Hawaii Maturation of General Obligation Bonds Amendment (2016)
| Maturation of General Obligation Bonds Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic State legislatures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
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The Hawaii Maturation of General Obligation Bonds 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 required the "first installment of principal of general obligation bonds and of reimbursable general obligation bonds mature not later than one year from the date of issue, rather than five years from the date of issue."[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | Shall the first installment of principal of general obligation bonds and of reimbursable general obligation bonds mature not later than one year from the date of issue, rather than five years from the date of issue?[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.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hawaii Legislature, "HB 1185," accessed February 16, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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