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tition, shsll become Z part OF the
1oritX OF the electors voting Al
o oqe e: ssSttea Or e.. nta
: less than three-sevsnths OF tho
electors vetir~ 1t said election
voted for the proposed amendment.
Th m.s sesti e; shs 10 C Sonst c{,c5
, Article II. Of tho state constitu.
ton. tor amending the, same.
tb) STATUTORY INITIATIVE.
When at my time prior to the
7mmeneement Of any session Of
been FLEA Win tse .ec ret 2&o %
state; a petition proposing q law.
electors Of the state, the secretary
Of state shall transmit: the same
ten aaSs s9ssr mt 4e eten then
ment OF the session. II the law
so proposed be- not passed by the
legislature at such session, or II
It be passed in an amended form,
petitions. each. signed -ty FIX per
filed with the secretary Of state
within SIX months after the ad.
3ournment Of the legislature, The
or one or more amended forms
thereof, shall be submitted to the
eloctors at the next general or spec
cial state-wide election. occurring
not less than ninety days after the
as and fsF1hsS ps pY
majority Of the electors voting
thereon, provided The vote in favor
Of the iproposed law be not less
than thirty-three per centum Of
such election, tho same shall be-
come q law and go into effect
thirty days after such election, and
shall supersede any amended form
Of such law which may have been
1y thi e 'sff ntsy: p M9 s
and approved by the electors shall
be subject to the veto Of the gov
ernor. The authority Of the people
to enact laws, az provided IN this
laws authorized by the provisions
OF tho constitution.
90 THE REFERENDUM. -- II
Within ninety days fter the final
legislature, = referendum petition,
electors Of the; state, shall be f1led
With the secretary Of state against
x ar or the snE ek RsEt ct q Lay! lax
session. such law, or such part Of
q. law shall Be submitted TO tho
electors at the next general or
special statewide election, occur.
ring net less than ninety days after
the. fling OF said petition. II q
majority Of the votes cast thereon
be IN the negative. provided such
negative vote be not less than
thirty-three Per centum Of the to-
tai number Of votes Gust at such
g law shall thereby be repealed.
Provided, that If a referendum pc,
t1tion is signed by fifteen per Gene
tpm Of the electors Of the state,
1ae iaw s,, or part nt;+ OF laT against
BE- SUSPENDED ' pending the ieo rs eha.
endum vote thereon. Provided the
$samc shall equal So per cent of tho
votes at such election.
Any law providing for 4 tax levy
current. expenses of the state gov
eminent or state institutions, any
act of the legislature submitting
q constitutional amendment OF
fhe static oe a9 to tae Of
ervation Of the pubic p e
health. or safety, shall go into ef-
d a"a Immediately immediate upon its passage
such laws, except emergency laws,
dunn vote, All other laws shall 60
into effect ninety. days after the
ad1ournment OF the Legislature. A
shall contain e preamble briefly
setting forth the facts constitute
y0t S,s shall r. be taken S; upon the Pr:
yeas and nays, and If the pream-
BILE be adopted by two-thirds vote
OF all the n ,mbers of each house,
1t shall be an emergency law.
.,(d) GENERAL PROVISIONS
All petitions provided flor in this
section shall contain a title indi.
eating the subject ana purpose OF
the proposed law or constitutional
amendment, or the law, or part Of
ehaaee IS Is pr Sstsddrfn an an exist,ne
constitutional provision or statute.
in addition to referring to the
same, it shall state. the general
effect OF the proposed change and
law or amendment to the constitu-
law, to be referred. Any initia-
tive or referendum petition may bo
signed IN separate parts but each
sions herein contained. All petit:
tions shall be signed and verified
before a. person authorized to adj
minister an oath, and shall be in
such form that person signing q
dence, that he is a qualified cleo
tor, that he has not previously
signed any part OF such petition,
and that he has signed the petition
thereof. TO each part Of such Pc
tition shall be attached the aff1-
davit of the person before whom
the same, was signed, which afi:
davit shall contain a statement OF
that each Of the signatures at.
tached to such part was made In
= the presence Of the afflant, that
to the best of his knowledge ana
belief each signature 10 the gen.
name It purports to be, that he be:
liev,es the persons who have signed
such petition to be electors, that
they signed such petition with
knowledge Of the contents thereof.
and that each person signed the
his name. The circulation OF the
petition provided for herein, or
the prohibition Of the circulation
thereof, may be regulated by law,
and in case the circulation Of any
petition is prohibited by law the
percentage Of signers required on
any petition. provided for in this
section shall be one-half Of tho
percentage specified in subdivi-
sions q. b and Of this section.
The percentage in any case shall
Votes s cast For go Sv teat At u the next
preceding election. All petitions
provided for in this section shall
contain the signature Of not less
than one-half %: the designated
percentage of the electors In not
less than one-fourth Of the coun-
ties Of the state In initiating q
law or constitutional AmenGment