Today's Law As Amended


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SCA-9 Initiatives.(2011-2012)



As Amends the Law Today


That Section 10 of Article II thereof is amended to read:

SEC. 10.
 (a) An initiative statute or referendum approved by a majority of votes cast  thereon takes effect on  the fifth  day after the Secretary of State files the statement of the vote for the election at which the measure is voted on, but the measure may provide that it becomes operative after its effective date.  election unless the measure provides otherwise.  If a referendum petition is filed against a part of a statute, statute  the remainder of the statute  shall not be delayed from going into effect.
(b) If provisions of two or more measures approved at the same election conflict, the provisions  those  of the measure receiving the highest number of  affirmative votes vote  shall prevail.
(c) (1) The Legislature may amend or repeal referendum statutes.
(c) (2)  The Legislature may amend or repeal a referendum statute. The  In regard to an initiative statute that is approved by the electors on or before the effective date of paragraph (3), the  Legislature may amend or repeal an the  initiative statute by another statute that becomes effective only when approved by the electors unless the initiative statute permits amendment or repeal without the electors’  their  approval.
(3) (A) An initiative statute that is approved by the electors after the effective date of this paragraph may be amended or repealed either by another statute that becomes effective only when approved by the electors, or directly by the Legislature by means of another statute that takes effect not sooner than three years from the date that the initiative statute was approved by the electors, unless the initiative statute permits an amendment or repeal by the Legislature at an earlier date.
(B) The direct amendment or repeal of an initiative statute pursuant to this paragraph shall be pursuant to a bill that is passed by a percentage of the membership of each house of the Legislature that exceeds the percentage of electors that approved the initiative statute or, in the case of an initiative statute that has been amended by the electors, that approved the most recent amendment of the initiative statute.
(d) Before  Prior to  circulation of an initiative or referendum petition for signatures, a copy shall be submitted to the Attorney General who shall prepare a title and summary of the measure as provided by law.
(e) The Legislature shall provide for  the manner in which a petition shall be circulated, presented, and certified, and the manner in which a measure shall be  is  submitted to the electors.