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Show - ' - prps(ol Cliasigs eh Item's Constitution State of Utah: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATIC Salt Lake City September 1, 1970 Dear Fellow Citizens'. The Legislature of the State of Utah has entrusted me imth the responsibility for publishing pub-lishing the f olloiving Propositions, which relate re-late to changes in the Constitution of the State of Utah. In the beginning of the body of each Propo-sition Propo-sition we have set forth the Ballot Title of the Proposition as it tvill appear on the General 'Election Ballot on November 3, 1970. Because of the very serious nature of these Propositions Proposi-tions which your State Legislature has caused to be placed before you, I urge that each of you study the text of the Propositions in full. I urge you to consult with your friends, neighbors and local civic leaders in order that you may gain all information necessary to render a just and wise decision. Sincerely, CLYDE L. MILLER Secretary of State amendments shall become part of this constitution. The revision or amendment of an entire article or the addition of a new article to this constitution may be proposed pro-posed as a single amendment and may be submitted to the electors as a single question or proposition. Such amendment amend-ment may relate to one subject, sub-ject, or any number of subjects, sub-jects, and may modify, or repeal re-peal provisions contained in other articles of the constitution, constitu-tion, if such provisions are germane to the subject matter mat-ter of the article being revised, re-vised, amended or being proposed pro-posed as a new article. Section 2. Proposed amendment. amend-ment. The secretary of state is directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the state of Utah at the next general election in the manner provided by law. Section 3. Effective date. If adopted by the electors of this state, this amendment shall take effect on January 1, 1971. PROPOSITION NO. 2 RESIDENCY FOR VOTING A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO AMEND ARTICLE IV, SECTION 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION CONSTITU-TION OF THE STATE OF UTAH, RELATING TO THE STATE RESIDENCE RESI-DENCE REQUIREMENT FOR QUAI IFICATION TO VOTE AND REDUCING REDUC-ING IT TO SIX MONTHS. Be it resolved by the Legislature Leg-islature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all members elected to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof: there-of: Section 1. It is proposed to amend Article IV, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Utah to read as follows: fol-lows: Every citizen of the United States, twenty-one years of age or over, who has been a legal resident of this state for six months and of the county for 60 days next preceding pre-ceding any election, shall be entitled to vote in the election, elec-tion, except that in a presidential presi-dential election year persons who make proper proof of residence in this state for 30 days immediately preceding the last voter registration day may register and vote for a president and a vice-president vice-president of the United States only. Section 2. The secretary of state is directed to submit sub-mit this proposed amendment amend-ment to the electors of the State of Utah at the next general election in the manner man-ner provided by law. Section 3. If adopted by the electors of this state, this amendment shall take effect on January 1, 1971. PROPOSITION NO. 3 INCOME TAX BY REFERENCE A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO AMEND ARTICLE VI, SECTION 22 OF THE CONSTITUTION CONSTITU-TION OF THE STATE OF UTAH, RELATING TO THE PASSAGE AND AMENDMENT OF LAWS; AND PROVIDING PROVID-ING FOR PASSAGE AND AMENDMENT OP LAWS IMPOSING A TAX OR TAXES BY REFERENCE TO THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. Be it resolved by the Legislature Leg-islature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all members elected to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof; there-of; Section 1. It is proposed to amend Article VI, Section 22 of the Constitution of the State of Utah to read as follows: fol-lows: Section 2. The enacting clause of every law shall be Be it enacted by the Legislature Legis-lature of the State of Utah." Except such laws as may be passed by the vote of the electors as provided in subdivision sub-division 2 section I of this article, and such laws shall begin as follows, "Be it enacted en-acted by the people of the State of Utah." No bill or Joint Resolution shall be passed, except with the assent as-sent of the majority of all , the members elected to each house of the Legislature, and after it has been read three times. The vote upon the final passage of all bills shall be by yeas and nays; and no law shall be revised or amended by reference to its title only; but the act as revised, re-vised, or section as amended, shall be reenacted and published pub-lished at length. The Legislature, Legis-lature, in any law imposing income taxes may define the amount on, in respect to, or by which the taxes are im- " posed or measured, by refer- 1 ence to any provision of the laws of the United States as the same may be or become be-come effective at any time or from time to time and may prescribe exceptions or modi- ; fications to any such provision. provi-sion. Section 2. The Secretary of State is directed to sub- I mit this proposed amendment ; to the electors of the State of Utah at the next general j election in the manner provided pro-vided by law. i Section 3. If adopted by j the electors of this state, this i amendment shall take effect on January 1, 1971. ; I, CLYDE JL MILLER, Secretary Sec-retary of State of the State of Utah, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the constitutional amendments proposed by the regular session of the Thirty-Eighth Thirty-Eighth Legislature, 1969. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, WHERE-OF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Utah, i at Salt Lake City, this 1st day of September, 1970. XsHK, CLYDE L. imn MILLER 111 Uk''ili) lf Secrctarv State PROPOSITION NO. 1 CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT AMEND-MENT PROCEDURE A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO AMEND ARTICLE XXIII, SECTION SEC-TION 1, OF THE CONSTITUTION CON-STITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH, RELATING RE-LATING TO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTITON AND PROVIDING THE METHOD FOR REVISION REVI-SION OF AN ENTIRE ARTICLE. Be it resolved by the Legislature Leg-islature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all members elected to each of the two houses voting in favor there-of: there-of: Section 1. Amend article. It is proposed to amend Article Ar-ticle XXIII, Section 1, of the constitution of the State of Utah to read as follows: Section 1. Method of amending articles. Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in either house of the legislature, and if two-thirds two-thirds of all the members elected to each of the two houses, shall vote in favor thereof, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their respective journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon; and the legislature shall cause the same to be published pub-lished in at least one newspaper news-paper in every county of the state, where a newspaper is published, for two months immediately preceding the next general election, at which time the said amendment amend-ment or amendments shall be submitted to the electors of the state for their approval approv-al or rejection, and if a majority ma-jority of the electors voting thereon shall approve the same, such amendment or |