that the question of calling a convention
may be submitted to the voters at any time
by the governor, by the General Assembly,
or by a petition signed by a number of
qualified voters equal to ten per cent of the
total number of votes cast for governor in
the most recent gubernatiorial election;
that if the question of calling a convention
shall not have been submitted to the voters
of the State for a period of twenty years
after the effective date of this Constitution
or after a convention has been held, then
it shall be submitted at the next general
election; that there shall be a constitutional
convention fifty years from the effective
date of this Constitution unless a conven-
tion has been called prior to that time;
that the governor shall appoint a commis-
sion to prepare for any convention called;
that the General Assembly shall provide
by law for the assembling of the conven-
tion, the election of delegates, the filling
of vacancies in the position of delegate,
and the appropriation of sufficient funds
for the work of the convention; that the
convention shall adopt its own rules of pro-
cedure; and that any proposal recom-
mended by the convention for changing the
Constitution shall be submitted to the
voters for adoption, and shall be effective
only if approved by the affirmative vote of
a majority voting thereon.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 390 is referred to the Committee on
General Provisions.
Delegate Proposal No. 391. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 391, by Delegates Ulrich, Beachley,
Cicone, Eckenrode, Fornos, Gallagher,
Groh, Grumbacher, Gullet, Jett, Leitzel,
E. C. Murray, Needle, Robie and Taylor.
Title,
A PROPOSAL that the natural resources
of the State shall be conserved.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 39I is referred to the Committee on
General Provisions.
There is a memorandum accompanying
Delegate Proposal No. 39I by the spon-
soring delegates.
Delegate Proposal No. 392. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 392, by Delegate Borom. Title,
A PROPOSAL that except as otherwise
specifically provided for in the Constitu-
tion, the General Assembly may not enact |
any public local laws and, except with re-
spect to appropriations, may enact only
public general laws which in their terms
and in their effects apply without excep-
tion to all counties or to all counties in a
class; provided, however, that special
powers or exceptions needed in county
jurisdictions are subject to public general
law, the enactment of which is in effect
under specific prevailing conditions as
enumerated within the law; and that no
county shall be exempt from any public
general law applicable to counties in its
class.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 392 is referred to the Committee on
Local Government.
Delegate Proposal No. 393. The Clerk
will read the proposal.
READING CLERK: Delegate Proposal
No. 393, by Lloyd Taylor. Title,
A PROPOSAL that establishes the right
to services, protections, and the assistance
of the state government for all residents.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Proposal
No. 393 is referred to the Committee on
Personal Rights and the Preamble.
There is a memorandum to accompany
Delegate Proposal No. 393 by Delegate
Lloyd Taylor.
I call to your attention that this pro-
posal and the memorandum have not yet
been received from the duplicating office,
so that you do not as yet have your copies.
Our attention has been called to a typo-
graphical error on Delegate Proposal No.
380. If you would please make the correc-
tion in pen and ink on your copy; Delegate
Burgess's name is mispelled as Berger.
That is Delegate Proposal No. 380.
Are there any motions or resolutions?
(There was no response.)
If not, we will move on to announce-
ments.
You should have on your desks a memo-
randum from me, Memorandum 15, to
which is attached a copy of the United
States Treasury Department Form 2106,
Bulletin No. 463. These are passed on to
you only for your information. Let me an-
nounce that a number of delegates have
said to me that they question the legal
accuracy of the letter received from the
District Director of Internal Revenue,
which I sent to you a week or so ago. In
passing this on to you, I am not meaning |
