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Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following:
‘Sec. 3. Contingent effective date. This Act does not take effect until the total number of the electoral votes of other states requiring a candidate for the office of President of the United States to release at least one year of the candidate's federal income tax returns to qualify for the ballot in the state or to receive the state's electoral votes is equal to or greater than 96 electoral votes. The Secretary of State shall notify the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Revisor of Statutes when this contingency has been met. In no event may this Act take effect until 90 days after adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 128th Legislature.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment provides that the Act does not take effect until the total number of the electoral votes of other states requiring a candidate for the office of President of the United States to release at least one year of the candidate's federal income tax returns to qualify for the ballot in the state or to receive the state's electoral votes is equal to or greater than 96 electoral votes. The Secretary of State is directed to notify the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Revisor of Statutes when this contingency has been met. The amendment provides that the Act may not take effect until 90 days after adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 128th Legislature.