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Would
You Sign This Petition? The
Text of the Civil Rights Amendment to the Michigan Constitution
Proposed for
Public Adoption by Ballot, Nov. 7, 2006 [Ed.
note: The caption, in capital letters, is the summary language proposed for the
ballot. The rest is the full text of the amendment that would be added to the
Constitution of Michigan. Both the summary and the amendment appeared on the petition.
Curtis Crawford] A
PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO PROHIBIT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND
OTHER STATE UNIVERSITIES, THE STATE, AND ALL OTHER STATE ENTITIES FROM DISCRIMINATING
OR GRANTING PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT BASED ON RACE, SEX, COLOR, ETHNICITY, OR NATIONAL
ORIGIN. THE
PROPOSAL WOULD AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION BY ADDING A SECTION 25 TO ARTICLE
I. ARTICLE
I, SECTION 25:
Civil Rights. |
1. | The
University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University, and
any other public college or university, community college, or school district
shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual
or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the
operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting. | | 2.
| The
state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any
individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin
in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting. | | 3. | For
the purposes of this section "state" includes, but is not necessarily limited
to, the state itself, any city, county, any public college, university, or community
college, school district, or other political subdivision or governmental instrumentality
of or within the State of Michigan not included in sub-section 1. | | 4.
| This
section does not prohibit action that must be taken to establish or maintain eligibility
for any federal program, if ineligibility would result in a loss of federal funds
to the state. | | 5.
| Nothing
in this section shall be interpreted as prohibiting bona fide qualifications based
on sex that are reasonably necessary to the normal operation of public employment,
public education, or public contracting. | | 6.
| The
remedies available for violations of this section shall be the same, regardless
of the injured party's race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin, as are
otherwise available for violations of Michigan anti-discrimination law. | | 7.
| This
section shall be self-executing. If any part or parts of this section are found
to be in conflict with the United States Constitution or federal law, the section
shall be implemented to the maximum extent that the United States Constitution
and federal law permit. Any provision held invalid shall be severable from the
remaining portions of this section. | | 8.
| This
section applies only to action taken after the effective date of this section. | | 9.
| This
section does not invalidate any court order or consent decree that is in force
as of the effective date of this section |
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