shall cause the same to be published three months before the
next general election, in at least two newspapers in every
county in which such newspapers shall be published; and if, in
the General Assembly next afterwards chosen, such proposed
amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of the
members elected to each House, the [Secretary of the
Commonwealth] Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Clerk of the
House of Representatives, as appropriate, shall cause the same
again to be published in the manner aforesaid; and such proposed
amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the qualified
electors of the State in such manner, and at such time at least
three months after being so agreed to by the two Houses, as the
General Assembly shall prescribe; and, if such amendment or
amendments shall be approved by a majority of those voting
thereon, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the
Constitution; but no amendment or amendments shall be submitted
oftener than once in five years. When two or more amendments
shall be submitted they shall be voted upon separately.
(a) In the event a major emergency threatens or is about to
threaten the Commonwealth and if the safety or welfare of the
Commonwealth requires prompt amendment of this Constitution,
such amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the
Senate or House of Representatives at any regular or special
session of the General Assembly, and if agreed to by at least
two-thirds of the members elected to each House, a proposed
amendment shall be entered on the journal of each House with the
yeas and nays taken thereon and the [official in charge of
statewide elections] Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Clerk
of the House of Representatives, as appropriate, shall promptly
publish such proposed amendment in at least two newspapers in
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