Maine School Building Authority and Municipal Debt Limits, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (1951)
The Maine School Building Authority and Municipal Debt Limits Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 5, was on the September 10, 1951 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.[1][2] The measure exempted rental agreements for 40 years or less with the Maine School Building Authority from the municipal debt and liabilities limit. This amended Section 15 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Election results
| Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (1951) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 23,887 | 53.70% | ||
| No | 20,594 | 46.30% | ||
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 resolution of the legislature to exempt rental agreements with the Maine School Building Authority from the limitations of municipal indebtedness?" [4] |
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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 Municipal Debt Limit Increase, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (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 Passed by the Ninety-fifth Legislature 1951 "Chapter 127," 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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