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Senate
Joint
Resolution
10
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Introduced
SENATE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
10
BY
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
WAHLS
,
ZIMMER
,
DONAHUE
,
BLAKE
,
and
TOWNSEND
SENA
TE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
A
Joint
Resolution
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
Constitution
1
of
the
State
of
Iowa
limiting
years
of
service
for
members
2
of
the
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repealed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
Sec.
3.
Representatives
——
term
limitation.
The
members
of
5
the
house
of
representatives
shall
be
chosen
every
second
year,
6
by
the
qualified
electors
of
their
respective
districts,
and
7
their
term
of
office
shall
commence
on
the
first
day
of
January
8
next
after
their
election,
and
continue
two
years,
and
until
9
their
successors
are
elected
and
qualified.
A
person
first
10
elected
to
the
house
of
representatives
for
a
term
commencing
11
on
or
after
January
1,
2029,
shall
not
be
elected
for
a
term
as
12
representative
if
the
term
would
result
in
the
person
serving
13
more
than
twelve
consecutive
years
in
the
general
assembly,
and
14
shall
not
be
elected
for
two
years
next
after
serving
twelve
15
consecutive
years.
16
2.
Section
5
of
Article
III
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
17
of
Iowa
is
repealed
and
the
following
adopted
in
lieu
thereof:
18
Sec.
5.
Senators
——
qualifications
——
term
limitation.
19
Senators
shall
be
chosen
for
the
term
of
four
years,
at
20
the
same
time
and
place
as
representatives;
they
shall
be
21
twenty-five
years
of
age,
and
possess
the
qualifications
of
22
representatives
as
to
residence
and
citizenship.
A
person
23
first
elected
to
the
senate
for
a
term
commencing
on
or
after
24
January
1,
2029,
shall
not
be
elected
for
a
term
as
senator
if
25
the
term
would
result
in
the
person
serving
more
than
twelve
26
consecutive
years
in
the
general
assembly,
and
shall
not
be
27
elected
for
two
years
next
after
serving
twelve
consecutive
28
years.
29
Sec.
2.
REFERRAL
AND
PUBLICATION.
The
foregoing
proposed
30
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
referred
31
to
the
general
assembly
to
be
chosen
at
the
next
general
32
election
for
members
of
the
general
assembly,
and
shall
be
33
published
as
provided
by
law
for
three
months
previous
to
the
34
date
of
that
election.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
joint
resolution
proposes
an
amendment
to
the
4
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
limiting
years
of
service
for
5
persons
elected
to
the
general
assembly.
6
The
amendment
provides
that
a
person
shall
not
be
elected
for
7
a
term
as
a
senator
or
representative
if
the
term
would
result
8
in
the
person
serving
more
than
twelve
consecutive
years
in
the
9
general
assembly.
Additionally,
a
senator
or
representative
10
shall
not
be
elected
for
a
term
as
a
senator
or
representative
11
for
two
years
following
a
twelfth
consecutive
year
of
service
12
in
the
general
assembly.
These
limitations
apply
only
to
13
persons
first
elected
for
a
term
commencing
on
or
after
January
14
1,
2029.
15
The
resolution,
if
adopted,
would
be
referred
to
the
next
16
general
assembly
(92nd)
for
adoption,
before
being
submitted
to
17
the
electorate
for
ratification.
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