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Maine Debt Limit of School Building Authority (1955)

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The Maine Debt Limit of School Building Authority Amendment was on the September 12, 1955 ballot in Maine as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment to the Maine Constitution. It was approved, becoming the 80th amendment to the Maine Constitution.
  • In favor: 19,378 (67.5%) Approveda
  • Opposed: 9,327 (32.5%)

The amendment was placed on the ballot by the Maine State Legislature.

The question on the ballot was "Resolve, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution to Exempt Rental Agreements with the Maine School Building Authority from the Limitations of Municipal Indebtedness. (Shall the Constitution be Amended as Proposed by a Resolution of the Legislature to Exempt Rental Agreements with the Maine School Building Authority from the Limitations of Municipal Indebtedness?)"

Section 15 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution was amended thereby.

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