The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-28
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
--TO THE--
Constitution Of Nevada
To Be Submitted To The
Popular Vote At The
General Election
OF 1912
Initiative and Referendum


No. 3-Senate Substitute for assembly
8 Joint and Concurrent Resolution, pro-
posing to amend article nineteen Of the
constitution by adding to said article
section three, relating 10 the initiative
and referendum and the powers thereby
conferred upon the qualified electors.
Approved February l, 1911
Resolved By the Senate, the assembly concur
ring, That section three be added to article
nineteen of the constitution Of the State Of
Nevada, said section, 30 added, to read rs
follows:
Section 8. The people reserve to themselves
the power TO propose laws and the power to
propose amendments to the constitution and
to enact or reject the same ct the polls, indie
pendent Of the Legislature, and also reserve
the power at their option to approve or reject
at the polls, in the manner herein provided,
any act, item, section or part Of any act or
measure passed by the Legislature, and section
one Of article four Of the constitution shall
hereafter be considered accordingly. The
first power reserved by the people is the initi-
alive. and not more than ten per cent of the
qualified electors shall be required to propose
any measure by initiative petition. and every
| such petition shall include the full text of the
measure so proposed. Initiative petitions,
for all but municipal legislation, shall be hled
| with the Secretary of State not less than
thirty 1901 days before any regular session Of
the Legislature; the Secretary of State shall
transmit the same to the Legislature as soon
as it convenes and organizes. Such initiative
measure shall take precedence over all meas
ures Of the Legislature except appropriation
bills, and shall be enacted or rejected by the
Legislature, without change or amendment.
within forty (40l days. II any such initiative
measure so proposed by petition as aforesaid,
shall be enacted by the Legislature and APP
proved by the Governor In the same manner
as other laws are enacted, same shall become
q law, but shall be subject TO referendum
petition as provided in sections one and two
Of this article. II said initiative measure be
rejected by the Legislature, or II no action be
taken thereon within said forty (40) days, the
ISecretary Of State shall submit the same to
the qualified electors for approval OF rejection
at the next ensuing general election; and II
q majority Of the qualified electors voting
thereon shall approve Of such measure it shall
become a law and take effect from the date oil
| the official declaration of the vote; an initia
| tive measure so approved by the qualified
electors shall not be a~nnulled, set aside oil
repealed by the Legislature within three g.
years from the date said act takes effect. II
case the Legislature shall reject such i~nitiativ,
measure, said body may, with the approval o.
the Governor, propose a different measure OF
the same subject, In which event both meas
ures shall be submitted by the Secretary o
State to the qualified electors for approva
or rejection at the next ensuing GENERALIZATION
The e~nacting clause OF all bills proposed by tn,
initiative shall be: 'The people Of the Stat
of Nevada do enact as follows" The who'll
number Of votes cast for Justice Of the Su
preme Court at the general election last pre-
ceeding the filing of any initiative petition
| shall be the basis on which the number o
Iqualifed electors required TO sign such petition
shall be counted. The seoon l power reserve,
by the people Is the referendum, which shall b.
exercised in the manner provided in section
one and two Of this article. The initiative
and referendum powers in this article pro
vided for are further reserved to the qualified
electors of each county and municipality a. b
all local, special and municipal legislation o
every character in or for said respective coun
ties or municipalities. The Legislature ma,
provide by law for the manner Of exercisinI
the initiative and referendum powers a. Z,
county and municipal legislation, but shall
not require a petition OF more than ten pc
cent no per cent? of the qualified electors Il
order the referendum. nor more than ffteel
per cent rs per cent to propose any munici
pal measure by initiative. II the confictin,
measures submitted TO the people at the mex
ensuing general election shall both he approves
by a majority Of the votes severally cast TO
and against each Of said measures, the meas
urs receiving the highest number Of afirma
tive votes shall thereupon become a law rs Z
all conflicting provisions. The provisions q
this section shall be self executing. but legis
lation may be especially enacted to ~facilitat
its operation.