BHB/4/13
Sponsored by John Mitchell, Sam Lanyon, Aidan Low of Brentwood Academy
This legislation was filed in the General Services category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section 1: Terms in this bill are defined as follows: |
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| 5 | Section 2: Article IX, Section 2 of the Tennessee State Constitution, which states, "No person who |
| 6 | denies the being of God, or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in the |
| 7 | civil department of this State," is hereby repealed in its entirety. |
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| 9 | Section 3: At the time this law comes into effect, any citizen meeting other requirements for |
| 10 | election will not have to acknowledge the existence of a Christian God and the afterlife to hold |
| 11 | office in the civil department of this State. |
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| 13 | Section 4: There will be no cost to the state of Tennessee. |
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| 15 | Section 5: All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this are hereby repealed. |
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| 17 | Section 6: This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. |
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