| 1 | Representative(s) Simmons offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove everything after the resolving clause and insert: |
| 5 | That the amendment to Section 5 of Article XI and the |
| 6 | creation of Section 26 of Article XII of the State Constitution |
| 7 | is agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of this |
| 8 | state for approval or rejection at the next general election or |
| 9 | at an earlier special election specifically authorized by law |
| 10 | for that purpose: |
| 11 | ARTICLE XI |
| 12 | AMENDMENTS |
| 13 | SECTION 5. Amendment or revision election.-- |
| 14 | (a) A proposed amendment to or revision of this |
| 15 | constitution, or any part of it, shall be submitted to the |
| 16 | electors at the next general election held more than ninety days |
| 17 | after the joint resolution or report of revision commission, |
| 18 | constitutional convention or taxation and budget reform |
| 19 | commission proposing it is filed with the custodian of state |
| 20 | records, unless, pursuant to law enacted by the affirmative vote |
| 21 | of three-fourths of the membership of each house of the |
| 22 | legislature and limited to a single amendment or revision, it is |
| 23 | submitted at an earlier special election held more than ninety |
| 24 | days after such filing. |
| 25 | (b) A proposed amendment or revision of this constitution, |
| 26 | or any part of it, by initiative shall be submitted to the |
| 27 | electors at the general election provided the initiative |
| 28 | petition is filed with the custodian of state records no later |
| 29 | than February 1 of the year in which the general election is |
| 30 | held. |
| 31 | (c) The legislature shall provide by general law, prior to |
| 32 | the holding of an election pursuant to this section, for the |
| 33 | provision of a statement to the public regarding the probable |
| 34 | financial impact of any amendment proposed by initiative |
| 35 | pursuant to section 3. |
| 36 | (d) Once in the tenth week, and once in the sixth week |
| 37 | immediately preceding the week in which the election is held, |
| 38 | the proposed amendment or revision, with notice of the date of |
| 39 | election at which it will be submitted to the electors, shall be |
| 40 | published in one newspaper of general circulation in each county |
| 41 | in which a newspaper is published. |
| 42 | (e) Unless otherwise specifically provided for elsewhere |
| 43 | in this constitution, if the proposed amendment or revision is |
| 44 | approved by vote of at least sixty percent of the electors |
| 45 | voting on the measure, it shall be effective as an amendment to |
| 46 | or revision of the constitution of the state on the first |
| 47 | Tuesday after the first Monday in January following the |
| 48 | election, or on such other date as may be specified in the |
| 49 | amendment or revision. |
| 50 | ARTICLE XII |
| 51 | SCHEDULE |
| 52 | SECTION 26. Approval of constitutional amendments and |
| 53 | revisions.--The amendment to Section 5 of Article XI, requiring |
| 54 | a vote of at least sixty percent of the electors voting on the |
| 55 | measure for the approval of a proposed amendment to or revision |
| 56 | of this constitution, shall take effect upon approval by the |
| 57 | electors. |
| 58 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the |
| 59 | amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows: |
| 60 | REQUIRING BROADER PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR |
| 61 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS |
| 62 | Proposes an amendment to Section 5 of Article XI and the |
| 63 | creation of Section 26 of Article XII of the State Constitution |
| 64 | to require that any proposed amendment to or revision of the |
| 65 | State Constitution, whether proposed by the Legislature, by |
| 66 | initiative, or by any other method, must be approved by at least |
| 67 | 60 percent of the voters of the state voting on the measure, |
| 68 | rather than by a simple majority, and to provide that the |
| 69 | amendment to Section 5 of Article XI shall effect upon approval |
| 70 | by the electors. The amendment to Section 5 of Article XI would |
| 71 | not change the current requirement that a proposed |
| 72 | constitutional amendment imposing a new state tax or fee be |
| 73 | approved by at least 2/3 of the voters of the state voting in |
| 74 | the election in which such an amendment is considered. |
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| 76 | ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================= |
| 77 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 78 | House Joint Resolution |
| 79 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 5 of |
| 80 | Article XI and the creation of Section 26 of Article XII |
| 81 | of the State Constitution to require that any proposed |
| 82 | amendment to or revision of the State Constitution be |
| 83 | approved by at least 60 percent of the electors voting on |
| 84 | the measure, rather than a simple majority, and to provide |
| 85 | for the amendment to Section 5 of Article XI to take |
| 86 | effect upon approval by the electors. |