Reference is to the joint resolution as introduced.
Amend the joint resolution, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. It is proposed that Section 9, Article III of the Constitution of this State be amended to read:
"Section 9.
The annual session of the General Assembly shall
convene at the State Capitol Building in the City of Columbia on
the second Tuesday of January February
of each year and must adjourn sine die not later than the
last Thursday in May each year. The General Assembly may
convene in local session and for the purpose of beginning
committee meetings or hearings on the second Tuesday of January
of each year. After the convening of the General Assembly,
nothing in this section shall prohibit the Senate or the House
of Representatives, or both, from receding for a time period not
to exceed thirty consecutive calendar days at a time by a
majority vote of the members of the body of the General Assembly
seeking to recede for a time period not to exceed thirty
consecutive calendar days, or from receding for a time period of
more than thirty consecutive calendar days at a time by a
two-thirds vote of the members of the body of the General
Assembly seeking to recede for more than thirty consecutive
calendar days at a time. Each body shall sit in session at the
State Capitol Building in the City of Columbia and may provide
for meetings during the legislative session as it shall consider
appropriate. Furthermore, the Senate or the House of
Representatives, or both, may meet on the first Tuesday
following the certification of the election of its members for
not more than three days following the general election in
even-numbered years for the purpose of organizing. If the
casualties of war or contagious disease render it unsafe to meet
at the seat of government, the Governor, by proclamation, may
appoint a more secure and convenient place of meeting. Members
of the General Assembly shall not receive any compensation for
more than forty days of any one session."
SECTION 2. The proposed amendment must be submitted to the qualified electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words printed or written on the ballots:
"Shall Section 9, Article III of the Constitution of this State be amended so as to provide for annual sessions of the General Assembly commencing on the second Tuesday in February, rather than the second Tuesday in January of each year, to require each annual session of the General Assembly to adjourn sine die not later than the last Thursday in May each year, and to allow the General Assembly to convene in local session and begin committee meetings or hearings on the second Tuesday in January each year?
Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'No'." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.