Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

LB15                                                                              LB15
                                                                            2024
                             LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
                          ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
                              FIRST SPECIAL SESSION
                         LEGISLATIVE BILL 15
       Introduced by Erdman, 47.
       Read first time July 25, 2024
       Committee: Executive Board
  A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the Constitution of Nebraska; to amend
       section 49-202.01, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska; to change a
       requirement relating to   proposals for constitutional amendments
       submitted by the Legislature; to repeal the original section; and to
       declare an emergency.
   Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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LB15                                                                                     LB15
                                                                                   2024
       Section 1. Section 49-202.01, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska,
   is amended to read:
      49-202.01 (1) When any proposal submitted by the Legislature is
  placed on the ballot for a vote of the electorate of the entire state, a
  statement in clear, concise language explaining the effect of a vote for
   and a vote against the proposal shall be printed immediately preceding
  the ballot title. Such statement shall be prepared by the Executive Board
   of the Legislative Council and submitted to the Secretary of State at
   least sixty days four months prior to   the general election for
   certification to the election commissioners and county clerks along with
   the ballot titles. Such statement shall be printed in italics and shall
   be so worded as to not be intentionally an argument or likely to create
   prejudice either for or against the proposal. The statement shall also be
  published in   italics preceding the ballot title on   each proposal
  published pursuant to section 49-202.
       (2) The sixty-day four-month requirement prescribed in subsection
   (1) of this section shall not apply to any legislative proposal submitted
  to the electorate at a special election as provided in Article XVI,
  section 1, of the Constitution of Nebraska.
      Sec. 2.       Original section 49-202.01, Reissue Revised Statutes of
  Nebraska, is repealed.
       Sec. 3.       Since an emergency exists, this act takes effect when
   passed and approved according to law.
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Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 49-202.01