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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 Article III, Legislative Department, Section 1,
1 4 Constitution of the State of Iowa, is repealed and the
1 5 following adopted in lieu thereof:
1 6 GENERAL ASSEMBLY – REFERENDUM. Section 1. The
1 7 Legislative authority of this State is vested in a General
1 8 Assembly which shall consist of a Senate and a House of
1 9 Representatives. However, any Act approved by the General
1 10 Assembly may provide that the Act is subject to approval or
1 11 disapproval by the people at the polls, with no further action
1 12 by the General Assembly necessary.
1 13 An election to approve or disapprove an Act of the General
1 14 Assembly shall be held within ninety days of passage of the
1 15 Act. An Act shall not take effect pending approval or
1 16 disapproval at the polls. When an Act is referred to the
1 17 people, the Secretary of State shall cause to be printed on
1 18 the official ballot at the election the title and number of
1 19 the Act, together with the words "Yes" and "No" in such manner
1 20 that the voters may express at the polls their approval or
1 21 disapproval of the Act. The text of all Acts to be submitted
1 22 shall be published in the same manner as proposed amendments
1 23 to the Constitution are published.
1 24 If two or more conflicting Acts are placed on the same
1 25 ballot, the Secretary of State shall include on the ballot a
1 26 statement notifying the voters that the Acts are in conflict.
1 27 The Secretary of State, in the presence of the Governor and
1 28 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, shall canvass the
1 29 votes for and against each Act of the General Assembly within
1 30 thirty days after the election, and upon completion of the
1 31 canvass shall issue a proclamation, giving the entire number
1 32 of votes cast for and against each Act, and declaring those
1 33 Acts which were approved and those Acts which were
1 34 disapproved. A referred Act is deemed disapproved if a
1 35 majority of the votes cast are in favor of disapproving the
2 1 Act. An Act approved by the people is effective on the
2 2 thirtieth day following certification of the election results
2 3 by the Secretary of State unless a delayed effective date is
2 4 included in the Act.
2 5 The veto power of the Governor shall not extend to Acts of
2 6 the General Assembly subject to approval or disapproval by the
2 7 people at the polls.
2 8 The General Assembly may provide by law for procedures to
2 9 implement this section.
2 10 This section shall not be construed to deprive the General
2 11 Assembly of the right to enact any measure.
2 12 The style of every law shall be: "Be It Enacted by the
2 13 General Assembly of the State of Iowa".
2 14 Sec. 2. The foregoing proposed amendment to the
2 15 Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred to the General
2 16 Assembly to be chosen at the next general election for members
2 17 of the General Assembly and the Secretary of State is directed
2 18 to cause the proposed amendment to be published for three
2 19 consecutive months before the date of that election as
2 20 provided by law.
2 21 EXPLANATION
2 22 This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
2 23 Constitution of the State of Iowa granting the people the
2 24 power to approve or disapprove certain Acts passed by the
2 25 general assembly and referred by the general assembly to a
2 26 popular vote.
2 27 The amendment provides that the power to approve or
2 28 disapprove Acts of the general assembly extends only to those
2 29 Acts in which the right of the people to approve or disapprove
2 30 the Act is specified by the general assembly. The governor's
2 31 veto power does not extend to Acts submitted to the voters.
2 32 Such an Act does not take effect pending its submission to
2 33 the voters. An Act approved by the people is effective on the
2 34 thirtieth day following certification of the election results
2 35 by the secretary of state unless a delayed effective date is
3 1 included in the Act.
3 2 The resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the next
3 3 general assembly for consideration.
3 4 LSB 3990XS 77
3 5 sc/cf/24.1
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