CRC - 2017 COMMISSIONER AMENDMENT Proposal No. P 97 Ì5344747Î534474 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: 1/WD . 03/19/2018 05:16 PM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Commissioner Keiser moved the following: 1 CRC Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the proposal clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 5 of Article XI of the State Constitution is 6 amended to read: 7 ARTICLE XI 8 AMENDMENTS 9 SECTION 5. Amendment or revision election.— 10 (a) A proposed amendment to or revision of this 11 constitution, or any part of it, shall be submitted to the 12 electors at the next general election held more than ninety days 13 after the joint resolution or report of revision commission, 14 constitutional convention or taxation and budget reform 15 commission proposing it is filed with the custodian of state 16 records, unless, pursuant to law enacted by the affirmative vote 17 of three-fourths of the membership of each house of the 18 legislature and limited to a single amendment or revision, it is 19 submitted at an earlier special election held more than ninety 20 days after such filing. 21 (b) A proposed amendment or revision of this constitution, 22 or any part of it, by initiative shall be submitted to the 23 electors at the general election provided the initiative 24 petition is filed with the custodian of state records no later 25 than February 1 of the year in which the general election is 26 held. 27 (c) The legislature shall provide by general law, prior to 28 the holding of an election pursuant to this section, for the 29 provision of a statement to the public regarding the probable 30 financial impact of any amendment proposed by initiative 31 pursuant to section 3. 32 (d) Once in the tenth week, and once in the sixth week 33 immediately preceding the week in which the election is held, 34 the proposed amendment or revision, with notice of the date of 35 election at which it will be submitted to the electors, shall be 36 published in one newspaper of general circulation in each county 37 in which a newspaper is published. 38 (e) Unless otherwise specifically provided for elsewhere in 39 this constitution, if the proposed amendment or revision is 40 approved by vote of at least two-thirdssixty percentof the 41 voterselectorsvoting on the measure, it shall be effective as 42 an amendment to or revision of the constitution of the state on 43 the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January following 44 the election, or on such other date as may be specified in the 45 amendment or revision. 46 47 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 48 And the title is amended as follows: 49 Delete everything before the proposal clause 50 and insert: 51 A proposal to amend 52 Section 5 of Article XI of the State Constitution to 53 require that any proposed amendment to or revision of 54 the State Constitution be approved by a vote of at 55 least two-thirds of the voters voting on the measure.