Bill Text: MS HB1457 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Constitution; S.O.S. may make nonsubstantive correction in section number designation in proposed voter initiative.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-02-22 - Approved by Governor [HB1457 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2011-HB1457-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Representative Snowden
House Bill 1457
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN AN AMENDMENT TO THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890 IS PROPOSED UNDER THE STATE VOTER INITIATIVE PROCEDURE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MAY MAKE CERTAIN NONSUBSTANTIVE CLERICAL OR TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS IN THE SECTION NUMBER REFERENCE OR DESIGNATION OF THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. When an amendment to the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 is proposed to the qualified electors of the state under the voter initiative procedure set forth in Section 23-17-1, et seq., the Secretary of State, with the approval of the Attorney General, may make a nonsubstantive clerical or technical correction in the section number reference or designation of the proposed amendment contained in an initiative measure, as may be appropriate or necessary in order to prevent the use of an existing section number or the possibility of the initiative being declared invalid only because of an error in the section number designation. Such a correction may be made at any time after the Attorney General's certificate of review with regard to the initiative measure has been issued, and before the ballot for the initiative measure is printed. The provisions of this section do not authorize the Secretary of State to make any change other than a nonsubstantive correction in the section number reference or designation of the proposed amendment contained in the initiative measure.
SECTION 2. The provisions of Section 1 of this act shall be codified in Chapter 17, Title 23, Mississippi Code of 1972.
SECTION 3. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall submit this act, immediately upon approval by the Governor, or upon approval by the Legislature subsequent to a veto, to the Attorney General of the United States or to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date it is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.
