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provides an exception to the exception, and that is that

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the General Assembly may provide on any law related to

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this subject for the referendum procedure in that particular

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area so that what you have here is, as the Chairman stated,

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an absolute right of referendum statewide, and a provision

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giving the General Assembly the right, not withstanding

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that, to provide for any suitable referendum it deems

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appropriate in that particular case.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Bamberger.

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DELEGATE BAMBERGER: If we adopt Amendment 12,

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then I doubt that under Section 7.08 the General Assembly

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could provide for referendum in less than the whole

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state. It does seem to me now that Delegate Case points

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out a conflict between 7.08 and 12, and Amendment No. 12.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Case.

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DELEGATE CASE: Not at all, Delegate Bamberger.

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The amendment that is before you, Amendment No. 12,

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applies where there is only one county involved. It

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does not apply where you have a multi-county, which

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means more than one county, a multi-county governmental

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unit.