LD 461
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Secretary of State shall prepare ballots. Resolved: That the Secretary of State
shall prepare and furnish to each city, town and plantation all
ballots, returns and copies of this resolution necessary to carry
out the purposes of this referendum.

 
SUMMARY

 
This resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to reduce
the size of the House of Representatives from 151 members to 99
members and the size of the Senate from no more than 35 members
to 33 members. The redistricting will be done in 2006 during the
Second Regular Session of the 122nd Legislature and the reduction
in the size of each legislative body takes effect in 2007.

 
The savings from the reduction in the size of the Legislature
is appropriated in a companion bill.


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