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think it was designed, as was pointed out, to accommodate

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some of the situations which are outlined in Section

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3.23, and I suppose it would accommodate a law pertaining

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to public education or a law pertaining to natural

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environment and resources, but I submit to you that

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under Section 3.23, a law on either on those subjects

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would cover one county, cover two counties, it could

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cover ten counties, and it would not necessarily be

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confined to one county.

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Also, in the amendment on lines 15, 16, and

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17, it savs no law enpowering a county to exercise a

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power or perform a function, et cetera, shall be subject

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to referendum.

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Now, unless this is ready in connection with

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Section 2.23, and there is no compulsion in connection

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with the section itself that it must be read in connection

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with Section 2.23, that part empowering the county to

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perform a function, it seems to me could cover a whole

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variety of situations, and would simply be a trouble

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maker, a litigation maker.

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It would raise the question whether the law