Senate Joint Resolution 6 - Introduced





                                  SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION       
                                  BY  ZAUN, WARD, REYNOLDS, KAPUCIAN,
                                      BEHN, McKINLEY, KETTERING,
                                      JOHNSON, WIECK, and FEENSTRA


    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 the sessions of the General
  3    Assembly.
  4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2415XS 83
  6 ec/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    Section 2 of Article III of the Constitution of the State
  1  4 of Iowa, as amended by amendment number 1 of the Amendments of
  1  5 1968 and by amendment number 2 of the Amendments of 1974, is
  1  6 repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
  1  7    BIENNIAL SESSIONS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY == SPECIAL SESSIONS.
  1  8 SEC. 2.  The sessions of the General Assembly shall be
  1  9 biennial, and shall commence on the second Monday in January
  1 10 next ensuing the election of its members.  Upon written
  1 11 request to the presiding officer of each House of the General
  1 12 Assembly by two=thirds of the members of each House, the
  1 13 General Assembly shall convene in special session.  The
  1 14 Governor of the state may convene the General Assembly by
  1 15 proclamation in the interim.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION.  The foregoing amendment
  1 17 to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred to the
  1 18 General Assembly to be chosen at the next general election for
  1 19 members of the General Assembly, and the Secretary of State is
  1 20 directed to cause the same to be published for three
  1 21 consecutive months previous to the date of that election as
  1 22 provided by law.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
  1 25 Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to sessions of the
  1 26 General Assembly.  The resolution provides for biennial
  1 27 sessions of the General Assembly instead of annual sessions
  1 28 which shall commence in the year following election of its
  1 29 members.
  1 30    The resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the next
  1 31 General Assembly for adoption a second time before being
  1 32 submitted to the electorate for ratification.
  1 33 LSB 2415XS 83
  1 34 ec/rj/14