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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 1. Section 16 of Article III of the Constitution of the
1 4 State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number 4 of the Amend-
1 5 ments of 1968, is repealed and the following adopted in lieu
1 6 thereof:
1 7 EXECUTIVE APPROVAL &endash; VETO &endash; ITEM VETO BY GOVERNOR. Sec.
1 8 16. Every bill which shall have passed the General Assembly,
1 9 shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the Governor.
1 10 If the Governor approves, the Governor shall sign it; but if
1 11 not, the Governor shall return it with the Governor's
1 12 objections, to the house in which it originated, which shall
1 13 enter the same upon their journal, and proceed to reconsider
1 14 it; if, after such reconsideration, it again passes both
1 15 houses, by yeas and nays, by a majority of two thirds of the
1 16 members of each house, it shall become a law, notwithstanding
1 17 the Governor's objections. If any bill shall not be returned
1 18 within three days after it shall have been presented to the
1 19 Governor, Sunday excepted, the same shall be a law in like
1 20 manner as if the Governor had signed it, unless the General
1 21 Assembly, by adjournment, prevent such return. Any bill
1 22 submitted to the Governor for approval during the last three
1 23 days of a session of the General Assembly, shall be deposited
1 24 by the Governor in the office of Auditor of State, within
1 25 thirty days after the adjournment, with the Governor's
1 26 approval, if approved by the Governor, and with the Governor's
1 27 objections, if the Governor disapproves thereof.
1 28 The Governor may approve appropriation bills in whole or in
1 29 part, and may disapprove any item of an appropriation bill;
1 30 and the part approved shall become a law. Any item of an
1 31 appropriation bill disapproved by the Governor shall be
1 32 returned, with the Governor's objections, to the house in
1 33 which it originated, or shall be deposited by the Governor in
1 34 a state office, which office shall be designated by law, in
1 35 the case of an appropriation bill submitted to the Governor
2 1 for the Governor's approval during the last three days of a
2 2 session of the General Assembly, and the procedure in each
2 3 case shall be the same as provided for other bills. Any such
2 4 item of an appropriation bill may be enacted into law
2 5 notwithstanding the Governor's objections, in the same manner
2 6 as provided for other bills.
2 7 2. Section 21 of Article IV of the Constitution of the
2 8 State of Iowa is repealed and the following adopted in lieu
2 9 thereof:
2 10 GRANTS AND COMMISSIONS. Sec. 21. All grants and
2 11 commissions shall be in the name and by the authority of the
2 12 people of the State of Iowa, sealed with the Great Seal of the
2 13 State, signed by the Governor, and countersigned by the
2 14 Auditor of State.
2 15 3. Section 22 of Article IV of the Constitution of the
2 16 State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number 1 of the
2 17 Amendments of 1972, is repealed and the following adopted in
2 18 lieu thereof:
2 19 AUDITOR &endash; TREASURER. Sec. 22. An Auditor of State and a
2 20 Treasurer of State shall be elected by the qualified electors
2 21 at the same time that the Governor is elected and for a four-
2 22 year term commencing on the first day of January next after
2 23 their election. The Auditor of State shall conduct all lawful
2 24 elections held in the state and shall receive for filing all
2 25 documents required by law for the organization and creation of
2 26 corporations. The Auditor of State and Treasurer of State
2 27 shall perform other duties as may be provided by law.
2 28 Sec. 2. The foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitu-
2 29 tion of the State of Iowa is referred to the General Assembly
2 30 to be chosen at the next general election for members of the
2 31 General Assembly and the Secretary of State is directed to
2 32 cause it to be published for three consecutive months previous
2 33 to the date of that election as provided by law.
2 34 EXPLANATION
2 35 This proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of
3 1 Iowa removes the office of secretary of state from the
3 2 Constitution and provides that the auditor of state shall
3 3 perform the constitutional duties of the secretary of state.
3 4 The joint resolution also provides that the auditor of
3 5 state shall conduct elections and receive corporate filings
3 6 and perform other duties as required by law. Currently, the
3 7 secretary of state is required by statute to conduct elections
3 8 and receive corporate filings.
3 9 The resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the next
3 10 general assembly before being submitted to the electorate for
3 11 ratification.
3 12 LSB 3244YH 76
3 13 sc/jw/5
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