Initiative and referendum requirements.

WORKING DRAFT
2007
STATE OF
WYOMING
07LSO-0496

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
NO.
HJ0004

Initiative and referendum requirements.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Brown, Buchanan, Cohee, Gingery, Lubnau, Olsen and Simpson and Senator(s) Nicholas, Ross, Vasey and Von Flatern

A BILL

for

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution
to modify the signature requirement for a petition for an initiative or referendum; changing the requirement from fifteen percent of those resident in at least two-thirds of the counties to at least fifteen per
cent
of those resident in
at least two-thirds of the
senate district
s in the state
.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
,
two-thirds of all the members of the two houses, voting separately, concurring therein:

Section 1.
The following proposal to amend Wyoming Constitution, Article
3
, Section
52
(c)(ii)
is proposed for submission to the electors of the State of
Wyoming
at the next general election for approval or rejection to become valid as a part of the Constitution if ratified by a majority of the electors at the election:

Article 3, Section 52
.

Initiative and referendum.

(c)

After certification of the application, a petition containing a summary of the subject matter shall be prepared by the secretary of state for circulation by the sponsors. The petition may be filed with the secretary of state if it meets both of the following requirements:

(ii)

It is signed by qualified voters equal in number to fifteen percent (15%) of those resident in at least two-thirds (2/3) of the
counties

senate districts
of the state, as determined by those who voted in the preceding general election in
that county

each senate district
.

Section 2.
That the Secretary of State shall endorse the following statement on the proposed amendment:

The passage of this amendment would change the requirement for petition signatures for an initiative or referendum. Currently a petition must be signed by at least f
ifteen percent
(15%)
of the
qualified voters in at least two-thirds (2/3) of the counties, as determined by those who voted in the last general election. This amendment would change the requirement to at least fifteen percent (15%) of the qualified voters in at least two-thirds (2/3) of the senate districts, as determined by those who voted in the last general election.

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