2021 Senate Joint Resolution 101
ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION
To create section 7 of article III of the constitution; relating to: prohibiting state and local governments from using privately sourced moneys or equipment in connection with the conduct of elections and specifying who may perform tasks related to the conduct of an election (first consideration).
Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That:
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Section 1
. Section 7 of article III of the constitution is created to read:
[Article III] Section 7 (1) No state agency or officer or employee in state government and no political subdivision of the state or officer or employee of a political subdivision may apply for, accept, expend, or use any moneys or equipment in connection with the conduct of any primary, election, or referendum if the moneys or equipment are donated or granted by an individual or nongovernmental entity.
(2) No individual other than an election official designated by law may perform any task in the conduct of any primary, election, or referendum.
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Section 2
. Numbering of new provision. If another constitutional amendment ratified by the people creates the number of any provision created in this joint resolution, the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall determine the sequencing and the numbering of the provisions whose numbers conflict.
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 three months previous to the time of holding such election.
