2006 House Bill 5650 ↩

House Roll Call 159: Passed

To eliminate the authority of the state board of canvassers to determine whether sufficient petition signatures have been turned in to place a statewide ballot question or initiative on the ballot, and whether its form meets certain technical requirements specified in the law. This authority would be transferred to the fourth district of the state appeals court. The court could hand the authority over to the director of the state Elections Bureau at its discretion, however. Also, to require a fiscal analysis of the cost of each ballot proposal, should it be adopted, to be prepared by state budget authorities, and placed on the ballot with the proposal.