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2015 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 119
BY SENATOR PERRY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
LEGISLATION. Constitutional amendment to limit the number of constitutional
amendments that may appear on a ballot. (2/3-CA13s1(A))
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION
2 Proposing to amend Article XIII, Section 1(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to
3 constitutional amendments; to provide for submission of amendments to the
4 electorate; to limit the number of constitutional amendments that may be presented
5 per election; and to specify an election for submission of the proposition to electors
6 and provide a ballot proposition.
7 Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members
8 elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state, for
9 their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to amend Article XIII,
10 Section 1(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
11 ยง1. Amendments
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13 (B) Form of Proposal. A proposed amendment shall have a title containing
14 a brief summary of the changes proposed; shall be confined to one object; and shall
15 set forth the entire article, or the sections or other subdivisions thereof, as proposed
16 to be revised or only the article, sections, or other subdivisions proposed to be added.
17 However, the legislature may propose, as one amendment, a revision of an entire
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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1 article of this constitution which may contain multiple objects or changes. A section
2 or other subdivision may be repealed by reference. When more than one amendment
3 is submitted at the same election, each shall be submitted so as to enable the electors
4 to vote on them separately. However, no more than five proposed amendments
5 shall be presented to the electorate per election.
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7 Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted
8 to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on October 24,
9 2015.
10 Section 3. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at said election
11 there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted
12 to vote YES or NO, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as
13 follows:
14 Do you support an amendment to limit the number of proposed constitutional
15 amendments that may be presented per election to five?
16 (Amends Article XIII, Section 1(B))
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ashley E. Menou.
DIGEST
SB 119 Engrossed 2015 Regular Session Perry
Present constitution gives the legislature the power to propose amendments to the
constitution that are submitted to the electorate for ratification.
Proposed constitutional amendment limits the number of proposed constitutional
amendments that can be presented per election to five.
Specifies submission of the amendment to the voters at the election to be held on October
24, 2015.
(Amends Const. Art. XIII, Section 1(B))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.