LRB-1400/1
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2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
January 26, 2017 - Introduced by Senators Feyen, Wanggaard, Craig, LeMahieu,
Marklein, Vukmir, Stroebel and Nass, cosponsored by Representatives
Schraa, August, Neylon, Nygren, Rohrkaste, Genrich, Steffen, Knodl,
Petersen, Kremer, Tittl, Born, R. Brooks, Edming, Gannon, Horlacher,
Jarchow, Kleefisch, Kooyenga, Krug, Kulp, Murphy, Quinn, Sanfelippo,
Spiros, Summerfield, Tauchen, Tusler, Weatherston, Jacque, Kuglitsch
and Duchow. Referred to Committee on Financial Services, Constitution and
Federalism.
SJR3,1,4 1To amend section 1 of article VI, section 3 of article VI and sections 7 and 8 of article
2X; and to create section 17 of article XIV of the constitution; relating to:
3deleting from the constitution the office of state treasurer (second
4consideration).
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
    Explanation of Proposal
  This constitutional amendment, to be given second consideration by the 2017
legislature for submittal to the voters in April 2018, was first considered by the
2015
legislature in 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution
5 , which became 2015 Enrolled Joint
Resolution
7.
  The amendment deletes from the constitution the office of state treasurer.
    Procedure for Second Consideration
  When a proposed constitutional amendment is before the legislature on second
consideration, any change in the text approved by the preceding legislature causes
the proposed constitutional amendment to revert to first consideration status so that
second consideration approval would have to be given by the next legislature before
the proposal may be submitted to the people for ratification [see joint rule 57 (2)].
  If the legislature approves a proposed constitutional amendment on second
consideration, it must also set the date for submitting the proposed constitutional

amendment to the people for ratification and must determine the question or
questions to appear on the ballot.
SJR3,2,11 Whereas, the 2015 legislature in regular session considered a proposed
amendment to the constitution in 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 5, which became
2015 Enrolled Joint Resolution 7, and agreed to it by a majority of the members
elected to each of the two houses, which proposed amendment reads as follows:
SJR3,1 Section 1. Section 1 of article VI of the constitution is amended to
read:
[Article VI] Section 1. The qualified electors of this state, at the times
and places of choosing the members of the legislature,
shall in 1970 and
every 4 years thereafter
elect a secretary of state, treasurer and an
attorney general who shall hold their offices for 4 years 4-year terms.
SJR3,2 Section 2. Section 3 of article VI of the constitution is amended to
read:
[Article VI] Section 3. The powers, duties, and compensation of the
treasurer and attorney general shall be prescribed by law.
SJR3,3 Section 3. Sections 7 and 8 of article X of the constitution are
amended to read:
[Article X] Section 7. The lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
treasurer and attorney general, shall constitute a board of commissioners
for the sale of the school and university lands and for the investment of the
funds arising therefrom. Any two of said commissioners shall be a quorum
for the transaction of all business pertaining to the duties of their office.
SJR3,8 Section 8. Provision shall be made by law for the sale of all school and
university lands after they shall have been appraised; and when any
portion of such lands shall be sold and the purchase money shall not be
paid at the time of the sale, the commissioners shall take security by
mortgage upon the lands sold for the sum remaining unpaid, with seven
per cent
7 percent interest thereon, payable annually at the office of the
treasurer
as provided by law. The commissioners shall be authorized to
execute a good and sufficient conveyance to all purchasers of such lands,
and to discharge any mortgages taken as security, when the sum due
thereon shall have been paid. The commissioners shall have power to
withhold from sale any portion of such lands when they shall deem it
expedient, and shall invest all moneys arising from the sale of such lands,
as well as all other university and school funds, in such manner as the
legislature shall provide, and shall give such security for the faithful
performance of their duties as may be required by law.
SJR3,4 Section 4. Section 17 of article XIV of the constitution is created to
read:

[Article XIV] Section 17. The state treasurer holding office on the
date of ratification of the 2015-17 amendment providing for the deletion
of that office from the constitution shall continue to hold that office until
the first Monday of January in 2019. Any vacancy in the office occurring
before that date shall be filled in the manner provided by law.
SJR3,5 Section 5. Numbering of new provisions. If another
constitutional amendment ratified by the people creates the number of
any provision created in this joint resolution, the chief of the legislative
reference bureau shall determine the sequencing and the numbering of
the provisions whose numbers conflict and adjust any cross-references
thereto.
SJR3,3,8 1Now, therefore, be it resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring,
2That
the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution is agreed to by the 2017
3legislature; and, be it further
  4Resolved, That the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution be
5submitted to a vote of the people at the election to be held on the first Tuesday in April
62018; and, be it further
  7Resolved, That the question concerning ratification of the foregoing proposed
8amendment to the constitution be stated on the ballot as follows:
SJR3,3,13 9Question 1:Elimination of state treasurer . Shall sections 1 and 3 of
10article VI and sections 7 and 8 of article X of the constitution be amended, and section
1117 of article XIV of the constitution be created, to eliminate the office of state
12treasurer from the constitution and to replace the state treasurer with the lieutenant
13governor as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands?"
SJR3,3,1414 (End)
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