SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION B
January 30, 2001, Introduced by Senator JAYE and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state con-
stitution of 1963, by amending section 46 of article IV, to pro-
vide for the death penalty in certain circumstances.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state con-
stitution of 1963, to provide for the death penalty in certain
circumstances, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the
people of the state:
1 ARTICLE IV
2 Sec. 46. No law shall be enacted providing for the penalty
3 of death EXCEPT FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER. THE LEGISLATURE SHALL
4 PROVIDE BY LAW FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
5 Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
6 submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
7 in the manner provided by law.
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