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It looks like we're going to get unanimity in this one.
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SENATOR HUGHES: I don't think the amount
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should be in the Constitution.
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MR. ENEY: There shouldn't be anything said,
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now?
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SENATOR HUGHES: Well, what it says now is,
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as provided by law, which is the same provision as the
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Attorney General or anyone else.
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SENATOR JAMES: You might say provided by
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statute. In that event, you could put it to a petition
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for referendum.
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SENATOR HUGHES: I think in Delaware a change
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in the legislators' salary has to be passed in two
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successive terms of the legislature.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Delaware does not have a
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referendum; is that right?
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MR. BROOKS: You are probably right. There
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are a number of states that require successive votes
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on a number of issues, including salary.
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THE CHAIRMAN: The reason for that is I don't
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think you can have a referendum. Are we unanimous on
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