Oklahoma State Question 754 (2010)

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Oklahoma State Question 754, or the No Mandated State Expenditures Act, is scheduled to appear on the 2010 state ballot in Oklahoma as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment.[1]

If approved, SQ 754 would provide that the Oklahoma State Legislature cannot be required to make expenditures for any function of government using a predetermined formula of any kind or by reference to the expenditure levels of any other state government or any other entity. It would, if approved, add a new section (55A) to Article V of the Oklahoma Constitution.

Ballot language

The ballot language that Oklahoma voters will see reads as follows:[2]

This measure adds a new section to the Oklahoma Constitution. It adds Section 55A to Article 5. The Legislature designates amounts of money to be used for certain functions. These designations are called appropriations. The measure deals with the appropriation process.
The measure limits how the Constitution could control that process. Under the measure the Constitution could not require the Legislature to fund state functions based on:
1. Predetermined constitutional formulas,
2. How much other states spend on a function,
3. How much any entity spends on a function.
Under the measure these limits on the Constitution's power to control appropriations would apply even if:
1. A later constitutional amendment changed the Constitution, or
2. A constitutional amendment to the contrary was passed at the same time as this measure.
Thus, under the measure, once adopted, the measure could not be effectively amended. Nor could it be repealed.

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References

  1. ↑ Text and history of State Question 754
  2. ↑ Oklahoma Secretary of State, "Proposed State Questions"

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