REFERENDUM

Section 2.10. Referendum.

The people reserve to themselves the power of referendum. Any
law enacted by the General Assembly may be petitioned to refer-
endum except laws for legislative apportionment and districting,
or congressional districting, or imposing a tax, or making an
appropriation for the state government or any public institution.

Section 2.11. Manner of Referral.

A law, other than a law applicable in only one county, shall
be referred to a vote of the people after a petition has been signed
by a number of qualified voters equal to at least five per cent
of the total votes cast for governor in the most recent guberna-
torial election. Not more than one-half of the required number
of signatures shall be those of qualified voters residing in any
one county. If the total number of required signatures is filed
with the governor within sixty days after the bill becomes law, it
shall be submitted to a vote of the people at the next general elec-
tion held not less than four months after the bill becomes law.

Section 2.12. Suspension.

A law enacted by the General Assembly subject to referendum
shall be suspendible unless it is passed by the affirmative vote
of three-fifths of all the members of each house and contains a
section declaring it to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health or safety. If
one-half the required signatures are filed during the thirty days
after a bill becomes law, the law, if suspendible, shall be sus-
pended thereby through the sixtieth day after it became law.
If the remaining required signatures are filed by that sixtieth
day, the law shall continue to be suspended.

Section 2.13. Effect of Referendum.

A referred law shall be repealed thirty days after it has been
rejected by a majority of those voting on it if the number voting

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