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CONSTITUTION OF
THE STATE OF
KOSRAE
The Third Kosrae State
Constitutional Convention was convened and completed its work
by passing four proposed amendments to the Kosrae State Constitution. These
four constitutional amendment proposals will be subject
to the approval of the voters in a referendum to be
set by the Governor within 90 days of the Constitutional Conventions adjournment which
was on June 1, 2005.
The full text of the
constitutional amendment proposals and the committee reports are
posted on this page as a public service for dissemination, public
review, and discussion. Simply click on the proposal or the
committee report to view it in Acrobat "pdf" format. Users
should feel free to print copies of these documents to share
with other persons who may not have internet access.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PROPOSALS AND ACCOMPANYING COMMITTEE REPORTS:
CONVENTION PROPOSAL (CP) NO. 02 - To define
marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
COMMITTEE PROPOSAL
NO. 03-05-01 (Comm. Rept. on CP No.
02)
CONVENTION PROPOSAL NO.
31 - To prohibit the disposal of recognized harmful
pollutants.
COMMITTEE
PROPOSAL NO. 03-05-0 (Comm. Rept. on CP No.
31)
CONVENTION PROPOSAL NO.
33 - To require a statutory definition of the term
"resident" to establish qualifications to serve as Senator, Governor
or Lt. Governor.
COMMITTEE PROPOSAL
NO. 03-05-02, CD1 (Comm. Rept. on CP No.
33)
CONVENTION PROPOSAL NO.
42 - To specify that the term, term limit,
qualification and limitation for the office of the Lt. Governor are
the same as for the office of the Governor.
COMMITTEE PROPOSAL
NO. 03-05-25 (Comm. Rept. for CP No.
42)
KOSRAE CONSTITUTION
PREAMBLE
ARTICLE I - Supremacy ARTICLE II - The Community and the Individual ARTICLE III - Suffrage ARTICLE IV - The Legislature ARTICLE V - The Executive ARTICLE VI - The Judiciary ARTICLE VII - Recall and Impeachment ARTICLE VIII - Municipal Government ARTICLE IX - Taxation and Revenue Sharing ARTICLE X - Finance ARTICLE XI - Land and the Environment ARTICLE XII - Education and Health ARTICLE XIII - Language ARTICLE XIV - Oath of Office ARTICLE XV - Amendment ARTICLE XVI - Transition If you would like to view or print out the entire Kosrae State Constitution in Kosraen and without the annotations, click the following link.
Entire Kosrae State Constitution in Kosraen (no annotations)
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