Maine Municipal Debt Limit Increase, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1951)
The Maine Municipal Debt Limit Increase Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3, was on the September 10, 1951 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated.[1][2] The measure would have raised the limit on municipal debt and liability from five percent to seven and a half percent.[3] This repealed and replaced Section 15 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution.[4]
Aftermath
Although this effort to raise the municipal debt limit did not pass, the measure was later approved in 1954.
Election results
| Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1951) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 26,232 | 54.98% | ||
| Yes | 21,478 | 45.02% | ||
Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Text of measure
The language appeared on the ballot as:[2]
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"Shall the constitution be amended as proposed by a resolution of the legislature to increase from 5% to 7½% the limitation of municipal indebtedness. [5] |
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Constitutional changes
The full text of the constitutional changes made by this measure can be read here.
Similar measures
- Maine Municipal Indebtedness, Question No. 3 (1911)
- Maine State and Municipal Indebtedness, Amendment No. 2 (1933)
- Maine School Building Authority and Municipal Debt Limits, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (1951)
- Maine Municipal Debt Limit Increase, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1954)
- Maine School Building Authority and Municipal Debt Limits, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1955)
- Maine Regulation of Municipal Borrowing, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1973)
See also
- Maine 1951 ballot measures
- 1951 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Lewiston Evening Journal, "Specimen Ballot," August 31, 1951
- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
- National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database
Footnotes
- ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-," accessed April 7, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lewiston Evening Journal, "Specimen Ballot," August 31, 1951
- ↑ RESOLVES OF THE STATE OF MAINE As Passed by the Ninety-fifth Legislature 1951, "Chapter 119," accessed April 8, 2014
- ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine Passed by the Ninety-fifth Legislature 1951 "Chapter 119," accessed April 18, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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