| 12 | 12 | | 116.160.1.Ifthegeneralassemblyadoptsajointresolutionproposinga |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2constitutionalamendmentorabillwithoutafiscalnotesummary,whichistobereferredtoa |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3voteofthepeople,afterreceiptofsuchresolutionorbillthesecretaryofstateshallpromptly |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4forwardtheresolutionorbilltothestateauditor.Ifthegeneralassemblyadoptsajoint |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5resolutionproposingaconstitutionalamendmentorabillwithoutanofficialsummary |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6statement,whichistobereferredtoavoteofthepeople,withintwentydaysafterreceiptof |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7theresolutionorbill,thesecretaryofstateshallprepareandtransmittotheattorneygenerala |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8summarystatementofthemeasureastheproposedsummarystatement.Thesecretaryof |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9state[may] shallseektheadviceofthelegislatorwhointroducedtheconstitutional |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10amendmentorbillandthespeakerofthehouseorthepresidentprotemofthelegislative |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11chamberthatoriginatedthemeasure.Thesummarystatementmaybedistinctfromthe |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12legislativetitleoftheproposedconstitutionalamendmentorbill.Theattorneygeneralshall |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13withintendaysapprovethelegalcontentandformoftheproposedstatement. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14 2.Ifthegeneralassemblyadoptsajointresolutionproposingaconstitutional |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15amendmentorstatutorymeasurethatincludesanofficialsummarystatement,the |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16statementshallappearontheballot,andnocourtshallhavetheauthoritytorewriteor |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17editthesummarystatementorballotlanguage.Ifsuchsummarystatementorballot |
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| 35 | | - | 23 [2.]3.Theofficialsummarystatementshallcontainnomorethan[fifty] one |
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| 36 | | - | 24hundredwords,excludingarticles.Thetitleshallbeatrueandimpartialstatementofthe |
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| 37 | | - | 25purposesoftheproposedmeasureinlanguageneitherintentionallyargumentativenorlikely |
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| 38 | | - | 26tocreateprejudiceeitherfororagainsttheproposedmeasure. |
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| 39 | | - | 116.334.1.Ifthepetitionformisapproved,thesecretaryofstateshallmakeacopy |
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| 40 | | - | 2ofthesamplepetitionavailableonthesecretaryofstate'swebsite.Foraperiodoffifteen |
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| 41 | | - | 3daysafterthepetitionisapprovedastoform,thesecretaryofstateshallacceptpublic |
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| 42 | | - | 4commentsregardingtheproposedmeasureandprovidecopiesofsuchcommentsupon |
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| 43 | | - | 5request.Withintwenty-threedaysofreceiptofsuchapproval,thesecretaryofstateshall |
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| 44 | | - | 6prepareandtransmittotheattorneygeneralasummarystatementofthemeasurewhichshall |
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| 45 | | - | 7beaconcisestatementnotexceedingonehundredwords, excludingarticles. Thisstatement |
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| 46 | | - | 8shallbeintheformofaquestionusinglanguageneitherintentionallyargumentativenor |
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| 47 | | - | 9likelytocreateprejudiceeitherfororagainsttheproposedmeasure.Theattorneygeneral |
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| 48 | | - | 10shallwithintendaysapprovethelegalcontentandformoftheproposedstatement. |
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| 49 | | - | 11 2.Signaturesobtainedpriortothedatetheofficialballottitleiscertifiedbythe |
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| 50 | | - | 12secretaryofstateshallnotbecounted. |
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| 51 | | - | 13 3.Signaturesforstatutoryinitiativepetitionsshallbefilednotlaterthansixmonths |
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| 52 | | - | 14priortothegeneralelectionduringwhichthepetition'sballotmeasureissubmittedforavote, |
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| 53 | | - | 15andshallalsobecollectednotearlierthanthedayafterthedayuponwhichtheprevious |
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| 54 | | - | 16generalelectionwasheld. |
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| 35 | + | 23 [2.]3.Theofficialsummarystatementshallcontainnomorethanonehundredfifty |
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| 36 | + | 24words[, excludingarticles]. Thetitleshallbeatrueandimpartialstatementofthepurposesof |
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| 37 | + | 25theproposedmeasureinlanguageneitherintentionallyargumentativenorlikelytocreate |
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| 38 | + | 26prejudiceeitherfororagainsttheproposedmeasure. |
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