Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0341 Compare Versions

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9	9	S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
10	10	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
11	11	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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14	14	J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
15	15	TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF
16	16	AMENDMENT TO THE CON STITUTION OF THE STATE -- REFERENDUM ON LINE
17	17	ITEM VETO
18	18	Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, E Morgan, de la Cruz, F. Lombardi, Sosnowski,
19	19	Murray, and Paolino
20	20	Date Introduced: February 16, 2023
21	21	Referred To: Senate Judiciary
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24	24	RESOLVED, That a majority of the members elected to each house of the general 1
25	25	assembly voting therefor, the following amendment to the Constitution of the state be proposed to 2
26	26	the qualified electors of the state in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV of the 3
27	27	Constitution, for their approval, and that it take the place of Article IX, Section 14, which is 4
28	28	hereby amended to read as follows: 5
29	29	ARTICLE IX – OF THE EXECUTIVE POWER 6
30	30	Section 14. Veto power of governor -- Veto overrides by general assembly -- Acts 7
31	31	effective without action by governor -- Every bill, resolution, or vote (except such as relate to 8
32	32	adjournment, the organization or conduct of either or both houses of the general assembly, and 9
33	33	resolutions proposing amendment to the Constitution) which shall have passed both houses of the 10
34	34	general assembly shall be presented to the governor. If the governor approve it the governor shall 11
35	35	sign it, and thereupon it shall become operative, but if the governor does not approve it the 12
36	36	governor shall return it, accompanied by the governor's objections in writing to the house in 13
37	37	which it originated, which shall enter the governor's objections in full upon its journal and 14
38	38	proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, three-fifths of the members present and 15
39	39	voting in that house shall vote to pass the measure, it shall be sent with the objections, to the other 16
40	40	house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by three-fifths of the members 17
41	41	present and voting in that house, it shall be determined by ayes and nays and the names of the 18
42	42	members voting for and against the measure shall be entered upon the journal of each house, 19
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46	46	respectively. If the measure shall not be returned by the governor within six days (Sundays 1
47	47	excepted) after it shall have been presented to the governor the same shall become operative 2
48	48	unless the general assembly, by adjournment, prevents its return, in which case it shall become 3
49	49	operative unless transmitted by the governor to the secretary of state, with the governor's 4
50	50	disapproval in writing within ten days after such adjournment. 5
51	51	If any bill presented to the governor shall address appropriation of money, the governor 6
52	52	may: 7
53	53	(a) Approve the bill in like manner as the passage of other bills set forth in this section; 8
54	54	(b) Reduce any sum or sums of money appropriated in the bill while approving other 9
55	55	portions of the bill, in which case the portions of the bill so approved by the governor shall also 10
56	56	become law unless the general assembly repasses the original sum or sums according to the rules 11
57	57	and limitations prescribed in this section for the passage of other bills over the governor's veto, 12
58	58	provided that each sum of money so reduced by the governor shall be separately and individually 13
59	59	reconsidered by the general assembly; or 14
60	60	(c) Disapprove one or more items or parts of items of the bill (other than sum or sums of 15
61	61	money described in the immediately preceding subsection (b) of this section), in which case any 16
62	62	portions of the bill so disapproved by the governor shall not become law unless the general 17
63	63	assembly repasses the original version of the item or part of an item according to the rules and 18
64	64	limitations prescribed in this section for the passage of other bills over the governor's veto, 19
65	65	provided: 20
66	66	(1) That each item or part of an item so disapproved by the governor shall be separately 21
67	67	and individually reconsidered by the general assembly; 22
68	68	(2) Further, that in approving the bill in part, the governor may not create: 23
69	69	(i) A new word by rejecting individual letters in the words; or 24
70	70	(ii) A new sentence by combining parts of two (2) or more sentences; and 25
71	71	(3) Further, that to the extent an item or part of an item disapproved by the governor 26
72	72	constitutes a condition, including, but not limited to, directing or restricting the use, of an 27
73	73	appropriated fund, the sum corresponding to the specific item of appropriated fund to which the 28
74	74	disapproved condition applies shall not be reduced but remain as part of the general appropriated 29
75	75	funds. 30
76	76	RESOLVED, That this amendment shall take, in the Constitution of the state, the place of 31
77	77	Section 14 of Article IX of the Constitution; 32
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79	79	RESOLVED, That the said proposition of amendment shall be submitted to the electors 34
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83	83	for their approval or rejection at the next statewide general election. The voting places in the 1
84	84	several cities and towns shall be kept open during the hours required by law for voting therein for 2
85	85	general officers of the state; and be it further 3
86	86	RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause the said proposition of amendment to 4
87	87	be published as a part of this resolution in the newspapers of the state prior to the date of the said 5
88	88	meetings of the said electors; and the said proposition shall be inserted in the warrants or notices 6
89	89	to be issued previous to said meetings of the electors for the purpose of warning the town, ward, 7
90	90	or district meetings, and said proposition shall be read by the town, ward, or district meetings to 8
91	91	be held as aforesaid; it further 9
92	92	RESOLVED, That the town, ward, and district meetings to be held aforesaid shall be 10
93	93	warned, and the list of voters shall be canvassed and made up, and the said town, ward, and 11
94	94	district meetings shall be conducted in the same manner as now provided by law for the town, 12
95	95	ward, and district meetings for the election of general officers of the state. 13
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102	102	EXPLANATION
103	103	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
104	104	OF
105	105	J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
106	106	TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF
107	107	AMENDMENT TO THE CON STITUTION OF THE STATE -- REFERENDUM ON LINE
108	108	ITEM VETO
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110	110	This proposed amendment to the Constitution would provide the governor with a line 1
111	111	item veto on the budget and other bills for the appropriation of money. 2
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