Senate Joint Resolution 3 - Introduced



                              SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION       
                              BY  ANGELO, BOETTGER, ZIEMAN,
                                  HARTSUCH, WARD, WIECK, ZAUN,
                                  McKINLEY, SEYMOUR, GASKILL,
                                  JOHNSON, PUTNEY, McKIBBEN, and
                                  HAHN


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

  1 A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
  2    the State of Iowa relating to repeal of state programs.
  3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2224XS 82
  5 jp/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Article IV of the Constitution of the State of
  1  2 Iowa is amended by adding the following new section:
  1  3    REPEAL OF STATE PROGRAMS.  SEC. 23.  The statute providing
  1  4 the legal authority for the continued existence of each
  1  5 program that has received one or more appropriations from
  1  6 state funds is repealed each decade on July 1 of the year
  1  7 ending in five.  However, if, in the calendar year in which
  1  8 such statute would otherwise be repealed under this section, a
  1  9 new statute is enacted amending the statute to explicitly
  1 10 affirm the need for the program and to provide for the
  1 11 statute's continuation for another decade or less, the statute
  1 12 is not repealed under this section.
  1 13    Sec. 2.  REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION.  The foregoing proposed
  1 14 amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred
  1 15 to the General Assembly to be chosen at the next general
  1 16 election for members of the General Assembly, and the
  1 17 Secretary of State is directed to cause the proposed amendment
  1 18 to be published for three consecutive months previous to the
  1 19 date of that election as provided by law.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
  1 22 Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to repeal of state
  1 23 programs.  The statute providing the legal authority for the
  1 24 continued existence of each program that has received one or
  1 25 more appropriations from state funds is repealed each decade
  1 26 on July 1 of the year ending in five.  An exception is
  1 27 provided if, in the calendar year in which such statute would
  1 28 otherwise be repealed under the requirement contained in the
  1 29 joint resolution, a new statute is enacted amending the
  1 30 statute to explicitly affirm the need for the program and to
  1 31 provide for the statute's continuation for another decade or
  1 32 less, the statute is not repealed as provided by the
  1 33 requirement contained in the joint resolution.
  1 34    The joint resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the
  1 35 next general assembly for adoption, before being submitted to
  2  1 the electorate for ratification.
  2  2 LSB 2224XS 82
  2  3 jp:rj/gg/14