§ 1. Amendments to constitution; how proposed, voted upon and ratified; failure of attorney-general to render opinion not to affect validity.

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ARTICLE XIX

Amendments to Constitution

Section 1. Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be

proposed in the senate and assembly whereupon such amendment or

amendments shall be referred to the attorney-general whose duty it shall

be within twenty days thereafter to render an opinion in writing to the

senate and assembly as to the effect of such amendment or amendments

upon other provisions of the constitution. Upon receiving such opinion,

if the amendment or amendments as proposed or as amended shall be agreed

to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such

proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, and

the ayes and noes taken thereon, and referred to the next regular

legislative session convening after the succeeding general election of

members of the assembly, and shall be published for three months

previous to the time of making such choice; and if in such legislative

session, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a

majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the

duty of the legislature to submit each proposed amendment or amendments

to the people for approval in such manner and at such times as the

legislature shall prescribe; and if the people shall approve and ratify

such amendment or amendments by a majority of the electors voting

thereon, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the

constitution on the first day of January next after such approval.

Neither the failure of the attorney-general to render an opinion

concerning such a proposed amendment nor his or her failure to do so

timely shall affect th* validity of such proposed amendment or

legislative action thereon.

*So in original. ("th" should be "the".)