§ 7-9-306. Organizational meeting — Plenary meeting
(a) Whenever a majority of the electors vote affirmatively to call a constitutional convention, it shall be the duty of the delegates elected as prescribed in § 7-9-305 to assemble at the State Capitol Building at 10:00 a.m. on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January next after their election for an organizational […]
§ 7-9-307. Meeting procedures
(a) A majority of the delegates shall constitute a quorum, and a majority of the total number of delegates shall be required for approval of any section to be included in a proposed constitution or part thereof or in a proposed constitutional amendment. (b) The constitutional convention shall elect its own officers and shall be […]
§ 7-9-308. Duration of constitutional convention — Certification of draft constitution — Report
(a) The constitutional convention shall remain in session as long as is required to transact its business and to meet its responsibilities, but not past the following July 1. If the convention determines that additional time is needed, it may vote to recess until the following August 1 and resume its sessions on that date, […]
§ 7-9-309. Method of publication
(a) Publication of a proposed new constitution by a constitutional convention called by the people of the state at a general election shall be made by one (1) of the following methods, whichever is less costly to the state: (1) One (1) time at the rate of two and one-half cents (2½¢) per word in […]
§ 7-9-310. Submission of proposed constitution to electors
(a) The constitutional convention may submit a new constitution as one (1) proposal to be voted on by the people, and it may submit proposed parts or alternative parts of a new constitution for separate votes. The proposals of the convention shall be submitted to the electors of this state for adoption or rejection at […]
§ 7-9-311. Proposal of amendments to present constitution
The constitutional convention, if it shall not propose a new constitution, may propose one (1) or more amendments to the present constitution to be submitted to the voters at the next general election.
§ 7-9-312. Expenses
(a) The appropriation to defray the expenses of any constitutional convention which may be called after a vote of the people shall be made by the next regular session of the General Assembly convening after an affirmative vote on the calling of a constitutional convention. (b) The proposed budget for the expenses of the convention […]
§ 7-9-202. Enrollment and filing
When any joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution shall have passed each house as prescribed in § 7-9-201, it shall be enrolled and signed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
§ 7-9-401. Title
This subchapter shall be known as the “Disclosure Act for Public Initiatives, Referenda, and Measures Referred to Voters”.
§ 7-9-203. Entry on journals
The proposed amendment shall be entered on the journals of each house, with the yeas and nays.