Iowa SJR 8: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the rights of a crime victim.(See SJR 2005.)

Bill Text

Senate
Joint
Resolution
8
-
Introduced

SENATE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
8

BY
WINCKLER
,
CELSI
,
QUIRMBACH
,

DONAHUE
,
DOTZLER
,
WAHLS
,

BLAKE
,
ZIMMER
,
PETERSEN
,

and
TRONE
GARRIOTT

SENA
TE
JOINT
RESOLUTION

A
Joint
Resolution
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
Constitution
1

of
the
State
of
Iowa
relating
to
citizen
initiatives
to
2

amend
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa.
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

The
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
amended
by
adding
3

the
following
new
sections
to
a
new
article:
4

ARTICLE
___.
5

INITIATIVES.
6

Section
1.
Reservation
of
power
to
amend
Constitution.
The
7

people
reserve
the
power
to
propose
and
enact
or
reject
8

amendments
to
this
Constitution
by
initiative,
independent
of
9

the
general
assembly.
10

Sec.
2.
Initiative
petitions
——
signatures
required
——
form
11

and
procedure.
An
initiative
petition
proposing
an
amendment
12

to
this
Constitution
shall
be
signed
by
a
number
of
qualified
13

electors
equal
to
ten
percent
of
the
total
number
of
ballots
14

cast
for
governor
in
the
last
gubernatorial
election,
including
15

signatures
from
a
number
of
qualified
electors
from
at
least
16

one-half
of
all
counties
in
this
state
equal
to
five
percent
17

of
the
total
number
of
ballots
cast
for
governor
in
the
last
18

gubernatorial
election
in
that
county.
The
initiative
petition
19

shall
contain
the
full
text
of
the
proposed
amendment
to
this
20

Constitution,
and
shall
include
the
phrase
“Amendment
to
the
21

Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
Proposed
by
Initiative
to
be
22

Submitted
Directly
to
the
Electors”
printed
at
the
top.
The
23

petition
shall
be
submitted
to
the
secretary
of
state,
who
24

shall
cause
the
initiative
to
be
submitted
to
the
electorate
25

at
the
next
general
election
occurring
at
least
one
hundred
26

twenty-five
days
after
the
submission
of
the
petition.
Except
27

as
provided
in
section
3
of
this
article,
a
constitutional
28

amendment
proposed
by
initiative
petition
takes
effect
upon
the
29

approval
of
the
amendment
by
a
majority
of
qualified
electors
30

casting
votes
thereon.
31

An
initiative
petition
proposing
an
amendment
to
this
32

Constitution
may
include
an
argument
from
the
petitioner
in
33

favor
of
the
constitutional
amendment,
which
shall
not
exceed

34

three
hundred
words.
The
general
assembly,
or
the
governor
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if
the
general
assembly
is
not
in
session,
shall
appoint
a
1

person
to
prepare
an
argument
in
opposition
to
the
proposed
2

constitutional
amendment,
which
shall
not
exceed
three
hundred
3

words.
The
proposed
constitutional
amendment,
together
with
4

any
arguments
for
or
against
the
proposed
constitutional
5

amendment,
shall
be
published
as
provided
in
article
X,
section
6

1,
of
this
Constitution
prior
to
the
election.
7

The
signatures
for
an
initiative
petition
proposing
an
8

amendment
to
this
Constitution
may
be
obtained
and
presented
9

in
separate
parts,
but
each
part
shall
contain
a
full
and
10

correct
copy
of
the
title
and
the
proposed
amendment
to
this
11

Constitution.
Each
signer
shall
include
the
signer’s
name,
the
12

date,
and
the
signer’s
address.
The
secretary
of
state
shall
13

determine
the
sufficiency
of
the
signatures
not
later
than
one
14

hundred
five
days
before
the
election.
15

The
supreme
court
shall
have
original,
exclusive
16

jurisdiction
over
all
challenges
made
to
petitions
and
17

signatures
under
this
section.
A
challenge
to
a
petition
18

or
signature
must
be
filed
not
later
than
ninety-five
days
19

before
the
election.
The
supreme
court
shall
hear
and
rule
20

on
a
challenge
made
to
a
petition
or
signature
not
later
than
21

eighty-five
days
before
the
election.
If
a
ruling
determining
22

the
petition
or
signature
to
be
insufficient
is
not
issued
at
23

least
eighty-five
days
before
the
election,
the
petition
and
24

signatures
shall
be
presumed
to
be
sufficient.
25

If
a
petition
or
signature
is
determined
to
be
insufficient,
26

ten
additional
days
shall
be
allowed
for
the
filing
of
27

additional
signatures
to
the
petition,
if
necessary.
If
28

additional
signatures
are
filed,
the
secretary
of
state
shall
29

determine
the
sufficiency
of
those
additional
signatures
not
30

later
than
sixty-five
days
before
the
election.
Any
challenge
31

to
the
additional
signatures
shall
be
filed
not
later
than
32

fifty-five
days
before
the
election.
The
court
shall
hear
and
33

rule
on
any
challenges
made
to
the
additional
signatures
not
34

later
than
forty-five
days
before
the
election.
If
a
ruling
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determining
the
additional
signatures
to
be
insufficient
is
1

not
issued
at
least
forty-five
days
before
the
election,
the
2

petition
and
signatures
shall
be
presumed
to
be
sufficient.
3

Sec.
3.
Limitations.
An
initia