Bill Text: IA HJR2002 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa creating term limits for members of the general assembly.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-24 - Subcommittee, Iverson, Helland, and Hunter. H.J. 125. [HJR2002 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HJR2002-Introduced.html
House
Joint
Resolution
2002
-
Introduced
HOUSE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
2002
BY
HAGER
HOUSE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
A
Joint
Resolution
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
Constitution
1
of
the
State
of
Iowa
creating
term
limits
for
members
of
the
2
general
assembly.
3
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
3
of
Article
III
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
3
of
Iowa
is
repealed
and
the
following
adopted
in
lieu
thereof:
4
Representatives.
SEC.
3.
The
members
of
the
house
of
5
representatives
shall
be
chosen
every
second
year,
by
the
6
qualified
electors
of
their
respective
districts,
and
their
7
term
of
office
shall
commence
on
the
first
day
of
January
next
8
after
their
election,
and
continue
two
years,
and
until
their
9
successors
are
elected
and
qualified.
No
person
who
has,
or
10
but
for
resignation
would
have,
served
four
consecutive
terms
11
shall
be
elected
as
a
representative
for
the
succeeding
term.
12
If
a
person
is
elected
to
serve
a
portion
of
a
term
to
which
13
some
other
person
was
elected
but
that
person
died
in
office
14
or
resigned
from
office
or
was
otherwise
removed
from
office,
15
those
years
served
shall
not
be
included
in
the
consecutive
16
years
of
service
for
purposes
of
this
limitation.
This
17
limitation
on
consecutive
years
of
service
shall
only
apply
to
18
terms
of
office
beginning
on
or
after
January
1,
2017.
19
2.
Section
5
of
Article
III
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
20
of
Iowa
is
repealed
and
the
following
adopted
in
lieu
thereof:
21
Senators
——
qualifications.
SEC.
5.
Senators
shall
be
22
chosen
for
the
term
of
four
years,
at
the
same
time
and
place
as
23
representatives;
they
shall
be
twenty-five
years
of
age,
and
24
possess
the
qualifications
of
representatives
as
to
residence
25
and
citizenship.
No
person
who
has,
or
but
for
resignation
26
would
have,
served
two
consecutive
terms
shall
be
elected
as
27
a
senator
for
the
succeeding
term.
If
a
person
is
elected
28
to
serve
a
portion
of
a
term
to
which
some
other
person
was
29
elected
but
that
person
died
in
office
or
resigned
from
office
30
or
was
otherwise
removed
from
office,
those
years
served
31
shall
not
be
included
in
the
consecutive
years
of
service
for
32
purposes
of
this
limitation.
This
limitation
on
consecutive
33
years
of
service
shall
only
apply
to
terms
of
office
beginning
34
on
or
after
January
1,
2017.
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Sec.
2.
REFERRAL
AND
PUBLICATION.
The
foregoing
amendment
1
to
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
referred
to
the
2
general
assembly
to
be
chosen
at
the
next
general
election
3
for
members
of
the
general
assembly,
and
the
secretary
of
4
state
is
directed
to
cause
the
same
to
be
published
for
three
5
consecutive
months
previous
to
the
date
of
that
election
as
6
provided
by
law.
7
EXPLANATION
8
This
joint
resolution
proposes
an
amendment
to
the
9
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
relating
to
term
of
service
10
for
persons
elected
to
the
offices
of
representative
or
senator
11
in
the
general
assembly.
The
amendment
provides
that
any
12
person
elected
as
a
representative
shall
be
eligible
to
serve
13
four
consecutive
terms
in
that
position,
but
shall
not
be
14
eligible
to
serve
a
fifth
consecutive
term.
The
amendment
15
provides
that
any
person
elected
as
a
senator
shall
be
eligible
16
to
serve
two
consecutive
terms
in
that
position,
but
shall
not
17
be
eligible
to
serve
a
third
consecutive
term.
The
amendment
18
therefore
limits
the
offices
of
representatives
and
senators
19
to
eight
consecutive
years
of
service.
The
amendment
provides
20
that
filling
a
vacancy
for
a
portion
of
a
term
shall
not
count
21
as
consecutive
years
of
service.
The
limitation
on
consecutive
22
years
of
service
shall
commence
with
terms
of
office
beginning
23
on
or
after
January
1,
2017.
24
The
resolution,
if
adopted,
would
be
referred
to
the
next
25
general
assembly
for
adoption
before
being
submitted
to
the
26
electorate
for
ratification.
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