House Joint Resolution 2005 - Enrolled
House Joint Resolution 2005
A JOINT RESOLUTION
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF IOWA
RELATING TO THE GUBERNATORIAL LINE OF SUCCESSION.
4 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Iowa is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof: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. REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION. The foregoing proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred
to the general assembly to be chosen at the next general
election for members of the general assembly, and shall be
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published as provided by law for three consecutive months
previous to the date of that election.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY JAKE CHAPMAN
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this joint resolution originated in the
House and is known as House Joint Resolution 2005, Eighty-ninth
General Assembly.
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MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House