CRC - 2017                                COMMISSIONER AMENDMENT
       Proposal No. P 4
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Commissioner Martinez moved the following:
       
       
    1         CRC Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the proposing clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Sections 2 and 3 of Article I of the State Constitution are
    6  amended to read:
    7                              ARTICLE I                            
    8                        DECLARATION OF RIGHTS                      
    9         SECTION 2. Basic rights.—
   10         All natural persons, female and male alike, are equal
   11  before the law and have inalienable rights, among which are the
   12  right to enjoy and defend life and liberty, to pursue happiness,
   13  to be rewarded for industry, and to acquire, possess and protect
   14  property; except that the ownership, inheritance, disposition
   15  and possession of real property by aliens ineligible for
   16  citizenship may be regulated or prohibited by law. No person
   17  shall be deprived of any right because of race, religion,
   18  national origin, or physical disability.
   19         SECTION 3. Religious freedom.—
   20         There shall be no law respecting the establishment of
   21  religion or prohibiting or penalizing the free exercise thereof.
   22  Religious freedom shall not justify practices inconsistent with
   23  public morals, peace or safety. No revenue of the state or any
   24  political subdivision or agency thereof shall ever be taken from
   25  the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church,
   26  sect, or religious denomination or in aid of any sectarian
   27  institution.
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   29  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   30  And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Delete everything before the proposing clause
   32  and insert:
   33                         A proposal to amend                       
   34         Sections 2 and 3 of Article I of the State
   35         Constitution to remove a provision authorizing laws
   36         that regulate or prohibit the ownership, inheritance,
   37         disposition, and possession of real property by aliens
   38         ineligible for citizenship and to remove the
   39         prohibition against using public revenues in aid of
   40         any church, sect, or religious denomination or any
   41         sectarian institution.