California Proposition 169 (1993)
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California Proposition 169 was on the November 2, 1993 general election ballot in California as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated.
Proposition 169 would have amended Article IV, Section 9 of the California Constitution to authorize one annual budget implementation bill that could cover more than a single subject. Proposition 169 would also have allowed the Governor to veto individual law changes in the California State Legislature's budget implementation bill.
- Yes: 1,811,118 (38.7%)
- No: 2,868,591 (61.2%)
Ballot language
The ballot title was:
- BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
The ballot summary was:
- Authorizes enactment of an annual statute, with more than one subject, to implement changes in law directly related to appropriations in the annual budget act, if title so states, and, if bill enacting statute is presented to the Governor at same time as budget bill.
- Provisions of statute not directly related to implementation of budget act appropriation(s) declared void.
- Authorizes Governor to veto one or more changes in law in annual statute, while approving others.
- Authorizes legislative override of change(s) and enactment in the same manner as bills, if vetoed by Governor.
The fiscal estimate provided by the California Legislative Analyst's Office said:
- No significant costs or savings to state or local governments.
Path to ballot
The California State Legislature voted to put Proposition 169 on the ballot in Senate Constitutional Amendment 32 (Statutes of 1992, Resolution Chapter 114).
