2007 Senate Joint Resolution 5
ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION
To amend section 10 (1) (c) of article V of the constitution; relating to: prohibiting partial vetoes from creating new sentences (second consideration).
Whereas, the 2005 legislature in regular session considered a proposed amendment to the constitution in 2005 Senate Joint Resolution 33, which became 2005 Enrolled Joint Resolution 46, and agreed to it by a majority of the members elected to each of the 2 houses, which proposed amendment reads as follows:
SJR5, s. 1
Section
1. Section 10 (1) (c) of article V of the constitution is amended to read:
[Article V] Section 10 (1) (c) In approving an appropriation bill in part, the governor may not create a new word by rejecting individual letters in the words of the enrolled bill, and may not create a new sentence by combining parts of 2 or more sentences of the enrolled bill.
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution is agreed to by the 2007 legislature; and, be it further
Resolved, That the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution be submitted to a vote of the people at the election to be held on the first Tuesday of April, 2008; and, be it further
Resolved, That the question concerning ratification of the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution be stated on the ballot as follows:
Question 1: "Partial veto. Shall section 10 (1) (c) of article V of the constitution be amended to prohibit the governor, in exercising his or her partial veto authority, from creating a new sentence by combining parts of two or more sentences of the enrolled bill?"
