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section, whether the General Assembly would still have

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the authority to require bonds in view of the language

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which is left in the first line, "Ownership of an interest

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in property shall not be required as a condition for

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holding an elective or appointive office."

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate White.

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DELEGATE WHITE: This had not particularly come

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to my attention. It is possible that we could frame some

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language or could attempt to give some direction to the

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State Legislature so that they would be made aware of

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what has happened and what could happen at a future date,

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and of course I would be willing to accept such language,

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but in the absence of that language I would hope that the

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committee would not resist striking this out.

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Here we are making it inflexible that

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they must secure bonds. If they can't do that, they would

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have a problem.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Koss.

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DELEGATE KOSS: Mr. President, I am afraid I have

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to oppose this.

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First of all, the language in Section 2.05 says