A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to legislative changes to public retirement systems.

House

Joint

Resolution

2010

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Introduced

HOUSE

JOINT

RESOLUTION

2010

BY

BAGNIEWSKI

HOUSE

JOINT

RESOLUTION

A

Joint

Resolution

proposing

an

amendment

to

the

Constitution

1

of

the

State

of

Iowa

relating

to

legislative

changes

to

2

public

retirement

systems.

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

Article

III

of

the

Constitution

of

the

State

of

Iowa

is

3

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

section:

4

Sec.

41.

Two-thirds

majority

to

change

public

retirement

5

system

laws.

A

bill

containing

provisions

enacting,

amending,

6

or

repealing

any

provision

relating

to

a

public

retirement

7

system

shall

require

the

affirmative

votes

of

at

least

8

two-thirds

of

the

members

of

each

house

of

the

general

assembly

9

for

passage.

10

Sec.

2.

REFERRAL

AND

PUBLICATION.

The

foregoing

proposed

11

amendment

to

the

Constitution

of

the

State

of

Iowa

is

referred

12

to

the

general

assembly

to

be

chosen

at

the

next

general

13

election

for

members

of

the

general

assembly,

and

shall

be

14

published

as

provided

by

law

for

three

months

previous

to

the

15

date

of

that

election.

16

EXPLANATION

17

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

18

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

19

This

joint

resolution

proposes

an

amendment

to

the

20

Constitution

of

the

State

of

Iowa

relating

to

legislative

21

changes

to

public

retirement

systems.

The

resolution

requires

22

that

any

bill

containing

provisions

enacting,

amending,

or

23

repealing

any

provision

relating

to

a

public

retirement

system

24

shall

require

the

affirmative

votes

of

at

least

two-thirds

of

25

the

members

of

each

house

of

the

general

assembly

for

passage.

26

The

resolution,

if

adopted,

would

be

published

and

then

27

referred

to

the

next

general

assembly

(92nd)

for

adoption,

28

before

being

submitted

to

the

electorate

for

ratification.

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