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2007 SESSION
072034782RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby is, proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely:
Amend Section 11 of Article I of the Constitution of Virginia as follows:
Section 11. Due process of law; obligation of contracts; taking of private property; prohibited discrimination; jury trial in civil cases.
That no person shall be deprived of his life, liberty, or
property without due process of law; that the General Assembly shall not pass
any law impairing the obligation of contracts, nor any law whereby private
property shall be taken or damaged for public uses, without just compensation,
the term "public uses" to be defined by the General Assembly; and
that the right to be free from any governmental discrimination upon the basis
of religious conviction, race, color, sex, or national origin shall not be
abridged, except that the mere separation of the sexes shall not be considered
discrimination.
That the General Assembly shall not pass any law whereby private property shall be taken or damaged for public uses, without just compensation. The term "public uses" under this section shall be defined by the General Assembly in one section of the Code of Virginia.
That no more private property may be taken or damaged than that which is necessary to achieve the stated public use.
That except where property is taken or damaged for the creation or functioning of a public service corporation, public service company, or railroad, property may only be taken or damaged where the primary purpose is not private financial gain, private benefit, an increase in tax base or tax revenues, or an increase in employment.
That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. The General Assembly may limit the number of jurors for civil cases in courts of record to not less than five.