CHAPTER 611
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 13

Proposing amendments to Sections 1 and 2 of Article XVII of the Con-
stitution of Virginia.

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 22, 1960
Agreed to by the Senate, February 9, 1960

Whereas, the proposed amendments to the Constitution of Virginia
hereinafter set forth, were agreed to by a majority of the members elected
to the two houses of the General Assembly at the session of nineteen hun-
dred fifty-eight and referred to this, the next General Assembly, and pub-
lished for three months, as required by the Constitution of Virginia, and
as shown by report of such publication by the Clerk of the House of Dele-
gates; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates concurring,
a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, that the follow-
ing amendments to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby
are proposed, in conformity with the provisions of Section one hundred
ninety-six of the Constitution of Virginia, namely:

Strike from the Constitution of Virginia Sec. 1 of Article XVII
thereof, which is as follows:

Sec. 1. Certain members of armed forces exempt from payment of poll
tax and from registering as condition of right to vote—No member of the
armed forces of the United States, while in active service in time of war,
shall be required to pay a poll tax or to register as a prerequisite to the
right to vote in any and all elections, including legalized primary elections.
And insert in lieu thereof the following:

Sec. 1. No member of the armed forces of the United States, while in
active service, shall be required to pay a poll tax or to register as a pre-
requisite to the right to vote in any and all elections, including legalized
primary elections.

Strike from the Constitution of Virginia Sec. 2 of Article XVII
thereof, which is as follows:

_ Sec. 2. Relief from the assessment and payment of poll taxes as affec-
ting the armed forces in certain cases.—All poll taxes for the years 1942,
1943, and 1944, assessed or assessable against any person who is, or who
at any time during the existing World War II has been, a member of the
armed forces of the United States in active service, are hereby canceled
and annulled.

And, also, all poll taxes assessed or otherwise assessable for every
year during any part of which such person is a member of said forces
in active service during said war or any future war, and, also, for the
three years next preceding such person’s discharge from said active
service, provided such discharge is not dishonorable, although such person
was not in said service during all of said years, are hereby canceled and
annulled. Members of the armed forces of the United States in active
service in time of war shall be exempt from future assessments of poll
taxes by this State for all years during a part of which they are hereafter
engaged in such service. :

And insert in lieu thereof the following:

Sec. 2. All poll taxes for the years 1942, 1943, and 1944, assessed or
assessable against any person who is, or who at any time during the exist-
ing World War II has been, a member of the armed forces of the United
states in active service, are hereby canceled and annulled.

And, also, all poll taxes assessed or otherwise assessable for every
year during any part of which such person is a member of said forces in
active service during said war or any future war, and, also, for the three
years next preceding such person’s discharge from said active service,
provided such discharge is not dishonorable, although such person was not
in said service during all of said years, are hereby canceled and annulled.
Members of the armed forces of the United States in active service
be exempt from future assessments of poll taxes by this State for all
years during a part of which they are hereafter engaged in such service.