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House Joint Resolution 6

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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  1  4 State of Iowa is repealed and the following adopted in lieu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 section.
  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 the
  1 21 Amendments of 1868, amendment number 2 of the Amendments of
  1 22 1904, and amendment number 3 of the Amendments of 1968, is
  1 23 repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof: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 1117HH 78
  2 15 sc/sc/14
     

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