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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
1 2 the State of Iowa is proposed:
1 3 Section 2 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of
1 4 Iowa, as amended by amendment number 1 of the Amendments of
1 5 1972 and amendment number 1 of the Amendments of 1988, is
1 6 repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
1 7 ELECTION AND TERM. Sec. 2. The Governor and the
1 8 Lieutenant Governor shall be elected by the qualified electors
1 9 at the time and place of voting for members of the General
1 10 Assembly. Each of them shall hold office for four years from
1 11 the time of installation in office and until a successor is
1 12 elected and qualifies. A person shall not be elected Governor
1 13 or Lieutenant Governor if the term would result in more than a
1 14 total of eight years of service in that office. If a person
1 15 is elected or appointed to serve a portion of a term to which
1 16 some other person was elected or appointed but that person
1 17 died in office or resigned from office or was otherwise
1 18 removed from office, those years served shall not be included
1 19 in the years of service for purposes of this limitation. This
1 20 limitation on the years of service shall only apply to terms
1 21 of office beginning on or after January 1, 2003.
1 22 Sec. 2. The foregoing amendment to the Constitution of the
1 23 State of Iowa is referred to the General Assembly to be chosen
1 24 at the next general election for members of the General
1 25 Assembly and the Secretary of State is directed to cause the
1 26 same to be published for three consecutive months previous to
1 27 the date of that election as provided by law.
1 28 EXPLANATION
1 29 This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
1 30 Constitution of the State of Iowa to provide that persons
1 31 elected to the office of governor or lieutenant governor are
1 32 limited to eight years in each office. If a person serves a
1 33 portion of a term to which some other person was elected or
1 34 appointed, the partial term shall not be included in the years
1 35 of service. The limitation on the years of service shall only
2 1 apply to terms of office beginning on or after January 1,
2 2 2003.
2 3 The resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the next
2 4 general assembly before being submitted to the electorate for
2 5 ratification.
2 6 LSB 7111SV 78
2 7 sc/cls/14
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