Key legal question
Whether the initiative's transitional provisions created an inadmissible anticipatory effect before popular approval.
Extracted holding
Yes. An initiative may not impose duties on the state before it has been accepted and promulgated; the transitional rule unlawfully sought to anticipate legal effects.
Extracted reasoning
The provisions did more than retroactively regulate past effects; they attempted to bind the canton immediately upon launch or filing of the initiative, which is incompatible with the general rule that legislation only operates after adoption.