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House Joint Resolution 11

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  1  1    Section 1.  The following amendment to the Constitution of
  1  2 the State of Iowa is proposed:
  1  3    Section 11, unnumbered paragraph 1, Article I of the Con-
  1  4 stitution of the State of Iowa, is amended to read as follows:
  1  5    All offences offenses less than felony and in which the
  1  6 punishment does not exceed a fine of one hundred dollars, or
  1  7 maximum permissible imprisonment for does not exceed thirty
  1  8 days, shall be tried summarily before a justice of the peace,
  1  9 or other an officer authorized by law, on information under
  1 10 oath, without indictment, or the intervention of a grand jury,
  1 11 saving to the defendant the right of appeal; and no person
  1 12 shall be held to answer for any higher criminal offence
  1 13 offense, unless on presentment or indictment by a grand jury,
  1 14 except in cases arising in the army, or navy, or in the
  1 15 militia, when in actual service, in time of war or public
  1 16 danger.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  The foregoing amendment to the Constitution of the
  1 18 State of Iowa is referred to the General Assembly to be chosen
  1 19 at the next general election for members of the General
  1 20 Assembly and the Secretary of State is directed to cause the
  1 21 same to be published for three consecutive months previous to
  1 22 the date of that election as provided by law.  
  1 23 HJR 11
  1 24 mk/pk/25
     
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