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Constitutional amendment. Resolved: Two thirds of each branch of the
Legislature concurring, that the following amendment to the
Constitution of Maine be proposed:

 
Constitution, Art. IV, Pt. Third, §17, sub-§1 is amended to read:

 
1. Petition procedure; petition for people's veto. Upon
written petition of electors, the number of which in each county
shall not be less than 10% of the total vote for Governor cast in
that county in the last gubernatorial election preceding the
filing of such petition, and addressed to the Governor and filed
in the office of the Secretary of State by the hour of 5:00 p.m.,
on or before the 90th day after the recess of the Legislature, or
if such 90th day is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, by
the hour of 5:00 p.m., on the preceding day which is not a
Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, requesting that one or
more Acts, bills, resolves or resolutions, or part or parts
thereof, passed by the Legislature but not then in effect by
reason of the provisions of the preceding section, be referred to
the people, such Acts, bills, resolves, or resolutions or part or
parts thereof as are specified in such petition shall not take
effect until 30 days after the Governor shall have announced by
public proclamation that the same have been ratified by a
majority of the electors voting thereon at a statewide or general
election.

 
Constitution, Art. IV, Pt. Third, §18, sub-§2 is amended to read:

 
2. Referral to electors unless enacted by the Legislature
without change; number of signatures necessary on direct
initiative petitions; dating signatures on petitions; competing
measures. For any measure thus proposed by electors, the number
of signatures in each county shall not be less than 10% of the
total vote for Governor cast in that county in the last
gubernatorial election preceding the filing of such petition.
The date each signature was made shall be written next to the
signature on the petition, and no signature older than one year
from the written date on the petition shall be valid. The
measure thus proposed, unless enacted without change by the
Legislature at the session at which it is presented, shall be
submitted to the electors together with any amended form,
substitute, or recommendation of the Legislature, and in such
manner that the people can choose between the competing measures
or reject both. When there are competing bills and neither
receives a majority of the votes given for or against both, the
one receiving the most votes shall at the next statewide election
to be held not less than 60 days after the first vote thereon be
submitted by itself if it receives more than 1/3 of the votes
given for and against both. If the measure initiated is enacted
by the Legislature without


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