Opinion No. (1985)

Dear Honorable Nigh,

The Attorney General has received your request for an official opinion asking:

"When the Legislature submits a measure to the people of Oklahoma, which does not amend the Oklahoma Constitution, when can such measure be submitted to the people of Oklahoma at an election for their approval or rejection?"

Article V, Section 2 of the Oklahoma Constitution permits the Legislature to refer proposed measures to the people for a vote. It states in pertinent part:

"The Second power is the referendum, and it may be ordered (except as to laws necessary for the immediate preservation of…