Amendment ASA2-AJR53

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 2, To 1995 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION 53

March 26, 1996 - Offered by Representative Bock.

AJR53-ASA2,1,1 An Act relating to: the right to keep and bear arms (first consideration).

AJR53-ASA2,1,2 Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That:

AJR53-ASA2, s. 1 Section 1. Section 25 of article I of the constitution is created to read:

AJR53-ASA2,1,5 [Article I] Section 25. A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

AJR53-ASA2, s. 2 Section 2. Numbering of new section. The new section "25" of article I of the constitution created in this joint resolution shall be designated by the next higher open whole section number in that article if, prior to or simultaneously with the ratification by the people of the amendment proposed in this joint resolution, any other ratified amendment has created a "section 25" of article I of the constitution of this state. If several joint resolutions simultaneously create a section 25 of article I, the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall determine the sequence and the numbering.

AJR53-ASA2,2,3 Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for 3 months previous to the time of holding such election.

AJR53-ASA2,2,4 (End)