AN ACT TO REPEAL ARTICLE IX SECTION 2 OF THE TENNESSEE STATE CONSTITUTION

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Sponsored by Cooper Mann, Natalie Ferrell of Franklin High School

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 act shall be defined as follows:
4 a) Repeal - to revoke or annul a law or congressional act
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6 Section 2) According to Article IX, Section 2 of the Tennessee State Constitution no person who
7 denies the existence of God, or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in
8 the civil department of this State.
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10 Section 3) This section shall be hereby repealed from the State Constitution.
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12 Section 4) This bill will not require funding from the state.
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14 Section 5) All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
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16 Section 6) This act shall take effect immediately upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring
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