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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1 5 ments of 1968, is repealed and the following adopted in lieu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 – VETO – 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 a state office, which office shall be
1 25 designated by law, within thirty days after the adjournment,
1 26 with the Governor's approval, if approved by the Governor, and
1 27 with the Governor's objections, if the Governor disapproves
1 28 thereof.
1 29 The Governor may approve appropriation bills in whole or in
1 30 part, and may disapprove any item of an appropriation bill;
1 31 and the part approved shall become a law. Any item of an
1 32 appropriation bill disapproved by the Governor shall be
1 33 returned, with the Governor's objections, to the house in
1 34 which it originated, or shall be deposited by the Governor in
1 35 a state office, which office shall be designated by law, in
2 1 the case of an appropriation bill submitted to the Governor
2 2 for the Governor's approval during the last three days of a
2 3 session of the General Assembly, and the procedure in each
2 4 case shall be the same as provided for other bills. Any such
2 5 item of an appropriation bill may be enacted into law
2 6 notwithstanding the Governor's objections, in the same manner
2 7 as provided for other bills.
2 8 2. Section 21 of Article IV of the Constitution of the
2 9 State of Iowa is repealed and the following adopted in lieu
2 10 thereof:
2 11 GRANTS AND COMMISSIONS. Sec. 21. All grants and
2 12 commissions shall be in the name and by the authority of the
2 13 people of the State of Iowa, sealed with the Great Seal of the
2 14 State and signed by the Governor.
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 – 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, and they shall perform such duties as may be
2 24 provided by law.
2 25 Sec. 2. The foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitu-
2 26 tion of the State of Iowa is referred to the General Assembly
2 27 to be chosen at the next general election for members of the
2 28 General Assembly and the Secretary of State is directed to
2 29 cause it to be published for three consecutive months previous
2 30 to the date of that election as provided by law.
2 31 EXPLANATION
2 32 This proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of
2 33 Iowa removes the office of secretary of state from the
2 34 Constitution.
2 35 The resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the next
3 1 General Assembly before being submitted to the electorate for
3 2 ratification.
3 3 LSB 1437YH 77
3 4 sc/jw/5
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