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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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57	57	SENATE JOINT
58	58	RESOLUTION 4 By: Haste
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	A Joint Resolution directing the S ecretary of State
66	66	to refer to the people f or their approval or
67	67	rejection a proposed amendment t o Section 3 of
68	68	Article V and Section 1 of Article XXIV of the
69	69	Oklahoma Constitution; increasing percentage of vote
70	70	required to pass certain measures; providing ballot
71	71	title; and directing filing.
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77	77	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF R EPRESENTATIVES OF THE
78	78	1ST SESSION OF THE 58TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
79	79	SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
80	80	their approval or rejection, as and in the manner prov ided by law,
81	81	the following proposed amendment to Sect ion 3 of Article V of the
82	82	Oklahoma Constitution to read as follows:
83	83	Section 3. Referendum petitions shall be filed with the
84	84	Secretary of State not more than ninety (90) days after the final
85	85	adjournment of the session of the Legislature which passed the bi ll
86	86	on which the referendum is demanded. The veto power of the Governor
87	87	shall not extend to measures voted on by the people. All elections
88	88	on measures referred to the people of the sta te shall be had at the
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140	140	next election held throughout the state, except when the Legislature
141	141	or the Governor shall order a special election for the express
142	142	purpose of making such reference. Any measure referred to the
143	143	people by the initiative or referendum shall take effect and be in
144	144	force when it shall have been approved by a majority not less than
145	145	sixty percent (60%) of the votes cast thereon and not otherwise.
146	146	The style of all bills shall be: “Be it Enacted By the People
147	147	of the State of Oklahoma.”
148	148	Petitions and orders for the initiative and for the referendum
149	149	shall be filed with the Secretary of State and addressed to the
150	150	Governor of the state, who shall submit the same to the people. The
151	151	Legislature shall make suitable provisions f or carrying into effe ct
152	152	the provisions of this article.
153	153	SECTION 2. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
154	154	their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
155	155	the following proposed amendment to Sect ion 1 of Article XXIV of the
156	156	Oklahoma Constitution to read as follows:
157	157	Section 1. Any amendment or amen dments to this Constitution may
158	158	be proposed in either branch of the Legislature, and if the same
159	159	shall be agreed to by a majori ty of all the members elected to ea ch
160	160	of the two (2) houses, such proposed a mendment or amendments shall,
161	161	with the yeas and nays thereon, be entered in their journals and
162	162	referred by the Secretary of State to the people for their approval
163	163	or rejection, at the next regular general election, except when the
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215	215	Legislature, by a two -thirds (2/3) vote of each house, shall order a
216	216	special election for that purpose. If a majority not less than
217	217	sixty percent (60%) of all the electors voting on any proposed
218	218	amendment at such election shall vote in favor thereof, it shall
219	219	thereby become a part of this Constitution.
220	220	No proposal for the amendment or alteration of this Constitution
221	221	which is submitted to the voters shall embrace more than one general
222	222	subject and the voters shall vote separately for or against each
223	223	proposal submitted; provid ed, however, that in the submission of
224	224	proposals for the ame ndment of this Constitution by articles, which
225	225	embrace one general subject, each proposed article shall be deemed a
226	226	single proposal or proposition.
227	227	SECTION 3. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
228	228	amendment as set forth in SECTI ONS 1 and 2 of this resolution shall
229	229	be in the following form:
230	230	BALLOT TITLE
231	231	Legislative Referendum N o. ____ State Question No. ____
232	232	THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
233	233	This measure would amend Sec tion 3 of Article 5 of the Oklahoma
234	234	Constitution. It would increase the vote required to pass an
235	235	initiative or referendum petition from a simple majority to a
236	236	60% vote of the electors voting on the petition. This measure
237	237	would also amend Section 1 of Article 24 of the Oklahoma
238	238	Constitution. It would increase the vote required to pass a
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290	290	constitutional amendment proposed by the Legislature from a
291	291	simple majority to a 60% vote of the electors voting on the
292	292	amendment.
293	293	SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
294	294	FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
295	295	AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
296	296	SECTION 4. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall,
297	297	immediately after the passage of this resolution, prepare and file
298	298	one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 3
299	299	hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
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