H 4688 Session 110 (1993-1994)
H 4688 Joint Resolution, By Sheheen
A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to Section 1, Article XVI of the
Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, relating to amendment and revision of
the Constitution, so as to provide that for any general election rather than
just for the 1990 general election, revision of an entire Article or the
addition of a new Article may be proposed as a single amendment with only one
question being required to be submitted to the electors.
02/08/94 House Introduced and read first time HJ-10
02/08/94 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-11
A JOINT RESOLUTION
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1, ARTICLE XVI OF
THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING
TO AMENDMENT AND REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION, SO
AS TO PROVIDE THAT FOR ANY GENERAL ELECTION RATHER
THAN JUST FOR THE 1990 GENERAL ELECTION, REVISION OF
AN ENTIRE ARTICLE OR THE ADDITION OF A NEW ARTICLE
MAY BE PROPOSED AS A SINGLE AMENDMENT WITH ONLY
ONE QUESTION BEING REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE
ELECTORS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 1, Article XVI of the Constitution of South
Carolina, 1895, is amended to read:
"Section 1. Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution
may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives. However,
for the any general election in 1990, revision of
an entire article or the addition of a new article may be proposed as a
single amendment with only one question being required to be submitted
to the electors. The amendment may delete, revise, and transpose
provisions from other articles of the Constitution provided the provisions
are germane to the subject matter of the article being revised or being
proposed. If it is agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each
House, the amendment or amendments must be entered on the Journals
respectively, with the yeas and nays taken on it and must be submitted
to the qualified electors of the State at the next general election for
Representatives. If a majority of the electors qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly voting on the question vote in favor
of the amendment or amendments and a majority of each branch of the
next General Assembly, after the election and before another, ratify the
amendment or amendments, by yeas and nays, they become part of the
Constitution. The amendment or amendments must be read three times,
on three several days, in each House."
SECTION 2. The proposed amendment must be submitted to the
qualified electors at the next general election. Ballots must be provided
at the various voting precincts with the following words printed or
written on the ballots:
"Shall Article XVI, Section 1 of the Constitution of this State,
relating to amendment and revision of the Constitution be amended, so
as to provide that for any general election rather than just for the 1990
general election, revision of an entire article or the addition of a new
article may be proposed as a single amendment with only one question
being required to be submitted to the qualified electors of this State?
Yes []
No []
Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check
or cross mark in the square after the word `Yes', and those voting against
the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the
square after the word `No'."
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