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UNLESS IT BE OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY DECLARED THEREIN OR
PROVIDED FOR IN THIS CONSTITUTION.
[[THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY BY PUBLIC GENERAL LAW
ESTABLISH A UNIFORM EFFECTIVE DATE FOR ALL BILLS WHICH IT
PASSES AND WHICH ARE SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. IN NO EVENT
SHALL ANY BILL TAKE EFFECT PRIOR TO 30 DAYS AFTER IT HAS
BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY
MEASURE TO TAKE EFFECT WHEN ENACTED, AND THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY MAY ESTABLISH A LATER EFFECTIVE DATE IN ANY BILL
WHICH IT PASSES. IF THE GOVERNOR NEITHER SIGNS NOR
VETOES THE BILL WITHIN THE TIME HEREIN PRESCRIBED, THE
BILL SHALL BECOME LAW.
BILLS PASSED OVER THE GOVERNOR'S VETO SHALL TAKE
EFFECT 30 DAYS AFTER THE GOVERNOR'S VETO IS OVER-BIDDEN
OR AT A LATER DATE IF SPECIFIED IN THE BILL.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, (Three-fifths
of all the members elected to each of the two Houses
concurring), That the following be and the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to Section 1 (a), 2 and 3 (b) of
Article XVI - The Referendum, of the Constitution of
Maryland, the sane, if adopted by the legally qualified
voters of the State, as herein provided, to become a part
of the Constitution of Maryland:
Article XVI - The Referendum
1.
(a) The people reserve to themselves power known
as The Referendum, by petition to have submitted to the
registered voters of the State, to approve or reject at
the polls, any Act, or part of any Act of the General
Assembly, if approved by the Governor,]] [or,] [[if
passed by the General Assembly over the veto of the
Governor; OR IF THE BILL BECOMES LAW WITHOUT THE
SIGNATURE OF THE GOVERNOR.]]
[[2-1]
[No law] [[ANY BILL enacted by the General Assembly
shall take effect]] [until the first day of June next
after the session at which it «ay be passed,] [[30 DAYS
AFTER IT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, OB AT A LATER
DATE IF SPECIFIED IN THE BILL, unless it]] [contain]
[[CONTAINS a Section declaring such law an emergency law
and necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public health or safety, and passed upon a yea and nay
vote supported by three—fifths of all the members elected
to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly;
provided, however, that said period of suspension may be
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