What is the meaning of the word amendment in the California Constitution?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Legislature v. Eu, 286 Cal.Rptr. 283, 54 Cal.3d 492, 816 P.2d 1309 (Cal. 1991):
"Amendment" and "revision" are not defined in article XVIII or elsewhere in the California Constitution in express terms. But almost 100 years ago, in Livermore v. Waite (1894) 102 Cal. 113, 36 P. 424, the court suggested their meaning.
At that time, article XVIII provided "two methods" for effecting changes in the Constitution: revision by constitutional convention and amendment by legislative proposal. (Livermore v. Waite, supra, 102 Cal. at p. 117, 36 P. 424.)
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