Amendment ASA1-AJR134

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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION 134

February 17, 2022 - Offered by Representative August.

AJR134-ASA1,1,4 To create section 7 of article III of the constitution; relating to: prohibiting state and local governments from using private resources in connection with the conduct of elections and specifying who may perform tasks related to the conduct of an election (first consideration).

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2021 legislature on first consideration, provides that no state agency or officer or employee in state government and no political subdivision of the state or officer or employee of a political subdivision may apply for, accept, or expend any donation or grant of private resources in connection with the conduct of any primary, election, or referendum. The constitutional amendment also prohibits any individual other than an election official designated by law from performing any task in the conduct of any primary, election, or referendum.

A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures and ratification by the people before it can become effective.

AJR134-ASA1,1,5 Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That:

AJR134-ASA1,1 Section 1. Section 7 of article III of the constitution is created to read:

AJR134-ASA1,2,4 [Article III] Section 7 (1) No state agency or officer or employee in state government and no political subdivision of the state or officer or employee of a political subdivision may apply for, accept, or expend any donation or grant of private resources in connection with the conduct of any primary, election, or referendum.

AJR134-ASA1,2,6 (2) No individual other than an election official designated by law may perform any task in the conduct of any primary, election, or referendum.

AJR134-ASA1,2 Section 2. Numbering of new provision. If another constitutional amendment ratified by the people creates the number of any provision created in this joint resolution, the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall determine the sequencing and the numbering of the provisions whose numbers conflict.

AJR134-ASA1,2,13 Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for three months previous to the time of holding such election.

AJR134-ASA1,2,14 (End)