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Maine Suspension of Legislation Without Adequate Revenue, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 4 (1951)
The Maine Suspension of Legislation Without Adequate Revenue Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 4, was on the September 10, 1951 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.[1][2] The measure made measures which entail expenditures exceeding available and unappropriated state funds inoperative for 45 days after the next convening of the legislature in regular session, unless the measure provided for raising new revenues adequate for its operation. This amended Section 19 of Article IV, Part Third of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Election results
| Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 4 (1951) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 24,746 | 54.21% | ||
| No | 20,900 | 45.79% | ||
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 make temporarily inoperative any measure adopted by the people which fails to provide a revenue adequate for its service?" [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 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 126," 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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