13,964

1

His point was well taken.

2

Section 2.11 as originally drafted and 2.10 were

3

very carefully stated to be applicable to referenda of

4

Public General Laws. After we adopted provisions making it

5

possible for the Legislature to enact local public laws in

6

some instances, Section 2.14 was added. The difficulty

7

arises not so much because there is an inconsistency betweer

8

2.11 and 2.14 but because the court might possibly decide

9

that the requirements of both sections were needed in the

10

case of the law applicable to only one county. To make

11

certain that that is not the case, the amendment is offered

12

so that 2.11 is applicable to more than one county, 2.15

13

applicable to laws applied to only one county.

14

Are there any questions?

15

Delegate Bamberger.

16

DELEGATE BAMBERGER: Mr. President, must we also

17

make an exception for Section 7.08, laws which establish

18

multicounty governmental units?

19

THE PRESIDENT: No, that was deliberately not

20

covered and the discussion made it clear. The exception is

21

only to laws applicable to one county, the laws to which