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Maine Mining Excise Tax Trust Fund Expenditure, Constitutional Amendment 7 (1983)
The Maine Mining Excise Tax Trust Fund Expenditure Referendum, also known as Constitutional Amendment 7, was on the November 8, 1983 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.[1] The measure prohibited the expenditure of the principal amount of the Mining Excise Tax Trust Fund or any successor fund unless the expenditure is approved in a separate measure by a two-thirds vote of all the members of each chamber of the legislature and the governor. This amended Section 20 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution.[2][3]
Election results
| Maine Constitutional Amendment 7 (1983) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 179,082 | 65.01% | ||
| No | 96,370 | 34.99% | ||
Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Text of measure
The language appeared on the ballot as:[3]
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"Shall the Constitution of Maine be amended to require two-thirds vote of the elected members of the Legislature to expend any principal amount of the Mining Excise Tax Trust Fund or any successor funds?" [4] |
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Constitutional changes
The full text of the constitutional changes made by this measure can be read here.
See also
- Maine 1983 ballot measures
- 1983 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Bangor Daily News, "State of Maine Special Election November 8, 1983: Important Notice to All Voters of the State of Maine," November 1, 1983
- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Footnotes
- ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-," accessed April 23, 2014
- ↑ Bangor Daily News, "State of Maine Special Election November 8, 1983: Important Notice to All Voters of the State of Maine," November 1, 1983
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Constitutional Resolutions of the State of Maine as Passed at the First Regular Session of the One Hundred and Eleventh Legislature, 1983, "Chapter 2," accessed April 23, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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