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THE PRESIDENT: The amendment having been

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seconded, the Chair recognizes Delegate Grant.

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DELEGATE GRANT: the first thing I want to do is

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to say what this amendment does not do. It does not cover

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the situation of the Governor of the Lieutenant Governor

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who are already provided for by a disability clause.

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It does not cover the members of the judiciary

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who are provided for by a Judiciary Commission.

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It does not cover the members of the legislature

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because the legislature has the power.to discipline and/or

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expel its members.

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However, there is a hiatus that exists in the

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Constitution. It existed partially in the old Constitution

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and it exists in the new Constitution to a far greater

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extent. We have provided in the new Constitution already

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for the offices of Comptroller, Attorney General and

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States Attorney. It also anticipated there will be

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additional elective offices. However, in the old

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Constitution there was a provision for the removal of

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officers:

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"Whenever during the recess of the Legislature