Bill Text: NY S00879 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides for initiative and referendum in New York State for the People as electors to propose or reject laws and submit amendments to the state constitution.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-06 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S00879 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          879
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
                   CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
       proposing amendments to the constitution, in relation to  providing  the
         electors with the power of initiative and referendum
    1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 13 of arti-
    2  cle 3 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
    3    S  13.  The  enacting  clause of all bills shall be "The People of the
    4  State of New York, represented in  Senate  and  Assembly,  do  enact  as
    5  follows,"  and  no law shall be enacted except by bill; EXCEPT AS OTHER-
    6  WISE PROVIDED IN ARTICLE TWENTY OF THIS CONSTITUTION.
    7    S 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 14 of  article  3
    8  of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
    9    S  14. A. No bill shall be passed or become a law unless it shall have
   10  been printed and upon the desks of the members, in its  final  form,  at
   11  least three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless
   12  the governor, or the acting governor, shall have certified, under his or
   13  her  hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in his or her opin-
   14  ion necessitate an immediate vote thereon, in which case it must  never-
   15  theless  be upon the desks of the members in final form, not necessarily
   16  printed, before its final passage; nor  shall  any  bill  be  passed  or
   17  become  a law, except by the assent of a majority of the members elected
   18  to each branch of the legislature; and upon the last reading of a  bill,
   19  no  amendment  thereof shall be allowed, and the question upon its final
   20  passage shall be taken immediately thereafter, and  the  ayes  and  nays
   21  entered on the journal.
   22    B.  THIS  SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM THAT
   23  IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE TWENTY OF THIS CONSTITUTION.
   24    S 3. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of  article  19
   25  of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   26    Section  1. A. Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be
   27  proposed in the senate and assembly whereupon such amendment  or  amend-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD89040-01-5
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    1  ments  shall  be referred to the attorney-general whose duty it shall be
    2  within twenty days thereafter to render an opinion  in  writing  to  the
    3  senate  and  assembly  as  to the effect of such amendment or amendments
    4  upon  other provisions of the constitution. Upon receiving such opinion,
    5  if the amendment or amendments as proposed or as amended shall be agreed
    6  to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses,  such
    7  proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, and
    8  the ayes and noes taken thereon, and referred to the next regular legis-
    9  lative  session  convening  after  the  succeeding  general  election of
   10  members of the assembly, and shall be published for three months  previ-
   11  ous  to  the  time  of  making  such  choice; and if in such legislative
   12  session, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to  by  a
   13  majority  of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the
   14  duty of the legislature to submit each proposed amendment or  amendments
   15  to  the  people  for  approval  in  such manner and at such times as the
   16  legislature shall prescribe; and if the people shall approve and  ratify
   17  such amendment or amendments by a majority of the electors voting there-
   18  on, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the constitution
   19  on the first day of January next after such approval.  Neither the fail-
   20  ure  of  the  attorney-general  to  render  an opinion concerning such a
   21  proposed amendment nor his or her failure to do so timely  shall  affect
   22  [th] THE validity of such proposed amendment or legislative action ther-
   23  eon.
   24    B.  THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO AN AMENDMENT BY INITIATIVE SUBJECT
   25  TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE TWENTY OF THIS CONSTITUTION.
   26    S 4. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 16 of  article  3
   27  of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   28    S  16. A. No act shall be passed which shall provide that any existing
   29  law, or any part thereof, shall be made or deemed a part of said act, or
   30  which shall enact that any existing  law,  or  part  thereof,  shall  be
   31  applicable, except by inserting it in such act.
   32    B.  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO  ANY INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM
   33  SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE TWENTY OF THIS CONSTITUTION.
   34    S 5. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 7 of article 4 of
   35  the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   36    S 7. A. Every bill which shall have passed  the  senate  and  assembly
   37  shall,  before  it  becomes  a law, be presented to the governor; if the
   38  governor approve, he or she shall sign it; but if not, he or  she  shall
   39  return it with his or her objections to the house in which it shall have
   40  originated,  which  shall  enter the objections at large on the journal,
   41  and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration,  two-thirds
   42  of  the  members  elected to that house shall agree to pass the bill, it
   43  shall be sent together with the objections, to the other house, by which
   44  it shall likewise be reconsidered; and if approved by two-thirds of  the
   45  members elected to that house, it shall become a law notwithstanding the
   46  objections  of  the governor. In all such cases the votes in both houses
   47  shall be determined by yeas and nays,  and  the  names  of  the  members
   48  voting  shall  be  entered on the journal of each house respectively. If
   49  any bill shall not be returned by the governor within ten days  (Sundays
   50  excepted)  after  it  shall  have been presented to him or her, the same
   51  shall be a law in like manner as if he or she had signed it, unless  the
   52  legislature  shall,  by  their adjournment, prevent its return, in which
   53  case it shall not become a law without the approval of the governor.  No
   54  bill  shall become a law after the final adjournment of the legislature,
   55  unless approved by the governor within thirty days after  such  adjourn-
   56  ment.  If  any  bill  presented to the governor contain several items of
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    1  appropriation of money, the governor may object to one or more  of  such
    2  items while approving of the other portion of the bill. In such case the
    3  governor  shall  append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a state-
    4  ment  of  the items to which he or she objects; and the appropriation so
    5  objected to shall not take effect. If the legislature be in session,  he
    6  or  she  shall transmit to the house in which the bill originated a copy
    7  of such statement, and the items objected to shall be separately  recon-
    8  sidered.  If on reconsideration one or more of such items be approved by
    9  two-thirds of the members elected to each house, the same shall be  part
   10  of  the  law,  notwithstanding  the  objections of the governor. All the
   11  provisions of this section, in relation to bills  not  approved  by  the
   12  governor,  shall  apply  in  cases  in  which  he  or she shall withhold
   13  approval from any item or items contained in a bill appropriating money.
   14    B. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY INITIATIVE OR  REFERENDUM  THAT
   15  IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE TWENTY OF THIS CONSTITUTION.
   16    S 6. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That article 20 of the consti-
   17  tution be renumbered article 21 and a new article 20 be added to read as
   18  follows:
   19                                 ARTICLE XX
   20                          INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
   21    SECTION  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CONSTITUTION,
   22  THE PEOPLE RESERVE TO THEMSELVES  THE  POWER  TO  PROPOSE  LAWS  AND  TO
   23  PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION, AND TO ADOPT OR REJECT THE SAME,
   24  AT  THE  POLLS,  INDEPENDENT  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE, AND ALSO RESERVE THE
   25  POWER, AT THEIR OWN OPTION, TO SO ADOPT OR REJECT ANY ACT, OR SECTION OR
   26  PART OF ANY ACT, PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
   27    S 2. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE: A. INITIATIVE IS THE POWER OF THE  ELEC-
   28  TORS  TO PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION AND TO PROPOSE STATUTES;
   29  AND
   30    B. REFERENDUM IS THE POWER OF THE ELECTORS TO APPROVE OR REJECT  STAT-
   31  UTES OR PARTS OF STATUTES.
   32    S  3. INITIATIVE MAY BE USED FOR ANY MEASURE EMBRACING A SINGLE OBJECT
   33  OR PURPOSE, EXCEPT THE  FOLLOWING:    CALLING  ELECTIONS;  APPROPRIATING
   34  FUNDS,  EXCEPT FOR AN INITIATIVE PROPOSING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A SINGLE
   35  OBJECT OR PURPOSE; NAMING ANY INDIVIDUALS TO HOLD ANY OFFICE; OR  NAMING
   36  OR  IDENTIFYING  ANY  PRIVATE  CORPORATION  OR  OTHER  PRIVATE ENTITY TO
   37  PERFORM ANY FUNCTION OR TO HAVE ANY POWER OR DUTY. SUCH MEASURES MAY NOT
   38  BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS AND SHALL NOT HAVE THE FORCE AND EFFECT  OF
   39  LAW.
   40    S 4. AN INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM MEASURE MAY BE PROPOSED BY PRESENTING
   41  TO  THE  STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS A PETITION THAT SETS FORTH THE TEXT OF
   42  THE PROPOSED STATUTE, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT OR  REFERENDUM  AND  THAT
   43  HAS  BEEN SIGNED BY ELECTORS EQUAL IN NUMBER TO AT LEAST FIVE PERCENT OF
   44  THE VOTES CAST FOR ALL CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR AT THE LAST GUBERNATORIAL
   45  ELECTION. SUCH SIGNATURES MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST FIVE THOUSAND SIGNATURES
   46  FROM EACH OF AT LEAST THREE-FIFTHS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF THE
   47  STATE.
   48    S 5. A. PETITIONS FOR AN INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM MEASURE SHALL BE  IN
   49  SUBSTANTIALLY  THE SAME FORM AS PRESCRIBED BY THE ELECTION LAW FOR INDE-
   50  PENDENT NOMINATING PETITIONS, AND SHALL BE CIRCULATED AND  PRESENTED  IN
   51  THE  MANNER PRESCRIBED BY SUCH LAW, EXCEPT THAT THE PETITION SHALL STATE
   52  THAT THE REGISTERED VOTER DESIRES TO HAVE  THE  SPECIFIC  INITIATIVE  OR
   53  REFERENDUM  QUESTION  NOTED ON THE PETITION PLACED ON THE BALLOT INSTEAD
   54  OF A CANDIDATE.
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    1    B. PETITIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS.  A
    2  SIGNATURE  MADE EARLIER THAN ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
    3  SHALL NOT BE COUNTED. CHALLENGES TO SUCH PETITIONS SHALL BE RESOLVED  BY
    4  THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, SUBJECT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW AS PROVIDED FOR
    5  BY  LAW.  NO  CHALLENGE TO AN INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM MAY BE FILED MORE
    6  THAN TEN DAYS AFTER SUBMISSION  OF  PETITIONS  TO  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
    7  ELECTIONS, AND ANY SUCH CHALLENGE SHALL BE FINALLY RESOLVED BY THE STATE
    8  BOARD OF ELECTIONS WITHIN TEN DAYS OF ITS FILING.
    9    C.  MEASURES  PROPOSING  OR  REJECTING STATUTES SHALL BE PLACED ON THE
   10  BALLOT BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AT THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION HELD
   11  AT LEAST NINETY DAYS AFTER SUCH MEASURE IS SUBMITTED.  MEASURES  PROPOS-
   12  ING  AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION SHALL BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT BY THE
   13  STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AT THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION IN WHICH THERE ARE
   14  CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF MEMBER OF THE SENATE OR  ASSEMBLY  HELD  AT
   15  LEAST  NINETY  DAYS AFTER THE MEASURE IS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE BOARD OF
   16  ELECTIONS AND AT THE NEXT SUCH GENERAL ELECTION.
   17    S 6. A. PRIOR TO THE CIRCULATION OF AN INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM  PETI-
   18  TION  FOR  SIGNATURES, A COPY SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
   19  OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WHO SHALL PREPARE A TITLE AND SUMMARY,  NOT  TO
   20  EXCEED  ONE HUNDRED WORDS, WHICH SHALL APPEAR ON THE PETITION AND ON THE
   21  BALLOT FOR EACH INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM AND WHICH SHALL GIVE  NO  INDI-
   22  CATION  OF  SUPPORT  OR  OPPOSITION  TO SUCH MEASURE, WITHIN TWENTY DAYS
   23  AFTER SUCH MEASURE IS SUBMITTED TO HIM OR HER.
   24    B. A COPY OF SUCH INITIATIVE OR  REFERENDUM  PETITION  SHALL  ALSO  BE
   25  SUBMITTED  TO THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATIVE BILL DRAFTING COMMISSION OR
   26  ITS SUCCESSOR PRIOR TO CIRCULATION FOR SIGNATURES. SUCH COMMISSION SHALL
   27  RENDER TECHNICAL COMMENTS ON THE FORM OF THE PROPOSED MEASURE,  WITH  NO
   28  INDICATION  OF  SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION, TO THE PROPONENTS OF SUCH MEASURE
   29  WITHIN TWENTY DAYS OF SUBMISSION.
   30    C. NO ACTION OR INACTION BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR THE FAILURE OF THE
   31  LEGISLATIVE  BILL  DRAFTING  COMMISSION  OR  ITS  SUCCESSOR  TO  PROVIDE
   32  COMMENTS  WITH  RESPECT  TO  AN INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM PETITION, OR TO
   33  TIMELY DO SO, SHALL AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF SUCH INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM
   34  PETITION OR THE ACTION OF THE ELECTORS THEREON.
   35    D. ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN WHICH ANY QUESTION  ARISES  AS  TO  THE
   36  VALIDITY  OF  AN INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM MEASURE, WHETHER AN INITIATIVE
   37  OR REFERENDUM MEASURE SHOULD APPEAR ON THE BALLOT  OR  WHICH  CHALLENGES
   38  THE  TITLE  AND SUMMARY OF SUCH MEASURE PREPARED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
   39  AS FAILING TO ACCURATELY DESCRIBE SUCH MEASURE, SHALL BE  HEARD  IN  THE
   40  SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE AND PREFERRED  OVER ALL OTHER CIVIL CAUSES IN
   41  ALL  COURTS OF THE STATE AND SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN PREFERENCE
   42  TO ALL OTHER CIVIL BUSINESS PENDING THEREIN.   NO ACTION  OR  PROCEEDING
   43  CHALLENGING  WHETHER  AN  INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM MEASURE MAY APPEAR ON
   44  THE BALLOT OR WHICH CHALLENGES ANY ACTION OR INACTION  BY  THE  ATTORNEY
   45  GENERAL  RESPECTING  THE TITLE OR SUMMARY OF SUCH MEASURE MAY BE BROUGHT
   46  MORE THAN FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER ACTION BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL PURSUANT TO
   47  SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION OR, IF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FAILS TO  ACT,
   48  THEN  NO  LATER  THAN  FOURTEEN  DAYS AFTER THE DEADLINE FOR SUCH ACTION
   49  PURSUANT TO SUCH SUBDIVISION A.
   50    S 7. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY SECTION EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE, A
   51  MAXIMUM OF FOUR DISCRETE INITIATIVE MEASURES, OR FOUR DISCRETE  REFEREN-
   52  DUM  MEASURES,  OR  ANY  COMBINATION  OF DISCRETE INITIATIVE MEASURES OR
   53  REFERENDUM MEASURES NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF FOUR MAY  BE  SUBMITTED  TO
   54  THE  ELECTORS  AT  ANY  ONE GENERAL ELECTION. IF MORE THAN FOUR MEASURES
   55  QUALIFY, THOSE INITIATIVE MEASURES AND REFERENDA MEASURES  SUBMITTED  TO
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    1  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS EARLIEST IN TIME SHALL BE PLACED ON THE
    2  BALLOT.
    3    S  8.  ANY  INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM NOT PLACED ON A BALLOT BECAUSE OF
    4  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL  AUTOMATICALLY  BE
    5  PLACED  ON THE BALLOT FOR THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION, NOTWITHSTANDING THE
    6  PROVISIONS OF SECTION SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
    7    S 9. A. TO BE ENACTED, AN INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM  MEASURE  PROPOSING
    8  OR REJECTING A STATUTE MUST BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORS OF
    9  THE  STATE VOTING ON THE MEASURE STATE-WIDE. AN INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM
   10  MEASURE THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON  THE  FIRST  DAY  OF
   11  JANUARY  OF  THE  YEAR  NEXT  SUCCEEDING  ITS PASSAGE UNLESS THE MEASURE
   12  EXPRESSLY PROVIDES OTHERWISE.  IF  A  REFERENDUM  PETITION  IS  APPROVED
   13  REPEALING A PART OF A STATUTE, THE REMAINDER OF THE STATUTE SHALL NOT BE
   14  DELAYED FROM GOING INTO EFFECT.
   15    B.  A MEASURE AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION MUST BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY
   16  OF THE ELECTORS OF THE STATE VOTING ON THE  MEASURE  IN  TWO  SUCCESSIVE
   17  ELECTIONS IN WHICH THERE ARE CANDIDATES FOR STATE SENATE OR STATE ASSEM-
   18  BLY  ON  THE  BALLOT. SUCH MEASURE SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE FIRST DAY OF
   19  JANUARY OF THE YEAR NEXT SUCCEEDING ITS SECOND APPROVAL UNLESS THE MEAS-
   20  URE EXPRESSLY PROVIDES OTHERWISE.
   21    C. IF PROVISIONS OF TWO OR MORE MEASURES APPROVED AT THE SAME ELECTION
   22  CONFLICT, THOSE OF THE MEASURE RECEIVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF  AFFIRMA-
   23  TIVE VOTES SHALL PREVAIL.
   24    D.  A  REFERENDUM MEASURE REJECTING ALL OR PART OF A STATUTE CANNOT BE
   25  REPEALED, AMENDED OR OTHERWISE RECONSIDERED BY  THE  LEGISLATURE  FOR  A
   26  PERIOD  OF  TWO  YEARS.  A  MEASURE ADOPTED THROUGH INITIATIVE CANNOT BE
   27  REPEALED, AMENDED OR OTHERWISE RECONSIDERED BY  THE  LEGISLATURE  FOR  A
   28  PERIOD  OF  TWO YEARS. AFTER TWO YEARS NO LAW TO AMEND, REPEAL OR OTHER-
   29  WISE RECONSIDER A MEASURE ADOPTED BY INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM SHALL TAKE
   30  EFFECT UNTIL IT SHALL, AT A GENERAL ELECTION, HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE
   31  PEOPLE, AND HAVE RECEIVED A MAJORITY OF  ALL  THE  VOTES  CAST  FOR  AND
   32  AGAINST  IT AT SUCH ELECTION, NOR SHALL IT BE SO SUBMITTED TO THE PEOPLE
   33  WITHIN THREE MONTHS AFTER ITS PASSAGE.
   34    E. ANY REFERENDUM OR INITIATIVE ADOPTED BY THE VOTERS MAY BE REPEALED,
   35  AMENDED, OR OTHERWISE RECONSIDERED BY THE PEOPLE AT ANY TIME THROUGH THE
   36  PROCESS ESTABLISHED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR INITIATIVE OR  REFERENDUM  MEAS-
   37  URES.
   38    S  10.  INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM IN CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES AND COUN-
   39  TIES. A.  INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM POWERS ARE RESERVED FOR EVERY  CITY,
   40  TOWN,  VILLAGE AND COUNTY IN THE STATE AS TO ALL LOCAL MATTERS THAT SUCH
   41  MUNICIPALITY IS OR SHALL BE EMPOWERED TO ACT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE  IX  OF
   42  THIS CONSTITUTION.
   43    B.  INITIATIVE  AND REFERENDUM IN CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES AND COUNTIES
   44  SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE;
   45  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT:
   46    (I)  SIGNATURES  OF  REGISTERED ELECTORS OF SUCH MUNICIPALITY EQUAL IN
   47  NUMBER TO AT LEAST THIRTY THOUSAND OR FIVE PERCENT OF THE VOTES CAST  IN
   48  SUCH  CITY,  TOWN,  VILLAGE OR COUNTY FOR ALL CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR AT
   49  THE LAST GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION, WHICHEVER IS LESS, SHALL BE REQUIRED TO
   50  PROPOSE ANY MEASURE BY INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM;
   51    (II) THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE MAJORITY OF ELECTORS OF  THE  MUNICI-
   52  PALITY VOTING ON THE MEASURE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO ENACT SUCH MEASURE;
   53    (III)  PETITIONS  SHALL  BE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
   54  WHICH SHALL HAVE THE POWERS CONFERRED AND  THE  DUTIES  IMPOSED  ON  THE
   55  STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS BY THIS ARTICLE; AND
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    1    (IV)  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION SIX OF THIS ARTICLE
    2  SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE.
    3    S  11. THIS ARTICLE OF THE CONSTITUTION SHALL BE IN ALL RESPECTS SELF-
    4  EXECUTING, EXCEPT THAT THE MANNER AND METHOD OF EXERCISING THE POWER  OF
    5  INITIATIVE  AND REFERENDUM MAY BE PRESCRIBED PURSUANT TO LAW, CONSISTENT
    6  WITH AND LIMITED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
    7    S 7. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing  amendments
    8  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
    9  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
   10  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
   11  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
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