71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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                           A-Engrossed
 
                   Senate Joint Resolution 12
                Ordered by the Senate February 20
          Including Senate Amendments dated February 20
 
Sponsored by Senator MILLER, Representative DEVLIN
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution requiring annual
sessions of Legislative Assembly. Limits duration of
sessions { + . + }
  { - except by two-thirds affirmative vote of members of both
houses.  Limits member eligibility for per diem payments to
regular session and one extension of five calendar days. - }
  Refers proposed amendment to people for  { + their + } approval
or rejection at special election held on same date as next
biennial primary election.
 
                        JOINT RESOLUTION
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  PARAGRAPH 1. The Constitution of the State of Oregon is amended
by creating a new section 10b to be added to and made a part of
Article IV, and by amending section 10, Article IV, such sections
to read:
   { +  Sec. 10. + } The  { + regular + } sessions of the
Legislative Assembly shall be held   { - biennially - }  { +
annually + } at the Capitol of the State commencing on the second
Monday of  { + January + }   { - September, in the year eighteen
hundred and fifty eight, and on the same day of every second year
thereafter - } , unless a different day   { - shall have been - }
 { +  is + } appointed by law.  { -  - - }  { +  A regular
session may not exceed 120 calendar days, and the total number of
calendar days of two consecutive regular sessions, beginning with
each regular session in an odd-numbered year, may not exceed 150
calendar days. + }
   { +  SECTION 10b. + }  { + (1) The amendment to section 10 of
this Article by Senate Joint Resolution 12 (2001) first applies
to the regular session held in 2003.
  (2) This section is repealed January 1, 2005. + }
 
  PARAGRAPH 2.  { + The amendment proposed by this resolution
shall be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection
at a special election held throughout this state on the same date
as the next biennial primary election. + }
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