House
Joint
Resolution
2014
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Introduced
HOUSE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
2014
BY
HAGENOW
HOUSE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
A
Joint
Resolution
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
Constitution
1
of
the
State
of
Iowa
abolishing
the
district
judicial
2
nominating
commissions
and
the
state
judicial
nominating
3
commission.
4
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
The
following
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
1
the
State
of
Iowa
is
proposed:
2
1.
Section
15
of
Article
V
of
the
Constitution
of
the
3
State
of
Iowa,
as
added
by
the
Amendment
of
1962,
is
amended
4
beginning
July
1,
2013,
to
read
as
follows:
5
Vacancies
in
courts.
SEC.
15.
Vacancies
in
the
Supreme
6
Court
and
District
Court
shall
be
filled
by
appointment
by
the
7
Governor
from
lists
of
nominees
submitted
by
the
appropriate
8
judicial
nominating
commission.
Three
nominees
shall
be
9
submitted
for
each
Supreme
Court
vacancy,
and
two
nominees
10
shall
be
submitted
for
each
District
Court
vacancy.
If
the
11
Governor
fails
for
thirty
days
to
make
the
appointment,
it
12
shall
be
made
from
such
nominees
by
the
Chief
Justice
of
the
13
Supreme
Court
qualified
resident
members
of
the
bar
of
the
14
state
.
15
2.
Section
16
of
Article
V
of
the
Constitution
of
the
16
State
of
Iowa,
as
added
by
the
Amendment
of
1962,
is
repealed
17
beginning
July
1,
2013.
18
Sec.
2.
REFERRAL
AND
PUBLICATION.
The
foregoing
amendment
19
to
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
referred
to
the
20
General
Assembly
to
be
chosen
at
the
next
general
election
21
for
members
of
the
General
Assembly,
and
the
Secretary
of
22
State
is
directed
to
cause
the
same
to
be
published
for
three
23
consecutive
months
previous
to
the
date
of
that
election
as
24
provided
by
law.
25
EXPLANATION
26
This
joint
resolution
proposes
an
amendment
to
the
27
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
abolishes
the
district
28
judicial
nominating
commissions
and
the
state
judicial
29
nominating
commission
thus
removing
their
duty
to
nominate
30
candidates
for
appointment
by
the
governor
as
judicial
31
officers.
32
The
amendment
to
the
Constitution
provides
that
the
governor
33
may
appoint
any
qualified
resident
member
of
the
bar
of
the
34
state
to
fill
a
vacancy
on
the
supreme
court
or
district
court.
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The
Constitution
currently
requires
the
governor
to
1
appoint
a
person
to
fill
a
vacancy
on
the
supreme
court
from
2
the
list
of
three
nominees
submitted
by
the
state
judicial
3
nominating
commission.
For
appointments
to
district
court,
4
the
Constitution
currently
requires
the
governor
to
appoint
5
a
person
to
fill
a
vacancy
from
the
list
of
two
nominees
6
submitted
by
the
district
judicial
nominating
commission.
7
The
members
of
the
state
judicial
nominating
commission
8
consist
of
one
resident
member
from
each
congressional
district
9
appointed
by
the
governor
and
one
resident
member
from
each
10
congressional
district
elected
by
the
members
of
the
bar
of
the
11
state.
12
The
members
of
each
judicial
district
nominating
commission
13
consist
of
five
members
appointed
by
the
governor
from
the
14
judicial
election
district
and
five
resident
members
elected
by
15
the
members
of
the
bar
from
the
judicial
election
district.
16
The
resolution,
if
adopted,
would
be
referred
to
the
next
17
General
Assembly
(Eighty-fourth)
for
adoption
before
the
18
amendment
is
submitted
to
the
electorate
for
ratification.
19
The
resolution
if
adopted
and
ratified
by
the
electorate
20
takes
effect
beginning
July
1,
2013.
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