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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 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1 4 State of Iowa is repealed and the following adopted in lieu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 35 of Article III of the Constitution of the
1 20 State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number 4 of Amendments
1 21 of 1868, amendment number 2 of the Amendments of 1904, and
1 22 amendment number 3 of the Amendments of 1968, is repealed and
1 23 the following adopted in lieu thereof:
1 24 SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES – NUMBER AND DISTRICTS. Sec.
1 25 35. The General Assembly shall in each year immediately
1 26 following the United States decennial census determine the
1 27 number of Senators and Representatives to be elected to the
1 28 General Assembly and establish senatorial and representative
1 29 districts. The General Assembly shall complete the
1 30 apportionment prior to September 1 of the year so required.
1 31 If the apportionment fails to become law prior to September 15
1 32 of such year, the Supreme Court shall cause the State to be
1 33 apportioned into senatorial and representative districts to
1 34 comply with the requirements of the Constitution prior to
1 35 December 31 of such year. The reapportioning authority shall,
2 1 where necessary in establishing senatorial and representative
2 2 districts, shorten the term of any Senator or Representative
2 3 prior to completion of the term. Any Senator or
2 4 Representative whose term is so terminated shall not be
2 5 compensated for the uncompleted part of the term.
2 6 EXPLANATION
2 7 This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
2 8 Constitution of the State of Iowa to change the term of office
2 9 for members of the Iowa house of representatives from two
2 10 years to four years.
2 11 The resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the next
2 12 general assembly before being submitted to the electorate for
2 13 ratification.
2 14 LSB 1024SS 77
2 15 sc/sc/14
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