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STATE OF WYOMING
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. SJ0002
Foreign adversaries-prohibited property ownership.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Steinmetz, Biteman, Boner, Bouchard,
Dockstader, French, Hicks, Hutchings, Ide,
Kinskey, Kolb, McKeown, Pappas and Salazar and Representative(s) Allemand, Allred, Bear,
Crago, Davis, Haroldson, Hornok, Jennings,
Knapp, Lawley, Neiman, Ottman, Pendergraft,
Penn, Rodriguez-Williams, Singh, Slagle,
Smith, Tarver, Trujillo and Ward
A JOINT RESOLUTION
for
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION prohibiting foreign adversaries and
2 specified foreign entities from owning property.
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4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING,
5 two-thirds of all the members of the two houses, voting
6 separately, concurring therein:
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8 Section 1. The following proposal to amend Wyoming
9 Constitution, Article 1, Section 29 is proposed for
10 submission to the electors of the State of Wyoming at the
11 next general election for approval or rejection to become
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1 valid as a part of the Constitution if ratified by a majority
2 of the electors at the election:
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4 Article 1, Section 29. Rights of aliens.
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6 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this
7 section, no distinction shall ever be made by law between
8 resident aliens and citizens as to the possession, taxation,
9 enjoyment and descent of property.
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11 (b) Foreign adversaries of the United States and
12 prohibited foreign entities as determined by the legislature
13 that pose a threat to national security shall not be entitled
14 to possession, enjoyment or descent of property, including
15 any interest in real property or real estate and any surface,
16 subsurface, airspace or mineral interest in this state.
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1 Section 2. That the Secretary of State shall endorse
2 the following statement on the proposed amendment:
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4 The adoption of this amendment would specify that foreign
5 adversaries of the United States and prohibited foreign
6 entities as determined by the legislature that pose a threat
7 to national security shall not be entitled to possession,
8 taxation, enjoyment or descent of property, including any
9 interest in real property or real estate and any surface,
10 subsurface, airspace or mineral interest in this state.
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12 (END)
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