| 1 | Representative Pickens offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with ballot statement and title amendments) |
| 4 | On page 1, line 15, through page 2, line 30, |
| 5 | remove: all of said lines |
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| 7 | and insert: |
| 8 | That the following amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of |
| 9 | the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to |
| 10 | the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next |
| 11 | general election or at an earlier special election specifically |
| 12 | authorized by law for that purpose: |
| 13 | ARTICLE XI |
| 14 | AMENDMENTS |
| 15 | SECTION 5. Amendment or revision election.-- |
| 16 | (a) A proposed amendment to or revision of this |
| 17 | constitution, or any part of it, shall be submitted to the |
| 18 | electors at the next general election held more than ninety days |
| 19 | after the joint resolution, initiative petition or report of |
| 20 | revision commission, constitutional convention or taxation and |
| 21 | budget reform commission proposing it is filed with the |
| 22 | custodian of state records, unless, pursuant to law enacted by |
| 23 | the affirmative vote of three-fourths of the membership of each |
| 24 | house of the legislature and limited to a single amendment or |
| 25 | revision, it is submitted at an earlier special election held |
| 26 | more than ninety days after such filing. |
| 27 | (b) The legislature shall provide by general law, prior to |
| 28 | the holding of an election pursuant to this section, for the |
| 29 | provision of a statement to the public regarding the probable |
| 30 | financial impact of any amendment proposed by initiative |
| 31 | pursuant to section 3. |
| 32 | (c) Once in the tenth week, and once in the sixth week |
| 33 | immediately preceding the week in which the election is held, |
| 34 | the proposed amendment or revision, with notice of the date of |
| 35 | election at which it will be submitted to the electors, shall be |
| 36 | published in one newspaper of general circulation in each county |
| 37 | in which a newspaper is published. |
| 38 | (d) If the proposed amendment or revision is approved by |
| 39 | vote of at least three-fifths of the electors voting on the |
| 40 | measure, it shall be effective as an amendment to or revision of |
| 41 | the constitution of the state on the first Tuesday after the |
| 42 | first Monday in January following the election, or on such other |
| 43 | date as may be specified in the amendment or revision. |
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| 45 | ======= B A L L O T S T A T E M E N T A M E N D M E N T ====== |
| 46 | On page 3, line(s) 5-10, |
| 47 | remove: all of said lines |
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| 49 | and insert: |
| 50 | APPROVAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS.-- |
| 51 | Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to require that |
| 52 | a proposed constitutional amendment or revision be |
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| 54 | ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================= |
| 55 | On page 1, line(s) 3-11, |
| 56 | remove: all of said lines |
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| 58 | and insert: |
| 59 | Section 5 of Article XI of the State Constitution to require |
| 60 | that a proposed amendment to or revision of the State |
| 61 | Constitution be approved by at least a three-fifths vote of the |
| 62 | electors of the state voting on the measure. |