BILL NUMBER: SCA 2	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 17, 2015

INTRODUCED BY    Senator   Huff 
 Senators   Nguyen,   Bates,   and
Huff 
    (   Principal  coauthors:  
Assembly Members   Harper   and Wagner   )

    (   Coauthors:  Senators  
Anderson,   Berryhill,   Fuller,   Gaines,
  Morrell,   Nielsen,  Stone,  
and Vidak   ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Brough   and Olsen   ) 

                        JANUARY 29, 2015

   A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California
an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by  amending
Section 1 of Article II   adding Section 10 to Article
IX  thereof, relating to  elections   
 public postsecondary education  .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCA 2, as amended,  Huff   Nguyen  .
 Elections: initiative, referendum, and recall. 
 Public postsecondary education: United States flag.  
   Existing law establishes the University of California, under the
administration of the Regents of the University of California, the
California State University, under the administration of the Trustees
of the California State University, and the California Community
Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public
postsecondary education in this state.  
   This measure would provide that the display of the Flag of the
United States on the grounds of a campus of the University of
California, the California State University, or the California
Community Colleges shall not be prohibited.  
   The California Constitution provides that all political power is
inherent in the people and that government is instituted for their
protection, security, and benefit. The California Constitution
provides that the people have the right to alter or reform government
when the public good may require.  
   This measure would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
provision. 
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated
local program: no.



   Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the
Legislature of the State of California at its 2015-16 Regular Session
commencing on the first day of December 2014, two-thirds of the
membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of
the State of California, that the Constitution of the State be
amended as follows: 
      That Section 1 of Article II thereof is
amended to read:
      SECTION 1.  All political power is inherent in the people.
Government is instituted for the people's protection, security, and
benefit. The People have the right to alter or reform government when
the public good may require. 
     That Section 10 is added to Article IX thereof, to read:
 
      SEC. 10.  Display of the Flag of the United States shall not be
prohibited on the grounds of a campus of the University of
California, the California State University, or the California
Community Colleges.