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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1044 By: McCall
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amendme nt to Section 2 of
Article V of the Constitution of the State of
Oklahoma; clarifying language; providing ballot
title; and directing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND 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 Section 2 of Article 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
shall have the right to propose any legislative measure, and fifteen
per centum percent (15%) of the legal voters shall have the right to
propose amendments to the Constitution by petition, and every such
petition shall include the full text of the measure so proposed.
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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 of the legal voters 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 resolution 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 Section 2 of Article 5 of the Oklahoma
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 SECT ION 2
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hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.
58-1-6940 LRB 01/11/21