ARTICLE 10. EFFECT AND AMENDMENT OF
CONSTITUTION

Section 10.01. Effective Date of Constitution.

This Constitution shall become effective, and the Constitution
of 1867 as amended shall cease to be effective, on July 1, 1968,
except as otherwise specifically provided in the Schedule of Tran-
sitional Provisions attached to this Constitution.

Section 10.02. Effect of Constitution on Existing Law.

All legislation, including local legislation, and all other law,
including common law, in force on June 30, 1968, insofar as it
is not in conflict with this Constitution, shall continue in force
until it expires by its own limitation or is lawfully changed. A
law in effect on June 30, 1968, shall not be deemed in conflict
with this Constitution solely because it was enacted pursuant
to authority granted by a provision of the Constitution of 1867 as
amended. All existing writs, actions, suits, proceedings, civil or
criminal liabilities, prosecutions, judgments, sentences, orders,
decrees, appeals, causes of action, contracts, claims, demands,
property titles, and rights shall continue unaffected except as
modified by law or in accordance with the provisions of this Con-
stitution.

Section 10.03. Constitutional Amendment.

An amendment to this Constitution may be proposed either
by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of all the members of each
house of the General Assembly or by the affirmative vote of a
majority of all the members of a constitutional convention. Any
proposed amendment shall be submitted to the voters of the State
at a special or general election as determined by the General
Assembly or by the convention, whichever proposes the amend-
ment. Notice of the election shall be given as the General As-
sembly shall prescribe by law. Unless otherwise provided, the

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