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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1002 By: Hardin (Tommy)
AS INTRODUCED
An Act directing the Secretary of State to refer to
the people for their approval or rejection a proposed
amendment to Section 2 of Article V of the
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma; changing the
percentage of legal voters from statewide to each
county of the state for certain petitions; providing
ballot title; and directing filing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
the following proposed amendment to Section 2 of A rticle V of the
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma to read as follows:
Section 2. The first power reserved by the people is the
initiative, and eight per centum percent (8%) of the legal voters of
each county of this state shall have the right to propo se any
legislative measure, and fifteen per centum percent (15%) of the
legal voters of each county of this state shall have the right to
propose amendments to the Constitution by petition, and every such
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petition shall include the full text of the measure so proposed.
The second power is the referendum, and it may be ordered (except as
to laws necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health, or safety), either by petition signed by five per
centum percent (5%) of the legal voters of each county of this state
or by the Legislature as other bills are enacted. The ratio and per
centum of legal voters hereinbefore stated shall be based upon the
total number of votes cast at the last general election for the
Office of Governor.
SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this act shall be in the
following form:
BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS :
This measure amends th e Oklahoma Constitution. It amends a
section pertaining to initiative and referendum petitions. The
amendment changes the percentage of legal voters necessary to
propose certain petitions from statewide to each county of this
state.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
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SECTION 3. The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives,
immediately after the passage of this act, shall prepare and file
one copy thereof, includ ing the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2
hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON RULES, dated 03/01/2022 - DO PASS.