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California Proposition 3, Money for Modifications of Historically Restored Areas of the State Capital Amendment (June 1980)
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| Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
California Proposition 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on June 3, 1980. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported requiring that money spent to alter or modify historically restored areas of the state capital come from money specifically appropriated for this and prohibiting the passage of an urgency statute to authorize work on such parts of the capital or to appropriate funds for such work. |
A “no” vote opposed requiring that money spent to alter or modify historically restored areas of the state capital come from money specifically appropriated for this and prohibiting the passage of an urgency statute to authorize work on such parts of the capital or to appropriate funds for such work. |
Election results
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California Proposition 3 |
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2,975,344 | 50.95% | ||
| No | 2,864,729 | 49.05% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 3 was as follows:
| “ | State Capitol Maintenance | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | STATE CAPITOL MAINTENANCE. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Prohibits any bill taking effect as urgency statute if it contains authorization or appropriation for alteration or modification of specified historically restored areas of State Capitol or for purchase of furniture of design different from the historic period of the Capitol restoration. Prohibits expenditure for above purposes without express appropriation. Fiscal impact on state or local governments: No immediate fiscal effect. By making it more difficult to change the restored Capitol and furnishings, there could be future cost avoidance. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the California Constitution
A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the California State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
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Footnotes
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