House Joint Resolution 5 - Introduced



                                  HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION       
                                  BY  PAULSEN


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                 Approved                            

                                HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  1 A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
  2    the State of Iowa to allow the recall, by petition and
  3    election, of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
  4    State, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Attorney General,
  5    and members of the General Assembly.
  6 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  7 TLSB 2368YH 83
  8 sc/rj/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  The following amendment to the Constitution of
  1  2 the State of Iowa is proposed:
  1  3    1.  Article XI of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is
  1  4 amended by adding the following new section:
  1  5    RECALL OF ELECTIVE STATE OFFICERS.  SEC. 9.  The Governor,
  1  6 Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State,
  1  7 Treasurer of State, Attorney General, and members of the
  1  8 General Assembly shall be subject to recall from office by the
  1  9 eligible electors of the State whenever a petition demanding
  1 10 recall is filed with the official with whom nomination papers
  1 11 for the office are filed, and such official shall call a
  1 12 special election on the recall of the officer in accordance
  1 13 with a procedure established in law by the General Assembly.
  1 14    Sec. 2.  REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION.  The foregoing amendment
  1 15 to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred to the
  1 16 General Assembly to be chosen at the next general election for
  1 17 members of the General Assembly and the Secretary of State is
  1 18 directed to cause the same to be published for three
  1 19 consecutive months previous to the date of that election as
  1 20 provided by law.
  1 21                           EXPLANATION
  1 22    This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
  1 23 Constitution of the State of Iowa which would allow the recall
  1 24 from office of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of
  1 25 state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney general,
  1 26 and members of the general assembly, after petition and
  1 27 election by the eligible electors of the state.
  1 28    The resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the next
  1 29 general assembly before being submitted to the electorate for
  1 30 ratification.
  1 31 LSB 2368YH 83
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