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Louisiana Public Retirement Bill Filing, Amendment 3 (2012)
| Public Retirement Bill Filing Amendment | |
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| Type: | Constitutional amendment |
| Constitution: | Louisiana Constitution |
| Referred by: | Louisiana State Legislature |
| Topic: | Administration of gov't |
| Status: |  |
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The measure required more advance filing for bills involving public employee retirement. The measure was sent to the ballot during the 2012 state legislative session as SB 21.
Election results
- See also: 2012 ballot measure election results
| Louisiana Amendment 3 (2012) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,100,604 | 64.47% | ||
| No | 606,653 | 35.53% | ||
Official results via the Louisiana Secretary of State's website.
Text of measure
The official ballot text read as follows:[1]
| “ | Do you support an amendment to require legislation effecting any change to laws concerning retirement systems for public employees that is to be prefiled to be filed no later than forty-five days before the start of a regular legislative session and to require the completion of public notice requirements regarding legislation effecting such a change no later than sixty days before introduction of the bill? | ” |
Support
No formal support was identified.
Opposition
No formal opposition was identified.
Media editorial positions
Support
- The Advocate said, "As strong advocates of public transparency, we support this amendment, but with reservations. Ideally, such matters of legislative housekeeping should be taken out of the state constitution entirely, and handled by legislative rules instead."[2]
Path to the ballot
The legislatively-referred constitutional amendment required a two-thirds vote from members of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature to be placed on the statewide ballot.
See also
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