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Louisiana Power of Initiative Amendment (2015)
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The Louisiana Power of Initiative Amendment was not on the October 24, 2015 ballot in Louisiana as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have provided citizens with the power to propose initiated state statutes and initiated constitutional amendments.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot text was:[1]
| “ | Do you support an amendment to give the power to propose statutes and constitutional amendments and to adopt or reject them to the electorate of Louisiana? (Amends Article III, Section 1)[2] |
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Constitutional changes
- See also: Article III, Louisiana Constitution
The proposed amendment would have amended Section 1 of Article III of the Constitution of Louisiana. The following underlined text would have been added by the proposed measure's approval:[1]
Section 1.(A) Legislative Power of State. The legislative power of the state is vested in a legislature, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives; subject to the power reserved to the people to propose statutes and amendments to the constitution and to adopt or reject them. The Senate shall be composed of one senator elected from each senatorial district. The House of Representatives shall be composed of one representative elected from each representative district.
(B) Continuous Body. The legislature is a continuous body during the term for which its members are elected; however, a bill or resolution not finally passed in any session shall be withdrawn from the files of the legislature.
(C) An initiative measure may be proposed by presenting to the secretary of state a petition that sets forth the text of the proposed statute or amendment to the constitution and is certified to have been signed by electors, either in person or electronically via the secretary of state's website. The secretary of state shall then submit the measure at the next statewide general election.[2]
Support
The measure was sponsored in the legislature by Sen. Rick Gallot (D-29).[3]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Louisiana Constitution
The proposed constitutional amendment needed to be approved through a two-thirds vote in both legislative chambers to be placed on the ballot.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Louisiana Legislature, "Senate Bill 201," accessed April 17, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ The Times‑Picayune, "Louisiana lawmaker wants to give more power to the people at the ballot," April 16, 2015
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