Nebraska Amendment 3, Redevelopment of Blighted Property Measure (1984)
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| Topic County and municipal governance and Land use and development 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, 1984. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to allow municipalities to incur indebtedness to rehabilitate, acquire, and redevelop blighted property. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to allow municipalities to incur indebtedness to rehabilitate, acquire, and redevelop blighted property. |
Election results
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Nebraska Amendment 3 |
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352,346 | 66.50% | ||
| No | 177,515 | 33.50% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:
| “ | Constitutional amendment to allow municipalities to incur indebtedness to rehabilitate, acquire, or redevelop substandard and blighted property. [ ] For [ ] Against | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
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A vote FOR this proposal will authorize any city or village to issue bonds for the purpose of rehabilitating, as well as acquiring, or redeveloping substandard and blighted property in a redevelopment project, and to pledge for the retirement thereof the additional revenue the city or village would receive from the increased values of these improved and redeveloped properties. A vote AGAINST this proposal will restrict cities and villages to acquiring and redeveloping substandard and blighted property only, and not allow them to also rehabilitate such property to be funded as summarized above. | ” |
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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