Bill Text: IA HJR3 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the gubernatorial line of succession. (Formerly HSB 37.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-26 - Sent to Secretary of State. H.J. 912. [HJR3 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HJR3-Enrolled.html
House
Joint
Resolution
3
-
Enrolled
House
Joint
Resolution
3
A
JOINT
RESOLUTION
PROPOSING
AN
AMENDMENT
TO
THE
CONSTITUTION
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA
RELATING
TO
THE
GUBERNATORIAL
LINE
OF
SUCCESSION.
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
The
following
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
proposed:
Section
17
of
Article
IV
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
repealed
and
the
following
adopted
in
lieu
thereof:
Sec.
17.
Lieutenant
governor
or
lieutenant
governor-elect
to
become
or
act
as
governor
or
governor-elect.
If
there
is
a
temporary
disability
of
the
governor,
the
lieutenant
governor
shall
act
as
governor
until
the
disability
is
removed,
or
the
governor
dies,
resigns,
or
is
removed
from
office.
In
case
of
the
death,
resignation,
or
removal
from
office
of
the
governor,
the
lieutenant
governor
shall
become
governor
for
the
remainder
of
the
term,
which
shall
create
a
vacancy
in
the
office
of
lieutenant
governor.
This
section
shall
also
apply,
as
appropriate,
to
the
governor-elect
and
the
lieutenant
governor-elect.
Sec.
2.
SUBMISSION
TO
ELECTORATE.
The
foregoing
proposed
amendment,
having
been
adopted
and
agreed
to
by
the
89th
General
House
Joint
Resolution
3,
p.
2
Assembly,
Second
Session,
thereafter
duly
published,
and
now
adopted
and
agreed
to
by
the
90th
General
Assembly
in
this
joint
resolution,
shall
be
submitted
to
the
people
of
the
state
of
Iowa
at
the
general
election
in
November
of
the
year
2024
in
the
manner
required
by
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
and
the
laws
of
the
state
of
Iowa.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
joint
resolution
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
Joint
Resolution
3,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
