§ 2. At the general election to be held in the year nineteen hundred
fifty-seven, and every twentieth year thereafter, and also at such times
as the legislature may by law provide, the question "Shall there be a
convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?" shall be
submitted to and decided by the electors of the state; and in case a
majority of the electors voting thereon shall decide in favor of a
convention for such purpose, the electors of every senate district of
the state, as then organized, shall elect three delegates at the next
ensuing general election, and the electors of the state voting at the
same election shall elect fifteen delegates-at-large. The delegates so
elected shall convene at the capitol on the first Tuesday of April next
ensuing after their election, and shall continue their session until the
business of such convention shall have been completed. Every delegate
shall receive for his or her services the same compensation as shall
then be annually payable to the members of the assembly and be
reimbursed for actual traveling expenses, while the convention is in
session, to the extent that a member of the assembly would then be
entitled thereto in the case of a session of the legislature. A majority
of the convention shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, and no amendment to the constitution shall be submitted for
approval to the electors as hereinafter provided, unless by the assent
of a majority of all the delegates elected to the convention, the ayes
and noes being entered on the journal to be kept. The convention shall
have the power to appoint such officers, employees and assistants as it
may deem necessary, and fix their compensation and to provide for the
printing of its documents, journal, proceedings and other expenses of
said convention. The convention shall determine the rules of its own
proceedings, choose its own officers, and be the judge of the election,
returns and qualifications of its members. In case of a vacancy, by
death, resignation or other cause, of any district delegate elected to
the convention, such vacancy shall be filled by a vote of the remaining
delegates representing the district in which such vacancy occurs. If
such vacancy occurs in the office of a delegate-at-large, such vacancy
shall be filled by a vote of the remaining delegates-at-large. Any
proposed constitution or constitutional amendment which shall have been
adopted by such convention, shall be submitted to a vote of the electors
of the state at the time and in the manner provided by such convention,
at an election which shall be held not less than six weeks after the
adjournment of such convention. Upon the approval of such constitution
or constitutional amendments, in the manner provided in the last
preceding section, such constitution or constitutional amendment, shall
go into effect on the first day of January next after such approval.