Nevada Question 1, Public Employee Retirement System Administration Amendment (1996)

Nevada Question 1
Election date November 5, 1996
Topic Public employee retirement funds
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Nevada Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nevada on November 5, 1996. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported restricting the use of public employee retirement funds and establishing governance requirements for the system.

A "no" vote opposed restricting the use of public employee retirement funds and establishing governance requirements for the system.

Election results

Nevada Question 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		314,064	72.89%
No		116,837	27.11%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:

“

Shall the Nevada Constitution be amended to place additional restrictions on the use of money paid to fund and administer the public employees’ retirement system and to establish and prescribe the duties of the governing board for that system?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Nevada Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the Nevada State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 22 votes in the Nevada State Assembly and 11 votes in the Nevada State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1996 Measures

• 1996 Measures
• Public employee retirement funds on the ballot
• 1996 legislative sessions

Nevada

• Nevada ballot measures
• Nevada ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Nevada Secretary of State: Political History of Nevada