House
Joint
Resolution
2005
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Enrolled
House
Joint
Resolution
2005
A
JOINT
RESOLUTION
PROPOSING
AN
AMENDMENT
TO
THE
CONSTITUTION
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA
RELATING
TO
THE
GUBERNATORIAL
LINE
OF
SUCCESSION.
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
The
following
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
proposed:
Section
17
of
Article
IV
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
repealed
and
the
following
adopted
in
lieu
thereof:
Sec.
17.
Lieutenant
governor
or
lieutenant
governor-elect
to
become
or
act
as
governor
or
governor-elect.
If
there
is
a
temporary
disability
of
the
governor,
the
lieutenant
governor
shall
act
as
governor
until
the
disability
is
removed,
or
the
governor
dies,
resigns,
or
is
removed
from
office.
In
case
of
the
death,
resignation,
or
removal
from
office
of
the
governor,
the
lieutenant
governor
shall
become
governor
for
the
remainder
of
the
term,
which
shall
create
a
vacancy
in
the
office
of
lieutenant
governor.
This
section
shall
also
apply,
as
appropriate,
to
the
governor-elect
and
the
lieutenant
governor-elect.
Sec.
2.
REFERRAL
AND
PUBLICATION.
The
foregoing
proposed
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
referred
to
the
general
assembly
to
be
chosen
at
the
next
general
election
for
members
of
the
general
assembly,
and
shall
be
House
Joint
Resolution
2005,
p.
2
published
as
provided
by
law
for
three
consecutive
months
previous
to
the
date
of
that
election.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
joint
resolution
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
Joint
Resolution
2005,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House