Nebraska Amendment 3, Local Revenue Sources for Development Measure (1990)
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| Topic County and municipal governance and Public economic investment policy |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 6, 1990. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to authorize municipalities to use local sources of revenue for economic and industrial development, upon voter approval. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to authorize municipalities to use local sources of revenue for economic and industrial development, upon voter approval. |
Election results
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Nebraska Amendment 3 |
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302,981 | 59.98% | ||
| No | 202,155 | 40.02% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:
| “ | A constitutional amendment to empower the legislature to authorize incorporated cities and villages to use local sources of revenue for economic and industrial development with voter approval. [ ] For [ ] Against | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
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A vote FOR this proposal will empower the legislature to authorize cities and villages to appropriate money from locally levied general taxes, which would not include money received from state or federal sources, for industrial development projects or programs, subject to the approval by a vote of a majority of the registered voters therein voting on the question. A vote AGAINST this proposal will not grant the legislature this power, with the result that cities and villages will continue to be without constitutional authority to appropriate locally levied general taxes for industrial development projects or programs under any procedure. | ” |
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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Footnotes
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