CRC - 2017                                COMMISSIONER AMENDMENT
       Proposal No. P 4
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Commissioner Martinez moved the following:
       
    1         CRC Substitute for Amendment (139874) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete everything after the proposing clause
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 2 of Article I of the State Constitution is
    7  amended to read:
    8                              ARTICLE I                            
    9                        DECLARATION OF RIGHTS                      
   10         SECTION 2. Basic rights.—
   11         All natural persons, female and male alike, are equal
   12  before the law and have inalienable rights, among which are the
   13  right to enjoy and defend life and liberty, to pursue happiness,
   14  to be rewarded for industry, and to acquire, possess and protect
   15  property; except that the ownership, inheritance, disposition
   16  and possession of real property by aliens ineligible for
   17  citizenship may be regulated or prohibited by law. No person
   18  shall be deprived of any right because of race, religion,
   19  national origin, or physical disability.
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   23  And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete everything before the proposing clause
   25  and insert:
   26                         A proposal to amend                       
   27         Section 2 of Article I of the State Constitution to
   28         remove a provision authorizing laws that regulate or
   29         prohibit the ownership, inheritance, disposition, and
   30         possession of real property by aliens ineligible for
   31         citizenship.