Nebraska 1998 ballot measures

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Nineteen ballot measures were on the Nebraska ballot in 1998, ten on the May 12 primary and nine on the November 3 general.

• Seventeen measures were legislatively-referred constitutional amendments.
• One measure was an initiated constitutional amendment.
• One measure was an initiated state statute.

On the ballot

May 12

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislature	Allow state executive officers to reside anywhere in the state	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislature	Require legislative committees to hold open meetings and publish certain votes	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Law enforcement	Eliminate language permitting imprisonment for debt in cases of fraud	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Law enforcement	Eliminate language allowing the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases	a
LRCA	Amendment 5A	Direct democracy	Require initiative measures to contain only one subject	a
LRCA	Amendment 5B	Direct democracy	Require referendum measures to refer to only one act of the Legislature	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Admin of Gov't	Provide that the lieutenant governor shall no longer be the legislature’s presiding officer	d
LRCA	Amendment 7A	Admin of Gov't	Eliminate a requirement that session laws be published in book form	a
LRCA	Amendment 7B	Constitution	Transfer Constitution Article XVII, Section 6 to to Article III, Section 30	a
LRCA	Amendment 7C	Constitution	Repeal requirement that printed copies of the Constitution be prefixed to books of statutes	a

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Law enforcement	No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws	a
LRCA	Amendment 2A	Taxes	Restriction on allocation of proceeds from motor vehicle taxes	a
LRCA	Amendment 2B	Admin of gov't	Legislation relating to mergers and consolidations by local governments	a
LRCA	Amendment 2C	Taxes	Government-owned property free of taxation to extent that it is used for authorized public purposes	a
LRCA	Amendment 2D	Admin of gov't	Repeal constitutional provisions dealing with township organization and towns	d
LRCA	Amendment 3A	Judiciary	Residence and office requirements changed for justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court	a
LRCA	Amendment 3B	Judiciary	Retention of judges of the Nebraska Supreme Court and Court of Appeals	d
CICA	Measure 413	Taxes	Limit government spending by limiting future tax revenue increases	d
CISS	Measure 414	Regulations	Public Service Commission's rules for setting access charges	d

See also

• 1998 ballot measures
• List of Nebraska ballot measures
• Laws governing the initiative process in Nebraska
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Nebraska
• History of Nebraska's initiative laws

External links

• National Conference of State Legislatures
• List of Nebraska initiatives from 1914-2000 (PDF)