Maine Bond Authorization Life Limits Extended to Partial Issues, Constitutional Amendment 5 (1984)
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The Maine Bond Authorization Life Limits Extended to Partial Issues Referendum, also known as Constitutional Amendment 5, was on the November 6, 1984 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred bond question, where it was approved.[1] The measure extended the automatic deauthorization of bonds not issued within five years of their authorization to cases in which some but not all authorized bonds have been issued within five years. This amended Section 14 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution.[2][3]
Background
This measure extended provisions regarding bond issues that were added to the Maine Constitution in 1982. A legislatively referred constitutional amendment was approved that year which prohibited the issuing bonds if the bond authorization required voter approval and had not issued any bonds within five years of ratification. The legisalture could extend this period by another five years for two years after the expiration or deauthorize the bonds. If the legislature were not to act in that two year period, the bonds would be considered deauthorized.[1][4][5]
Election results
| Maine Constitutional Amendment 5 (1984) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 309,717 | 63.88% | ||
| No | 175,127 | 36.12% | ||
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 limit the life of bonds authorized but not issued?" [6] |
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Constitutional changes
The full text of the constitutional changes made by this measure can be read here.
Similar measures
See also
- Maine 1984 ballot measures
- 1984 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Bangor Daily News, "State of Maine Special Election November 6, 1984: Important Notice to All Voters of the State of Maine," October 30, 1984
- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-," accessed April 24, 2014
- ↑ Bangor Daily News, "State of Maine Special Election November 6, 1984: Important Notice to All Voters of the State of Maine," October 30, 1984
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Constitutional Resolutions of the State of Maine as Passed at the Second Regular Session of the One Hundred and Eleventh Legislature, 1983, "Chapter 4," accessed April 24, 2014
- ↑ The Lewiston Journal, "State of Maine General Election November 2, 1982: Important Notice to All Voters of the State of Maine," October 26, 1982
- ↑ Constitutional Resolutions of the State of Maine as Passed at the First Regular Session of the One Hundred and Tenth Legislature, 1981, "Chapter 4," 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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