HB684--BALLOTSUMMARYSTATEMENT
SPONSOR: Simmons
Thisbillprovidesthatacourtdoesnothavetheauthoritytoedit
thesummarystatementorballotlanguageofanyballotmeasure
proposedbytheGeneralAssembly.
Ifthesummarystatementorballotlanguageischallengedincourt
andfoundtobelegallyflawed,theGeneralAssemblymustrewrite
thestatement. IfthisrulingismadeatatimewhentheGeneral
Assemblyisnotinsession,theSecretaryofStatewillrewritethe
statement.
Thisbillchangesthewordlimitforsummarystatementsofmeasures
referredtothepeoplebytheGeneralAssemblyfrom50wordsto150
words.
ThisbillisthesameasHB1608(2022)andHB391(2023).