Text: HJR00007 Text: HJR00009 Text: HJR00000 - HJR00099 Text: HJR Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 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 Section 3 of Article III of the Constitution of the 1 4 State of Iowa is repealed and the following adopted in lieu 1 5 thereof: 1 6 REPRESENTATIVES.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. If the 1 15 state is divided into senatorial and representative districts 1 16 so that each senate district is composed of two house of 1 17 representative districts, the election for a senate district 1 18 shall not be held in the same year as the election for the two 1 19 house of representative districts composing the senate 1 20 district. 1 21 The General Assembly shall make such changes in the law 1 22 governing the time of election and terms of office of 1 23 Representatives as shall be necessary to make the time of 1 24 their election and terms of office conform to this section. 1 25 2. Section 35 of Article III of the Constitution of the 1 26 State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number 4 of the 1 27 Amendments of 1868, amendment number 2 of the Amendments of 1 28 1904, and amendment number 3 of the Amendments of 1968, is 1 29 repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof: 1 30 SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES NUMBER AND DISTRICTS. Sec. 1 31 35. The General Assembly shall in each year immediately 1 32 following the United States decennial census determine the 1 33 number of Senators and Representatives to be elected to the 1 34 General Assembly and establish senatorial and representative 1 35 districts. The General Assembly shall complete the 2 1 apportionment prior to September 1 of the year so required. 2 2 If the apportionment fails to become law prior to September 15 2 3 of such year, the Supreme Court shall cause the State to be 2 4 apportioned into senatorial and representative districts to 2 5 comply with the requirements of the Constitution prior to 2 6 December 31 of such year. The reapportioning authority shall, 2 7 where necessary in establishing senatorial and representative 2 8 districts, shorten the term of any Senator or Representative 2 9 prior to completion of the term. Any Senator or 2 10 Representative whose term is so terminated shall not be 2 11 compensated for the uncompleted part of the term. 2 12 EXPLANATION 2 13 This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the 2 14 Constitution of the State of Iowa to change the term of office 2 15 for members of the Iowa house of representatives from two 2 16 years to four years. 2 17 The resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the next 2 18 general assembly before being submitted to the electorate for 2 19 ratification. 2 20 LSB 1925HH 79 2 21 sc/cls/14.1
Text: HJR00007 Text: HJR00009 Text: HJR00000 - HJR00099 Text: HJR Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
© 2001 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa
Comments about this site or page?
webmaster@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.
Last update: Wed May 9 09:40:40 CDT 2001
URL: /DOCS/GA/79GA/Legislation/HJR/00000/HJR00008/010220.html
jhf