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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legi slature (2023)
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1040 By: Echols
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Oklahoma by adding a new section to
Article XXVIII A to be designated as S ection 11;
creating the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverages
Modernization Act of 2023; providing ballot title;
and directing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE
1ST SESSION OF THE 5 9TH 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 the Constitution of the State of
Oklahoma by adding a new Section 11 to Article 28A thereof, to read
as follows:
Section 11. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
"Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverages Modernization Act of 2023".
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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 F OLLOWS:
This measure adds a new section to the Oklahoma Constitution.
It creates the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverages Modernization Act of
2023.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 3. The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives,
immediately after the passage of this act, shall prepare and file
one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2
hereof, with the Sec retary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.
59-1-7176 LRB 1/19/23