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GB 04, Referendum Numbering Clarification Act

Referendum Numbering Clarification Act
GB 04, 87th Session
Version Info:
4-25-2007, as initially introduced: HTML
Version Downloads (Senators only).
Basic Information:
Primary Sponsor(s):
Alston (Corresponding)
Current Status:
Enrolled
Report(s):
GO-02
Long Title:
AN ACT TO FORMALIZE THE REFERENDUM NUMBERING SYSTEM
Summary of Purpose:
Codifies the referendum numbering system used in the Spring 2007 General Election
Consideration History:
4-25-2007:
Filed for introduction
4-25-2007 Senate:
First Reading
Referred to the Government Operations Committee by the Student Senate President
4-26-2007 Committee:
Government Operations Committee Consideration
The Government Operations Committee reported the bill to Senate by consent, GO-02
4-27-2007 Senate:
Second Reading

Online Text

(as of 4-25-2007, as initially introduced)

GOVERNMENT BILL 04

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

an act to FORMALIZE the REFERENDUM NUMBERING system

 

Short Title:  Referendum Numbering Clarification Act                                                       (Public)

Sponsored by:  Senator ALSTON (corresponding)

First Reading:  April 25, 2007                                                         Version Date:  April 20, 2007

Referred to:                           [legislative fast-track intended]                                                            .

 

WHEREAS, the Student Body Statutes ¤7-5.5 ("Ballot Order and Numbering") requires that "[e]ach referendum shall be assigned a proposition number by the Elections Commission, unless such a number was already assigned in the document ordering the referendum"; and,

 

WHEREAS, such a numbering system began usage in the 2007 Spring General Election, and should be codified in the statutes for future reference; now, therefore, be it,

 

ENACTED,   by the North Carolina State University Student Senate that:

 

Section 1.        Student Body Statutes ¤7-5.5 ("Ballot Order and Numbering") shall be amended as follows:

 

¤7-5.5.  Ballot Order and Numbering.

All referenda shall be placed on the ballot in descending order of date and time of validation.  Each referendum shall be assigned a proposition number by the Elections Commission, unless such a number was already assigned in the document ordering the referendum.

 

Referendum numbering shall be of the form [iyyn+] as specified:

- i shall be the identifier of the document affected

á      1 - Student Body Constitution

á      2 - Student Centers Constitution

á      3 - Union Activities Board Constitution

á      4 - Student Media Constitution

á      5-7 - reserved for future use

á      8 - all other binding referenda (e.g. for College Councils)

á      9 - non-binding ballot questions

 

- yy shall be the two-digit year of the election wherein the referendum appears on the ballot

 

- n+ shall be an incremented value that indicates the number of referenda of this type since the numbering system was adopted in the Spring 2007 General Election

 

EXAMPLE:

A referendum was held amending the Student Centers Constitution in the Spring 2007 General Election.  Its number was 2071.  If another referendum is held in the Spring 2008 General Election also amending the Student Centers Constitution, its number would be 2082.

 

Section 2.        This act shall be effective upon its enrollment.

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