STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 54th Legislature (2014)

SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION 44	By:	Dahm

AS INTRODUCED

A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State to refer to the people for their approval or rejection the question of calling a Constitutional Convention which shall be authorized to propose alterations, revisions, or amendments to the Oklahoma Constitution or to propose a new Constitution; providing ballot title; and directing filing.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 2ND SESSION OF THE 54TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1.  The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law, the question, pursuant specifically to Section 2 of Article XXIV of the Oklahoma Constitution, of calling a Constitutional Convention which shall be authorized to propose alterations, revisions, or amendments to the Oklahoma Constitution, or to propose a new Constitution for the State of Oklahoma.
SECTION 2.  The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in the following form:
BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum No. ____	State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
Shall the Legislature call a Constitutional Convention which shall be authorized to propose alterations, revisions, or amendments to the Oklahoma Constitution, or to propose a new Constitution for the State of Oklahoma?
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES	_____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO 	_____________
SECTION 3.  The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall, immediately after the passage of this resolution, prepare and file one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2 hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney General.

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