Iowa HJR 2003: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to employee rights.

Bill Text

House
Joint
Resolution
2003
-
Introduced

HOUSE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
2003

BY
BAGNIEWSKI

HOUSE
JOINT
RESOLUTION

A
Joint
Resolution
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
Constitution
1

of
the
State
of
Iowa
providing
the
right
to
donate
private
2

property
to
public
entities
or
nonprofit
corporations.
3

BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4

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H.J.R.
2003

Section
1.
The
following
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
1

the
State
of
Iowa
is
proposed:
2

Article
I
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
amended
3

by
adding
the
following
new
section:
4

Sec.
26.
Private
property
donation.
The
people
have
5

the
right
to
donate,
convey,
devise,
or
otherwise
transfer
6

their
private
property
to
any
public
entity
or
nonprofit
7

organization.
8

Sec.
2.
REFERRAL
AND
PUBLICATION.
The
foregoing
proposed
9

amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
referred
10

to
the
general
assembly
to
be
chosen
at
the
next
general
11

election
for
members
of
the
general
assembly,
and
shall
be
12

published
as
provided
by
law
for
three
months
previous
to
the
13

date
of
that
election.
14

EXPLANATION
15

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17

This
joint
resolution
proposes
an
amendment
to
the
18

Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
that
provides
the
right
of
19

the
people
to
donate,
convey,
devise,
or
otherwise
transfer
20

their
private
property
to
any
public
entity
or
nonprofit
21

organization.
22

The
resolution,
if
adopted,
would
be
published
and
then
23

referred
to
the
next
general
assembly
(92nd)
for
adoption
24

before
being
submitted
to
the
electorate
for
ratification.
25

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