PRINTER'S NO. 204
No. 187 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY MELIO, FAIRCHILD, KING, J. TAYLOR, HALUSKA,
ROONEY, CARONE, VAN HORNE, TIGUE, BEBKO-JONES, KREBS, DeLUCA,
M. N. WRIGHT, TANGRETTI, LAUGHLIN, CLARK, HANNA, MASLAND,
STEELMAN, RAYMOND, GERLACH, SCHEETZ, STEIL, CAWLEY AND
ROEBUCK, FEBRUARY 3, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, FEBRUARY 3, 1993
AN ACT
1 Providing for a Statewide referendum on the question of whether
2 the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania should
3 be amended to provide for Statewide initiative and
4 referendum.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall cause to
8 be placed on the ballot, at the primary or general election next
9 following the effective date of this act, a referendum to
10 determine the will of the electorate of the Commonwealth with
11 respect to amending the Constitution of the Commonwealth of
12 Pennsylvania to provide for Statewide initiative and referendum.
13 The referendum shall be advertised and conducted in accordance
14 with the provisions of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
15 No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code.
16 Section 2. The question shall be in substantially the
17 following form:
1 Shall the Constitution of the Commonwealth of
2 Pennsylvania be amended to provide that electors have the
3 following powers:
4 (1) the power to propose laws and amendments to
5 the Constitution;
6 (2) the power to adopt or reject proposed laws
7 and amendments to the Constitution; and
8 (3) the power to adopt or reject a statute, or
9 section or part of a statute, enacted by the General
10 Assembly?
11 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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