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2007 SESSION

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HJ 585 Constitutional amendment; General Assembly meeting with single unicameral legislature.

Introduced by: Mark L. Cole | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); General Assembly single chamber. Replaces current Senate and House of Delegates with a single unicameral legislature consisting of 140 members elected biennially to staggered four-year terms following the 2011 redistricting. Makes conforming changes to articles on executive, judiciary, local government, corporations, taxation and finance, and future changes. The proposed amendment is based on Article III, § 7 of the Nebraska Constitution, which was amended in 1934 to establish a unicameral legislature.

FULL TEXT

• 12/20/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 072166272  pdf

HISTORY

• 12/20/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 072166272
• 12/20/06  House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 02/06/07  House: Left in Privileges and Elections