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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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57	57	SENATE JOINT
58	58	RESOLUTION 42 By: Murdock
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
66	66	to refer to the people for their approval or
67	67	rejection a proposed amend ment to the Oklahoma
68	68	Constitution by adding a new Section 4 to Article
69	69	XXIV; requiring proposed constitutional amendment s or
70	70	state questions to receive certain majority vote to
71	71	take statewide effect; allowin g proposed
72	72	constitutional amendments or state questi ons to take
73	73	effect in only counties that approved under certain
74	74	circumstances; providing ballot title; and directing
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81	81	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE A ND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF T HE
82	82	2ND SESSION OF THE 58TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
83	83	SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
84	84	their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
85	85	the following proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution by
86	86	adding a new Section 4 to Article XXIV to read as follows:
87	87	Section 4. A. No amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution or
88	88	other state question that removes a right of the residents of this
89	89	state shall take effect statewide unless:
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141	141	1. A majority of electors statewide vote in favor of the
142	142	proposed amendment or state question; and
143	143	2. A majority of electors in three-fourths of all counties in
144	144	this state vote in favor of the prop osed amendment or state
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146	146	B. An amendment to the Oklahoma Cons titution or other state
147	147	question that removes a right of the residents of this state that
148	148	receives a majority of electors pursuant to paragraph 1 of
149	149	subsection A of this section, but does not receive a majority of
150	150	electors pursuant to paragraph 2 of subsection A of this section
151	151	shall take effect only in such count ies where a majority of electors
152	152	voted in favor of the proposed amendment or state question.
153	153	SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the propo sed Constitutional
154	154	amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
155	155	the following form:
156	156	BALLOT TITLE
157	157	Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
158	158	THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITIO N IS AS FOLLOWS:
159	159	This measure would create a new Section 4 of Article 24 of the
160	160	Oklahoma Constitution. The measure would require a propose d
161	161	constitutional amendment or state question that removes a right
162	162	of residents of this state to receive a majority vote of
163	163	electors statewide and a majority vote of electors in three -
164	164	fourths of the counties to take effect statewide. The measure
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216	216	would require a proposed amendment or state question that
217	217	received a majority vote of electors statewide but not in three -
218	218	fourths of the counties to only take effect in cou nties in which
219	219	the proposed amendment or state question receive d a majority
220	220	vote of electors in that county.
221	221	SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
222	222	FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
223	223	AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
224	224	SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall,
225	225	immediately after the pas sage of this resolution, pr epare and file
226	226	one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2
227	227	hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
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