| 1 | Representative Simmons offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with ballot statement and title amendments) |
| 4 | On page 107, between lines 16 and 17 insert: |
| 5 | (i) In interpreting the extent of political power vested |
| 6 | in the legislative branch by the people: |
| 7 | (1) The expression of one thing does not imply the |
| 8 | exclusion of another, unless absolutely necessary to carry out |
| 9 | the purpose of the constitutional provision. |
| 10 | (2) A limitation shall not be implied based on the |
| 11 | comprehensiveness of the constitutional provision. |
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| 13 | === B A L L O T S T A T E M E N T A M E N D M E N T === |
| 14 | On page 152, between lines 16 and 17, |
| 15 | insert: |
| 16 | ARTICLE X, Section 12 |
| 17 | RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.--Proposing an amendment to the State |
| 18 | Constitution to revise the rules of construction to be used when |
| 19 | interpreting the State Constitution. The revision provides that, |
| 20 | when interpreting the extent of political power vested in the |
| 21 | Legislature by the people, the expression of one thing does not |
| 22 | imply the exclusion of another, unless absolutely necessary to |
| 23 | carry out the purpose of the constitutional provision. After the |
| 24 | revision takes effect, the general maxim "expressio unius est |
| 25 | exclusio alterius," which stands for the proposition that the |
| 26 | expression of one thing is the exclusion of another, could not |
| 27 | be applied when interpreting the extent of political power |
| 28 | vested in the Legislature by the people except when the |
| 29 | exclusion is necessary to carry out the purpose of the |
| 30 | constitutional provision. In addition, the revision provides |
| 31 | that when interpreting the extent of political power vested in |
| 32 | the Legislature by the people, a limitation shall not be implied |
| 33 | based on the comprehensiveness of the constitutional provision. |
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| 35 | ========= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ========= |
| 36 | On page 1, line 17, remove all of said line and insert: |
| 37 | curtesy to be established by law; to amend Article X, Section |
| 38 | 12, to revise the rules of construction to be used when |
| 39 | interpreting the extent of political power vested in the |
| 40 | legislative branch to provide that the expression of one thing |
| 41 | does not imply the exclusion of another, unless absolutely |
| 42 | necessary to carry out the purpose of the constitutional |
| 43 | provision, and to provide that a limitation shall not be implied |
| 44 | based on the comprehensiveness of the constitutional provision; |
| 45 | to repeal |