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RZ14 - The 3/4 Majority Amendment

Published in Clark #3

WHEREAS I have given up on trying to come up with satisfactory language for my original compromise bill, and

WHEREAS The proclamation crisis is still a thing that needs solving, and

WHEREAS This bill is a lot simpler than the last one

THEREFORE Article XV: Amendments to the Organic Law is hereby repealed and replaced with the following:

Section 1

The Organic Law may be amended by the Ziu and the people in accordance with the provisions of this article.

Section 2
Amendments to the Organic Law may be proposed by two-thirds of the Cosa with approval of the Senäts. Approval of the Senäts shall be by simple majority, except that amendments to this article, amendments to the articles regarding election to and composition of the Senäts, and amendments to the article regarding territorial subdivisions require approval of two-thirds of the Senäts.

Section 3
The King shall assent to amendments proposed by the Cosa and Senäts unless he returns them with his objections within thirty days of their proposal, or within fifteen days in the case of amendments passed on the last Clark of a Cosa term. The King shall not refuse assent if the identical amendment is approved by three-quarters of the same Cosa with an absolute majority of the Senäts, or by two-thirds of the following Cosa with a simple majority of the Senäts.

Section 4
After approval by the Ziu in accordance with the preceding sections, a proposed amendment shall be submitted to the people in a referendum. If the King objected to the proposed amendment under the preceding section, a statement of his objections not exceeding one hundred and fifty words shall be provided to the people along with the proposed amendment. The King shall promulgate the amendment as part of this Organic Law if it is approved by a majority of voters participating in a referendum on the question of the amendment no later than during the next scheduled general election following the approval of the Ziu, except as provided in the following sections. 

Section 5
Proposed changes to this Organic Law that affect the representation of a province in the Senäts, or of the territory or equal sovereignty of a province, shall not be promulgated unless approved by a majority of participating voters in that province. 

Section 6
The Covenants of Rights and Freedoms, being sacred and necessary to the defence of our free society, are entrenched provisions of this Organic Law. No amendment to the Covenants shall be promulgated unless approved by a two-thirds majority of voters participating in the referendum on the question of the amendment. 

FURTHERMORE, Section 11 of Article V of the Organic Law is hereby repealed, and the following sentence is added to Section 10 of Article V:

Bills creating new provinces or changing the number of provinces in any way require two-thirds of the Senäts.

48th Cosâ, Clark #3 results		Amendment?	Ziu	Cosâ				Senäts
Bill	Title		Result	Për	Contrâ	Abstain	Result	Për	Contrâ	Abstain	Result
RZ14	The 3/4 Majority Amendment	Yes (2/3 Cosa needed, Majority Senäts)	Pass	136	28	21	Pass	4	0	4	Pass