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local public offices and governmental operations may be

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suspended," is the way it reads presently.

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In actuality, there are no provisions in the

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Constitution concerning continuity of state and local public

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offices and operations, the purpose of this section being

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to provide continuity.

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Therefore, in order to read the sentence in

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its proper way, we should eliminate the "continuity of"

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so that the sentence will now read "any suspension shall be

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for the period of the emergency only and only provisions

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of this Constitution concerning state and local public

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offices and governmental operations may be suspended",

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will be the final way it would read if this amendment were

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adopted.

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I think it is an obvious change and I would hope

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it would be approved.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Hardwicke.

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DELEGATE HARDWICKE: I only point out to Delegate

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Gallagher that there is a section in the Constitution

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pertaining to continuity. It is this section.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Gallagher.