Nebraska Amendment 1, Municipal Funding for Economic and Industrial Development Measure (2010)
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| Topic County and municipal governance and Public economic investment policy |
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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 2, 2010. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to authorize the state legislature to pass laws to allow municipalities to use revenue sources, such as property taxes, local option sales taxes, or other general taxes, to fund economic and industrial development. |
A "no" vote opposed this amendment to authorize the state legislature to pass laws to allow municipalities to use revenue sources, such as property taxes, local option sales taxes, or other general taxes, to fund economic and industrial development. |
Election results
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Nebraska Amendment 1 |
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221,295 | 50.56% | ||
| No | 216,419 | 49.44% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | A constitutional amendment to change the powers of municipalities relating to fund sources for economic or industrial development. [ ] For [ ] Against | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
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A vote FOR this amendment will authorize the Legislature to permit municipalities to fund economic or industrial development projects or programs from additional fund sources, subject to a vote of a majority of the registered voters of such municipality voting upon the question. Fund sources may include property taxes, local option sales tax, or any other general tax levied by the municipality or generated from municipally owned utilities or grants, donations, or state and federal funds received by the municipality. A vote AGAINST this amendment will not authorize the Legislature to permit municipalities to fund economic or industrial development projects or programs from additional fund sources. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Media endorsements
Support
- The Lincoln Journal Star recommended a 'yes' vote on the measure, stating, "The existing law on local economic development has produced notable successes, such as the Cargill plant in Blair and the Excel plan in Nebraska City. With more tools, there will be more economic development success stories. We recommend a vote for Amendment 1."[1]
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.
See also
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Footnotes
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