolution 3 - EnrolledA Joint Resolutionproposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the State of Iowa relating to the gubernatorial line of
succession.
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:
Section 17 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of
Iowa is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
Sec.17. Lieutenant governor or lieutenant governor-elect
to become or act as governor or governor-elect. If there is a
temporary disability of the governor, the lieutenant governor
shall act as governor until the disability is removed, or
the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office. In
case of the death, resignation, or removal from office of the
governor, the lieutenant governor shall become governor for
the remainder of the term, which shall create a vacancy in
the office of lieutenant governor. This section shall also
apply, as appropriate, to the governor-elect and the lieutenant
governor-elect.
Sec. 2.SUBMISSION TO ELECTORATE. The foregoing proposed
amendment, having been adopted and agreed to by the 89th
General Assembly, Second Session, thereafter duly published,
and now adopted and agreed to by the 90th General Assembly in
this joint resolution, shall be submitted to the people of the
state of Iowa at the general election in November of the year
2024 in the manner required by the Constitution of the State of
Iowa and the laws of the state of Iowa.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
AMY SINCLAIRPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this joint resolution originated in the House and is known as House Joint Resolution 3, Ninetieth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the Housess/jh
of the State of Iowa relating to the gubernatorial line of
succession.
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:
Section 17 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of
Iowa is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
Sec.17. Lieutenant governor or lieutenant governor-elect
to become or act as governor or governor-elect. If there is a
temporary disability of the governor, the lieutenant governor
shall act as governor until the disability is removed, or
the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office. In
case of the death, resignation, or removal from office of the
governor, the lieutenant governor shall become governor for
the remainder of the term, which shall create a vacancy in
the office of lieutenant governor. This section shall also
apply, as appropriate, to the governor-elect and the lieutenant
governor-elect.
Sec. 2.SUBMISSION TO ELECTORATE. The foregoing proposed
amendment, having been adopted and agreed to by the 89th
General Assembly, Second Session, thereafter duly published,
and now adopted and agreed to by the 90th General Assembly in
this joint resolution, shall be submitted to the people of the
state of Iowa at the general election in November of the year
2024 in the manner required by the Constitution of the State of
Iowa and the laws of the state of Iowa.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
AMY SINCLAIRPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this joint resolution originated in the House and is known as House Joint Resolution 3, Ninetieth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the Housess/jh