Bill Text: HI SB509 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Attorney General; Statement for Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-03-12 - Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 30 [SB509 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-SB509-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 11-118.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§11-118.5[]]
Constitutional amendments, proposed[.]; attorney general statement.
(a) Any constitutional amendment proposed by the legislature shall
include in final form the exact constitutional ratification question to be
printed on a ballot. The constitutional ratification question shall be phrased
in a manner to enable voters to express their choice on the constitutional
amendment by providing a "yes" or "no" response. The
language and meaning of a constitutional amendment shall be clear and it shall
be neither misleading nor deceptive.
(b) The attorney general shall prepare a statement for each proposed constitutional amendment in plain English that indicates the purpose, limitations, and effects of the proposed amendment. The attorney general shall distribute each statement to the state office of elections and all county clerks for further distribution. The office of elections and county clerks shall make each statement available to the public in all physical or online sites where they make proposed constitutional amendment questions available to the public."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on January 7, 2059.
Report Title:
Attorney General; Statement for Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Description:
Requires the attorney general to prepare a statement for each proposed constitutional amendment in plain English that indicates the purpose, limitations, and effects of the proposed amendment. Requires the attorney general to distribute each statement to the state office of elections and all county clerks for further distribution. Requires the office of elections and county clerks to make each statement available to the public in all physical or online sites where they make proposed constitutional amendment questions available to the public. Effective 01/07/2059. (SD1)
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