Michigan Proposal P, Funding for State Parks and Natural Resources Amendment (1994)

Michigan Proposal P
Election date November 8, 1994
Topic Parks, land, and natural area conservation and Restricted-use funds
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Michigan Proposal P was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Michigan on November 8, 1994. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported establishing the Michigan State Parks Endowment Fund and increasing the maximum amount of funds allowed in the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund.

A “no” vote opposed establishing the Michigan State Parks Endowment Fund and increasing the maximum amount of funds allowed in the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund.

Election results

Michigan Proposal P
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		2,007,097	71.33%
No		806,888	28.67%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposal P was as follows:

“

PROPOSAL P A PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A MICHIGAN STATE PARKS ENDOWMENT FUND, INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AMOUNT OF FUNDS IN THE MICHIGAN NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST FUND AND ELIMINATE THE DIVERSION OF DEDICATE REVENUE FROM THE MICHIGAN NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST FUND. The proposed constitutional amendment would: 1.) Establish a Michigan State Parks Endowment Fund to be funded by certain royalties, bonuses and rentals collected by the state from the drilling of oil and gas or mining of minerals on state-owned land. 2.) Require that money in Endowment Fund be used to operate, maintain and improve Michigan state parks. 3.) Limit accumulated principal of the Endowment Fund to $800 million with annual adjustments for inflation. 4.) Increase the maximum principal of the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund from $200 million to $400 million. 5.) Eliminate the diversion of dedicated revenue from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund. Should this proposal be adopted? YES NO

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Michigan Constitution

A two-thirds vote is required during one legislative session for the Michigan State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 74 votes in the Michigan House of Representatives and 26 votes in the Michigan State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1994 Measures

• 1994 Measures
• Severance taxes on the ballot
• Restricted-use funds on the ballot
• Parks on the ballot
• land on the ballot
• and natural area conservation on the ballot
• 1994 legislative sessions

Michigan

• Michigan ballot measures
• Michigan ballot measure laws

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External links

• Michigan Department of State, "Initiatives and Referendums Under the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963," December 5, 2008