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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1007 By: Newton
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amendm ent to Section 3 of
Article V of the Constitution of the State of
Oklahoma; requiring certain vote of legal voters to
pass constitutional amendments; providing ballot
title; and directing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A ND THE SENATE OF THE
1ST SESSION OF THE 58 TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
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 Secti on 3 of Article V of the
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma to read as follows:
Section 3. Referendum petitions shall be filed with the
Secretary of State not more than ninety (90) days after the final
adjournment of the session of the Legislature whic h passed the bill
on which the referendum is demanded. The veto power of the Governor
shall not extend to measures voted on by the people. All elections
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on measures referred to the people of the state shall be had at the
next election held throughout the state, except when the Legislature
or the Governor shall order a special election for the express
purpose of making such reference. Any Except as otherwise provided,
any measure referred to the people by the an initiative shall take
effect and be in forc e when it shall have been approved by a fifty-
five-percent majority of the votes cast thereon and not otherwise .
An initiative that only repeals a provision or provisions of the
Constitution or referendum shall take effect and be in force when it
shall have been approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon and
not otherwise.
The style of all bills shall be: "Be it Enacted By the People
of the State of Oklahoma."
Petitions and orders for the initiative and for the referendum
shall be filed with the Sec retary of State and addressed to the
Governor of the state, who shall submit the same to the people. The
Legislature shall make suitable provisions for carrying into effect
the provisions of this article.
SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for t he proposed Constitutional
amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
the following form:
BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
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This measure amends Section 3 of Article 5 of the Oklahoma
Constitution. It requires a fifty-five percent (55%) majority
vote of the people to pass an initiative petition to amend the
Constitution. It requires a majority vote to repeal provisions
of the Constitution.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 3. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall,
immediately after the passage of this resolution, prepare and file
one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2
hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.
58-1-5915 LRB 12/16/20