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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE JOINT
58	58	RESOLUTION 8 By: Hamilton
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	A Joint Resolution directing th e Secretary of State
66	66	to refer to the peopl e for their approval or
67	67	rejection a proposed amendmen t to the Oklahoma
68	68	Constitution by adding a new Section 9C to Article V;
69	69	modifying apportionment of state senate districts;
70	70	requiring certain considerations; maintaining four-
71	71	year terms for state senators ; providing ballot
72	72	title; and directing filing.
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77	77	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE O F REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
78	78	1ST SESSION OF THE 59TH 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 pro vided by law,
81	81	the following proposed amendment t o the Oklahoma Constitution by
82	82	adding a new Section 9C of Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution to
83	83	read as follows:
84	84	Section 9C. A. The state shall be ap portioned into forty -eight
85	85	senatorial districts in th e following manner: the nineteen most
86	86	populous counties, as determined by the most recent Federal
87	87	Decennial Census, shall constitute nineteen senatorial districts
88	88	with one senator to be nominated and ele cted from each district; the
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140	140	fifty-eight less populous counties shall be joined into twenty -nine
141	141	two-county districts with one senator to be nominated and elected
142	142	from each of the two -county districts. In apportioning the State
143	143	Senate, consideration shall be given to population, compactness,
144	144	area, political units, historical precedents, economic and political
145	145	interests, contiguous territory, and other major factors, to the
146	146	extent feasible.
147	147	B. Each senatorial district, whether single county or multi -
148	148	county, shall be entitled to one senator, who shall hold of fice for
149	149	four years; provided that any senator, serving at the time of the
150	150	adoption of this amendment, shall serve the full time for which he
151	151	or she was elected. Vitalization of senatorial districts sha ll
152	152	provide for one-half of the senators to be elected at each general
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154	154	SECTION 2. The Ballot Title f or the proposed Constitutional
155	155	amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
156	156	the following form:
157	157	BALLOT TITLE
158	158	Legislative Referendum N o. ____ State Question No. ____
159	159	THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
160	160	This measure would amend the Oklahoma Constitution by adding a
161	161	new Section 9C to Article 5. The measure would change the way
162	162	state senate districts are apportioned. The nineteen most
163	163	populous counties would be individual districts that would each
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215	215	have one senator. The fif ty-eight remaining counties would join
216	216	into twenty-nine two-county districts that would each have one
217	217	senator. It maintains four-year terms for state senators.
218	218	SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
219	219	FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
220	220	AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
221	221	SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall,
222	222	immediately after the passage of this res olution, prepare and file
223	223	one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2
224	224	hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
225	225	General.
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