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  1. Overview: Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition)
  2. Full Record: Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition)
  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Session: 1895-04-04 10:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

Utah State Constitutional Convention 1895 (2020 Edition)

Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled to Adopt a Constitution for the State of Utah

The Convention

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Session 7373: 1895-04-04 10:00:00

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Article on Amendments [Article No. 5.3]

There is 1 proposed amendment related to this document on which a decision has not been taken.

Amendments.

Section 1. Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in either house of the Legislature, and if two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two houses shall vote in favor thereof, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their respective journals, with the ayes and noes taken thereon, and the Legislature shall cause the same to be published in at least one newspaper in every county of the State, where a newspaper is published, for two months immediately preceding the next general election, at which time the said amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the electors of the State for their approval or rejection, and if a majority of the electors voting thereon shall approve the same, such amendment or amendments shall become part of this Constitution.

If two or more amendments are proposed, they shall be submitted in such a manner as to enable the electors to vote on each of them separately.

Section 2. Whenever two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature shall deem it necessary to call a convention to revise or amend this constitution, they shall recommend to the electors to vote at the next general election to vote at the next general election for or against a convention and, if a majority of all the electors voting at such election shall have voted for a convention, the legislature shall, at its next session, provide by law for calling the same.

The convention shall consist of a number of members not less than the number in both branches of the legislature.

Section 3. No constitution or amendment adopted by such convention shall have validity until submitted to and adopted by a majority of the electors of the State voting at the next general election.

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