0001|                      SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 10
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                              ROD ADAIR
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0010|                          A JOINT RESOLUTION
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0011|     PROPOSING TO AMEND ARTICLE 4 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO
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0012|     BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 43 TO AUTHORIZE AN INITIATIVE PROCESS
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0013|     FOR STATE LAWS OR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
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0015|     BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  It is proposed to amend Article 4 of the
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0017|     constitution of New Mexico by adding a new Section 43 to read:
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0018|               "A.  The people reserve the power of initiative to
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0019|     amend the constitution and laws of the state.
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0020|               B.  The initiative is the power of the people to
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0021|     propose amendments to the constitution and laws of New Mexico
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0022|     and to adopt or reject them.  A constitutional amendment
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0023|     proposed by initiative shall require a petition signed by not
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0024|     less than ten percent of the registered qualified electors of
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0025|     the state, and a statutory amendment proposed by initiative
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0001|     shall require a petition signed by not less than five percent
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0002|     of the registered qualified electors of the state.  The
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0003|     petition containing the text of the proposed amendment and the
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0004|     names and addresses of its sponsors shall be filed with the
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0005|     secretary of state at least four months prior to the next
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0006|     general election.  The question of whether to approve or reject
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0007|     the amendment shall be submitted to the voters by the secretary
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0008|     of state at the next general election or at any special
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0009|     statewide election called for that purpose and held prior to
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0010|     the general election.  An initiative approved by a majority of
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0011|     voters voting on the question shall take effect the day after
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0012|     certification of the election results by the state canvassing
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0013|     board, unless the amendment provides for a later effective
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0014|     date.  No initiative shall direct appropriations, create public
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0015|     debt, provide for local or special laws or embrace more than
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0016|     one subject."
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0017|          Section 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution
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0018|     shall be submitted to the people for their approval or
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0019|     rejection at the next general election or at any special
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0020|     election prior to that date which may be called for that
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0021|     purpose.
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