CRC - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Proposal No. PCP 6011
Ì315124vÎ315124
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: FAV .
04/05/2018 .
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The Committee on Style and Drafting (Jordan) recommended the
following:
1 CRC Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the proposal clause
4 and insert:
5 A new section is added to Article X of the State
6 Constitution to read:
7 ARTICLE X
8 MISCELLANEOUS
9 Naming of governmental programs and government-owned
10 buildings and other facilities.—
11 (a) The state, a local government, or any other political
12 subdivision of the state may not name a building, a facility, a
13 tract of land owned by the governmental entity, or a program
14 administered by the governmental entity, after an elected state
15 or local official if such official is a sitting member of the
16 legislative body voting on the name of the project.
17 (b) A law or an ordinance which names a building, a
18 facility, a tract of land, or a program after a former elected
19 state or local official may not contain provisions on any other
20 subject.
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22 BE IT FURTHER PROPOSED that the following statement be placed on
23 the ballot:
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25 RESTRICTIONS ON NAMING OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND
26 PROPERTY.—Prohibits governmental programs and government-owned
27 facilities and land from being named for a sitting elected state
28 or local official; prohibits a naming law or ordinance from
29 containing any other subject.
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31 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
32 And the title is amended as follows:
33 Delete everything before the proposal clause
34 and insert:
35 REVISION 11
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37 A proposal to create a new section in Article X of the
38 State Constitution to prohibit a state or local
39 legislative body from naming public buildings,
40 programs, or other facilities after a sitting member
41 of such body; providing that a naming law or ordinance
42 may not contain provisions on any other subject.