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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of 1 2 the State of Iowa is proposed: 1 3 1. Section 3 of Article III of the Constitution of the 1 4 State of Iowa is repealed and the following adopted in lieu 1 5 thereof: 1 6 REPRESENTATIVES. SEC. 3. The members of the House of 1 7 Representatives shall be chosen by the qualified electors of 1 8 their respective districts, and their term of office shall 1 9 commence on the first day of January following their election 1 10 which is not a Sunday or legal holiday, and continue four 1 11 years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. 1 12 Representatives shall be classified by statute so that as 1 13 nearly as possible one-half of the members of the House of 1 14 Representatives shall be elected every two years. 1 15 The General Assembly shall make such changes in the law 1 16 governing the time of election and terms of office of 1 17 Representatives as shall be necessary to make the time of 1 18 their election and terms of office conform to this amendment. 1 19 2. Section 5 of Article III of the Constitution of the 1 20 State of Iowa is repealed and the following adopted in lieu 1 21 thereof: 1 22 SENATORS &endash; QUALIFICATIONS. SEC. 5. Senators shall be 1 23 chosen for a term of six years, at the same time and place as 1 24 Representatives; they shall be twenty-five years of age, and 1 25 possess the qualifications of Representatives as to residence 1 26 and citizenship. The General Assembly shall make such changes 1 27 in the law governing the time of election and terms of office 1 28 of Senators as shall be necessary to make the time of their 1 29 election and terms of office conform to this amendment. 1 30 3. Section 6 of Article III of the Constitution of the 1 31 State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number 3 of the 1 32 Amendments of 1968, is repealed and the following adopted in 1 33 lieu thereof: 1 34 SENATORS &endash; NUMBER AND CLASSIFICATION. SEC. 6. The number 1 35 of Senators shall total not more than one-half the membership 2 1 of the House of Representatives. Senators shall be classified 2 2 by statute so that as nearly as possible one-third of the 2 3 members of the Senate shall be elected every two years. 2 4 4. Section 35 of Article III of the Constitution of the 2 5 State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number 4 of Amendments 2 6 of 1868, amendment number 2 of the Amendments of 1904, and 2 7 amendment number 3 of the Amendments of 1968, is repealed and 2 8 the following adopted in lieu thereof: 2 9 SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES &endash; NUMBER AND DISTRICTS. SEC. 2 10 35. The General Assembly shall in each year immediately 2 11 following the United States decennial census determine the 2 12 number of Senators and Representatives to be elected to the 2 13 General Assembly and establish senatorial and representative 2 14 districts. The General Assembly shall complete the 2 15 apportionment prior to September 1 of the year so required. 2 16 If the apportionment fails to become law prior to September 15 2 17 of such year, the Supreme Court shall cause the State to be 2 18 apportioned into senatorial and representative districts to 2 19 comply with the requirements of the Constitution prior to 2 20 December 31 of such year. The reapportioning authority shall, 2 21 where necessary in establishing senatorial and representative 2 22 districts, shorten the term of any Senator or Representative 2 23 prior to completion of the term. Any Senator or 2 24 Representative whose term is so terminated shall not be 2 25 compensated for the uncompleted part of the term. 2 26 Sec. 2. The foregoing amendment to the Constitution of the 2 27 State of Iowa is referred to the General Assembly to be chosen 2 28 at the next general election for members of the General 2 29 Assembly and the Secretary of State is directed to cause the 2 30 same to be published for three consecutive months previous to 2 31 the date of that election as provided by law. 2 32 EXPLANATION 2 33 This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment 2 34 to provide members of the house of representatives with terms 2 35 of four years and members of the senate with terms of six 3 1 years. The amendment provides that one-third of the members 3 2 of the Senate and one-half of the members of the House of 3 3 Representatives are to be elected every two years. 3 4 The resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the next 3 5 general assembly before being submitted to the electorate for 3 6 ratification. 3 7 LSB 3001HH 76 3 8 sc/sc/14
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