Nebraska Amendment 8, Municipal Property for Private Enterprises Amendment (1960)
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| Topic County and municipal governance and Property |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Amendment 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 8, 1960. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing local governments to acquire, develop, and lease property to private enterprises, including issuing bonds for the purpose. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing local governments to acquire, develop, and lease property to private enterprises, including issuing bonds for the purpose. |
Election results
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Nebraska Amendment 8 |
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336,631 | 72.25% | ||
| No | 129,312 | 27.75% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:
| “ | Constitutional amendment to authorize the Legislature to permit counties, cities and villages to acquire, develop and own real and personal property to be leased to private enterprises for manufacturing and industrial use, and to issue revenue bonds to defray the cost thereof, which bonds shall not be a general obligation of the governmental subdivisions issuing such bonds; such real and personal property to be taxed when leased to private enterprises. | ” |
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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