New Jersey Dredging Project Funding Amendment, ACR 79 (2014)
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The New Jersey Dredging Project Funding Amendment, ACR 79 did not make the November 4, 2014 ballot in New Jersey as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measures would have dedicated 1 percent of the Corporation Business Tax revenue annually to fund dredging projects. The measure was primarily sponsored by Assemblyman David Rible (R-30) in the New Jersey Assembly, where it was known as Assembly Concurrent Resolution 79. If enacted, it would have amended Article VIII, Section II of the New Jersey Constitution by adding a new paragraph to it.[1]
Text of measure
If the measure had been placed on the ballot in its introduced form, it would have appeared as follows:[1]
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Constitutional changes
If enacted, ACR 79 would have amended Article VIII, Section II of the New Jersey Constitution by adding the following paragraph to it:[1]
The amount annually credited pursuant to this paragraph shall be dedicated and shall be appropriated from time to time by the Legislature only for the following purposes: providing funding for, or financing the cost of, dredging the waters of the State.
It shall not be competent for the Legislature, under any pretense whatever, to borrow, appropriate, or use the amount credited to the special account pursuant to this paragraph, or any portion thereof, for any purpose or in any manner other than as enumerated in this paragraph. It shall not be competent for the Legislature, under any pretense whatever, to borrow, appropriate, or use the amount credited to the special account pursuant to this paragraph, or any portion thereof, for the payment of the principal or interest on any general obligation bond that was approved by the voters prior to this paragraph becoming part of this Constitution.[2]
Support
Assemblyman David Rible (R-30) was the primary sponsor of ACR 79.[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the New Jersey Constitution
In New Jersey, proposed constitutional amendments have two ways of achieving ballot access. The New Jersey Legislature can either qualify it with supermajority approval of 60 percent in one legislative session or with simple majorities in two successive sessions.
ACR 79 was introduced on January 16, 2014, and referred to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 216th New Jersey Legislature, "Assembly Concurrent Resolution 79," accessed June 30, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Open States, "New Jersey ACR 79, 2014-2015 Regular Session," accessed June 30, 2014
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