ARTICLE 24 SUBSTITUTE A

RELATING TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE

SECTION 1. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, except as otherwise provided herein.

     In Articles where it is provided that the effective date shall be either "July 1, 2009", or

"upon passage", and no provision is made for retroactive or prospective application, the effective

date shall be July 1, 2009, and if the article is approved after July 1, 2009, the article shall be

retroactive to July 1, 2009.

     In articles where it is provided that the effective date shall be either "July 1, 2009" or

"upon passage" and provision is made within the article for retroactive or prospective application,

the article shall take effect on July 1, 2009 and its application made retroactive or prospective as

set forth in the article.

SECTION 2. This article shall take effect upon passage.