Hawaii Appropriation Exemption for Educational Facilities Fund Amendment (2016)
| Appropriation Exemption for Educational Facilities Fund Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic State and local government budgets, spending and finance | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Hawaii Appropriation Exemption for Educational Facilities Fund Amendment was not put on the November 8, 2016, ballot in Hawaii as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have repealed the exemption for the state educational facilities improvement fund from the requirement that no appropriation be made for a period exceeding three years.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot question was:[1]
| “ | Shall the exemption from the requirement that no appropriation be made for a period exceeding three years that presently exists for appropriations made from the state educational facilities improvement special fund be repealed?[2] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article VII, Hawaii Constitution
The proposed amendment would have amended Section 11 of Article VII of the Hawaii Constitution. The following struck-through text would have been deleted by the proposed measure's approval:[1]
ll appropriations for which the source is general obligation bond funds or general funds shall be for specified periods. No such appropriation shall be made for a period exceeding three years; provided that appropriations from the state educational facilities improvement special fund may be made for periods exceeding three years to allow for construction or acquisition of public school facilities. Any such appropriation or any portion of any such appropriation that is unencumbered at the close of the fiscal period for which the appropriation is made shall lapse; provided that no appropriation for which the source is general obligation bond funds nor any portion of any such appropriation shall lapse if the legislature determines that the appropriation or any portion of the appropriation is necessary to qualify for federal aid financing and reimbursement. Where general obligation bonds have been authorized for an appropriation, the amount of the bond authorization shall be reduced in an amount equal to the amount lapsed.[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Hawaii Constitution
The Hawaii State Legislature can propose a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in two different ways:
- Through a two-thirds vote in both the Hawaii State Senate and the Hawaii House of Representatives, held in one legislative session.
- Through a simple majority vote in both chambers, held in two successive sessions of the legislature.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hawaii Legislature, "HB 335," accessed February 18, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
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