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1996 SESSION

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HJ 170 Constitutional amendment; initiative and referendum.

Introduced by: M. Kirkland Cox | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); initiative and referendum. Establishes procedures for direct initiative measures to enact state statutes and for referenda to nullify laws or sections of laws enacted by the General Assembly. The referendum power does not apply to certain appropriation and finance laws. Petitions for either state statutory initiatives or referenda must have signatures equal in number to at least five percent of the last vote for Governor in the Commonwealth and must include signatures from seven or more congressional districts equal to at least five percent of the last vote for Governor in each district. The total vote for Governor in the 1993 election was 1,793,916 and the minimum statewide petition requirement based on that election would be approximately 90,000 signatures.

FULL TEXT

• 01/22/96  House: Presented & ordered printed 965329172  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/22/96  House: Presented & ordered printed 965329172
• 01/22/96  House: Referred to Committee on Rules
• 01/30/96  House: Continued to 1997 in Rules (10-Y 0-N)