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California Proposition 53, General Fund Revenue Dedicated to State and Local Infrastructure Amendment (October 2003)
| California Proposition 53 | |
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| Election date October 7, 2003 | |
| Topic State and local government budgets, spending and finance | |
Status Defeated | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
California Proposition 53 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on October 7, 2003. It was defeated.
A "yes" voted supported this constitutional amendment to dedicate upwards of 3% of General Fund revenues each year to fund state and local infrastructure projects. |
A "no" voted opposed this constitutional amendment to dedicate upwards of 3% of General Fund revenues each year to fund state and local infrastructure projects. |
Overview
Proposition 53 would have increased the amount of California's General Fund revenue committed to state and local government infrastructure projects. Under Proposition 53, expenditures would have to be divided between state projects and local projects, other than school and college district projects. Proposition 53 would have set aside 1% of the revenue for infrastructure projects in fiscal year 2006-2007 and an additional 0.3% each year thereafter until reaching 3%.
Election results
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California Proposition 53 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 3,020,577 | 36.22% | ||
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5,318,065 | 63.78% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 53 was as follows:
| “ | Funds Dedicated for State and Local Infrastructure. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Generally dedicates up to 3% of General Fund revenues annually to fund state and local (excluding school and community college) infrastructure projects. Fiscal Impact: Dedication of General Fund revenues for state and local infrastructure. Potential transfers of $850 million in 2006-07, increasing to several billions of dollars in future years, under specified conditions. | ” |
Fiscal impact statement
The fiscal impact statement was as follows:
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Requires dedication of state General Fund revenues for state and local "pay-as-you-go" infrastructure projects. Potential transfers of roughly $850 million in 2006-07, growing to several billions of dollars in future years. (Actual annual transfers could be less--or even zero--in some years due to various adjustments and triggers in the measure.)[1] |
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Path to the ballot
The California State Legislature voted to put Proposition 53 on the ballot with Assembly Constitutional Amendment 11, Resolution Chapter 185, Statutes of 2002). 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.
| Votes in legislature to refer to ballot | ||
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| Chamber | Ayes | Noes |
| Assembly | 74 | 3 |
| Senate | 29 | 1 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
