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S 0188 Joint Resolution, By Rose
Summary: Constitutional amendment proposed
A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, BY ADDING SECTION 4 IN ARTICLE XVI SO AS TO PROVIDE AT THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 2012 AND EVERY TWENTY-YEARS AFTERWARD, THE QUESTION OF WHETHER A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION BE HELD TO REVISE, AMEND, OR CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE STATE TO BE DECIDED BY A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORS VOTING ON THE QUESTION, AND WHERE A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORS VOTING FAVOR THIS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS NEXT SESSION SHALL BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THE MEMBERSHIP PROVIDE BY LAW FOR THE COMPOSITION, FUNDING, ORGANIZATION, AND PROCEDURAL RULES OF THIS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
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Summary: Constitutional amendment proposed
A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, BY ADDING SECTION 4 IN ARTICLE XVI SO AS TO PROVIDE AT THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 2012 AND EVERY TWENTY-YEARS AFTERWARD, THE QUESTION OF WHETHER A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION BE HELD TO REVISE, AMEND, OR CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE STATE TO BE DECIDED BY A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORS VOTING ON THE QUESTION, AND WHERE A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORS VOTING FAVOR THIS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS NEXT SESSION SHALL BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THE MEMBERSHIP PROVIDE BY LAW FOR THE COMPOSITION, FUNDING, ORGANIZATION, AND PROCEDURAL RULES OF THIS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
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| 12/01/10 | Senate | Prefiled |
| 12/01/10 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| 01/11/11 | Senate | Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 88) |
| 01/11/11 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 88) |