House Journal: Page 245: Tuesday, February 6, 1996

H-5042

 1     Amend House Joint Resolution 2003 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 2, by striking lines 21 and 22 and
 3   inserting the following:
 4     "AUDITOR AND TREASURER.  Sec. 22.  An Auditor of
 5   State and a Treasurer of State shall".
 6     2.  Page 2, by striking lines 26 and 27 and
 7   inserting the following:  "perform such duties as may
 8   be provided by law.  A".
 9     3.  Page 3, by inserting after line 14 the
10   following:
11     "Sec. ___.  The following amendment to the
12   Constitution of the State of Iowa is proposed:
13     1.  Section 16 of Article III of the Constitution
14   of the State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number 4
15   of the Amendments of 1968, is repealed and the
16   following adopted in lieu thereof:
17     EXECUTIVE APPROVAL _ VETO _ ITEM VETO BY
18   GOVERNOR.  Sec. 16.  Every bill which shall have
19   passed the general assembly, shall, before it becomes
20   a law, be presented to the governor.  If the governor
21   approves, the governor shall sign it; but if not, the
22   governor shall return it with the governor's
23   objections, to the house in which it originated, which
24   shall enter the same upon their journal, and proceed
25   to reconsider it; if, after such reconsideration, it
26   again passes both houses, by yeas and nays, by a
27   majority of two thirds of the members of each house,
28   it shall become a law, notwithstanding the governor's
29   objections.  If any bill shall not be returned within
30   three days after it shall have been presented to the
31   governor, Sunday excepted, the same shall be a law in
32   like manner as if the governor had signed it, unless
33   the general assembly, by adjournment, prevent such
34   return.  Any bill submitted to the governor for
35   approval during the last three days of a session of
36   the general assembly shall be deposited by the
37   governor in a state office, which office shall be
38   designated by law, within thirty days after the
39   adjournment, with the governor's approval, if approved
40   by the governor, and with the governor's objections,
41   if the governor disapproves thereof.
42     The governor may approve appropriation bills in
43   whole or in part, and may disapprove any item of an
44   appropriation bill; and the part approved shall become
45   a law.  Any item of an appropriation bill disapproved
46   by the governor shall be returned, with the governor's
47   objections, to the house in which it originated, or
48   shall be deposited by the governor in a state office,
49   which office shall be designated by law, in the case
50   of an appropriation bill submitted to the governor for

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