Bill Summary for Bill Number Referendum F

Date: 09/06/2006

Final
Referendum F

COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Amend the final staff draft of the analysis for ea Amend the final staff draft, page 1, line 1 strike Amend the final staff draft, page 3, strike lines	PASS Pass Without Objection FAIL

10:26 AM -- Referendum F

Susan Liddle, Legislative Council Staff, came to the table to describe the ballot analysis for Referendum F. She recognized staff who worked on the analysis. Ms. Liddle walked through the final staff draft for the committee. Referendum F concerns recall deadlines. Ms. Liddle described each section of the staff draft including the summary and analysis and arguments for and against the measure. She noted there is no expected fiscal impact. Ms. Liddle referred the committee to Mr. Douglas Bruce's comments. She noted that staff agrees with Mr. Bruce's comment that the measure applies only to state officeholders. She also addressed his comment regarding statutory deadlines. Ms. Liddle spoke to Mr. Bruce's comments regarding state versus statewide officeholders and the number of days in the deadlines.

10:32 AM

The following person testified:

10:32 AM

Mr. Douglas Bruce testified as an opponent of the measure. He walked through his comments, beginning with his concern that voters are not referred to the section of the state constitution being amended. He expressed concern that the background section does not state that in recent years only one elected state official, and no statewide elected official, has been recalled. He continued describing his suggestions to the committee. He stated that the current statutory deadline is unconstitutional and expressed his desire to have that indicated in the analysis. He expressed his concerns with the measure.

10:40 AM

Mr. Bruce continued describing his concerns to the committee, describing his concerns with argument number two in favor of the measure. He then moved on to his suggestions regarding the arguments against the measure. He expressed his concern that the arguments do not mention lack of cure. Mr. Bruce described his suggested new argument number three against the measure. He said there should be at least three arguments for and against the measure rather than the current two. Mr. Bruce expressed his concern about the ballot analysis process and changes to the draft. He highlighted concerns he has with the table on page two of the final staff draft.

10:49 AM

Speaker Romanoff put the analysis on the table for amendment. Representative Hoppe expressed her concern that it may not be clear to voters whether a measure is a statutory or a constitutional amendment.


BILL:	Referendum F
TIME:	10:50:31 AM
MOVED:	Hoppe
MOTION:	Amend the final staff draft of the analysis for each referendum and amendment to make it clear on each measure whether the referendum or amendment proposes a constitutional or a statutory change by indicating such in a larger, bold, underlined font. The amendment passed on a 13-3-2 roll call vote.
SECONDED:	Teck
		VOTE
	Butcher	Yes
	Cadman	Yes
	Cerbo	Yes
	Garcia	Yes
	Gordon	No
	Groff	No
	Harvey	Yes
	Hoppe	Yes
	Johnson	Excused
	Madden	Excused
	May M.	Yes
	McElhany	Yes
	Spence	Yes
	Teck	Yes
	Tupa	No
	Windels	Yes
	Fitz-Gerald	Yes
	Romanoff	Yes
Not Final YES: 13 NO: 3 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS


BILL:	Referendum F
TIME:	10:55:49 AM
MOVED:	Cadman
MOTION:	Amend the final staff draft, page 3, strike lines 9 through 22 (the arguments against the measure) and substitute Mr. Bruce's suggested arguments. The motion failed on a 4-12-2 vote.
SECONDED:	Harvey
		VOTE
	Butcher	No
	Cadman	Yes
	Cerbo	No
	Garcia	No
	Gordon	No
	Groff	No
	Harvey	Yes
	Hoppe	No
	Johnson	Excused
	Madden	Excused
	May M.	No
	McElhany	Yes
	Spence	Yes
	Teck	No
	Tupa	No
	Windels	No
	Fitz-Gerald	No
	Romanoff	No
Not Final YES: 4 NO: 12 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL


BILL:	Referendum F
TIME:	10:57:41 AM
MOVED:	Teck
MOTION:	Amend the final staff draft, page 1, line 1 strike "the" and substitute "section 2 of article XXI". The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:	Hoppe
		VOTE
	Butcher
	Cadman
	Cerbo
	Garcia
	Gordon
	Groff
	Harvey
	Hoppe
	Johnson	Excused
	Madden	Excused
	May M.
	McElhany
	Spence
	Teck
	Tupa
	Windels
	Fitz-Gerald
	Romanoff
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection