Nebraska Amendment 1, Division of Confiscated Property Measure (1984)
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| Topic Law enforcement funding and Property |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Nebraska Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 6, 1984. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to allow proceeds from forfeited or confiscated property to be divided among school funds and counties for the purpose of drug enforcement. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to allow proceeds from forfeited or confiscated property to be divided among school funds and counties for the purpose of drug enforcement. |
Election results
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Nebraska Amendment 1 |
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392,824 | 68.56% | ||
| No | 180,137 | 31.44% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | Constitutional amendment to allow certain money to be divided equally between the use and support of the common schools and drug enforcement purposes and to allow the use of certain forfeited conveyances by law enforcement agencies. [ ] For [ ] Against | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
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A vote FOR this proposal will (a) provide that 50% of all money forfeited or seized in the enforcement of the drug laws shall be turned over to the counties for drug enforcement purposes as determined by the Legislature, with the other 50% to be used for the support of the common schools in the subdivisions where collected; and (b) authorize law enforcement agencies to use vehicles forfeited during enforcement of the drug laws as determined by the Legislature, and when sold provide that the proceeds be appropriated for the support of the common schools. A vote AGAINST this proposal will continue the present system where all fines, penalties, and license money arising under the general laws of the state (except fines for overloaded vehicles) are appropriated for the support of the common schools in the subdivisions where collected, including all money forfeited and seized in enforcement of the drug laws, and thus not dedicate 50% of the latter to the counties for drug law enforcement, and would not authorize law enforcement agencies to use vehicles forfeited during enforcement of the drug laws and when sold use the proceeds also for the support of the common schools. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Nebraska Constitution
A 60% supermajority vote is required during one legislative session for the Nebraska State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 30 votes in the unicameral legislature, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval. However, the number of affirmative votes cast for the measure must be greater than 35% of the total votes cast in the election. This also applies to citizen initiatives.
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