Amerikanisch-Samoa, 6. November 2012 : Parlament kann Veto des Gouverneurs aufheben

2012 beschliesst der Fono (Parlament) mit Senate Joint Resolution, S.J.R. No. 32-1, das Veto in Zukunft vom Fono selbst statt vom US-Innenministerium überstimmen zu lassen. Die Vorlage ändert Kap. II, Art. 9 und 19.

Zusammen mit den allgemeinen Wahlen abgehalten. Die Urnen sind von 6.00 bis 18.00 geöffnet. Amtliches Endergebnis vom 13. November 2012.

Obligatorisches Verfassungsreferendum für Einzelthemen durch den Fono gemäss Kap. V Art. 3. In beiden Häusern des Fono ist eine 60%-Mehrheit nötig.

Kap. II Art. 9 Abs. 3:
Not later than 14 months after a bill has been vetoed by the Governor, it may be passed over his veto by a two-thirds majority of the entire membership of each House at any session of the Legislature, regular or special. A bill so repassed shall be represented to the Governor for his approval become law 90 days after the adjournment of the session in which it was repassed. If he does not approve it within 15 days, he shall send it together with his comment thereon to the Secretary of the Interior. If the Secretary of the Interior approves it within 90 days after its receipt by him, it shall become a law; otherwise it shall not.

Kap. II Art. 19:
An act of the Legislature required to be approved and approved by the Governor only shall take effect no-sooner than 60 days from the end of the session at which the same shall have been passed while an act required to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior only after its veto by the Governor and so approved shall take effect no sooner than 40 days after its return to the Governor by the Secretary of the Interior. The foregoing is subject to the exception that in case of an emergency the act may take effect at an earlier date stated in the act provided that the emergency be declared in the preamble and in the body of the act.

Abstimmungsfrage:
"Should Article II, Sections 9 and 19 of the revised constitution of American Samoa be revised to give the Fono, rather than the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Interior, the power to override the Governor's veto?"