19.3064.03000
Sixty-sixth
Legislative Assembly SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4015
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Senators Unruh, Wardner
Representative Pollert
1 A concurrent resolution to amend and reenact section 9 of article III and section 16 of article IV
2 of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to petitions and voter approval for constitutional
3 amendments.
4 STATEMENT OF INTENT
5 This measure changes the deadline by which petitions for constitutional amendments must be
6 submitted, the number and allocation of signatures required for petitions for constitutional
7 amendments, and the percentage of votes required to approve constitutional amendments.
8 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, THE HOUSE OF
9 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN:
10 That the following proposed amendments to section 9 of article III and section 16 of
11 article IV of the Constitution of North Dakota are agreed to and must be submitted to the
12 qualified electors of North Dakota at the general election to be held in 2020, in accordance with
13 section 16 of article IV of the Constitution of North Dakota.
14 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 9 of article III of the Constitution of North Dakota is
15 amended and reenacted as follows:
16 Section 9. A constitutional amendment may be proposed by initiative petition. If signed by
17 electors equal in number to foureight percent of the resident population of the state at the last
18 federal decennial census, the petition may be submitted to the secretary of state. At least fifty
19 percent of the required signatures must be from residents of each county of the state and the
20 number of required signatures from each county must be in proportion of the county's
21 population to the total resident population of the state. The petition must be submitted to the
22 secretary of state not less than two hundred forty days before the statewide election at which
23 the measure will appear on the ballot. If at least sixty percent of the votes cast on the
24 constitutional amendment are affirmative, the amendment is deemed enacted. All other
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1 provisions relating to initiative measures apply heretoto initiative measures for constitutional
2 amendments.
3 SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. Section 16 of article IV of the Constitution of North Dakota is
4 amended and reenacted as follows:
5 Section 16. Any amendment to this constitution may be proposed in either house of the
6 legislative assembly, and if agreed to upon a roll call by a majority of the members elected to
7 each house, must be submitted to the electors and if a majority. If at least sixty percent of the
8 votes cast thereonon the amendment are in the affirmative, the amendment is a part of this
9 constitution.
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