Nebraska Amendment 2, Bonds for Property Development Measure (1982)
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| Topic Bond issues and Land use and development policy |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 2, 1982. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to authorize the use of bonds to develop blighted property. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to authorize the use of bonds to develop blighted property. |
Election results
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Nebraska Amendment 2 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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220,771 | 50.65% | ||
| No | 215,083 | 49.35% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:
| “ | Constitutional amendment to authorize the use of revenue bonds to develop blighted property. [ ] For [ ] Against | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
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A vote FOR this proposal will enable the Legislature to broaden the Industrial Development Act, under which cities and counties may issue revenue bonds to acquire, develop, lease and finance real and personal property suitable for use by manufacturing or industrial enterprises, by enabling the cities and counties to do the same for other types of business or commercial enterprises (which are not manufacturing or industrial in nature) as would be determined by statute, so long as such property was located in blighted areas as defined by statute, and would continue to provide that such bonds would not become general obligation bonds of the issuing city or county. A vote AGAINST this proposal will retain the present provision limiting the cities and counties under the Industrial Development Act to acquiring, developing and leasing property suited only for manufacturing or industrial enterprises, thus prohibiting the Legislature from broadening the Act allowing them to do the same for non-industrial or manufacturing commercial enterprises located in blighted areas. | ” |
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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