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North Carolina Bonds for Higher Education Facilities Amendment (June 1982)

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North Carolina Bonds for Higher Education Facilities Amendment

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Election date

June 29, 1982

Topic
Bond issues and Education
Status

DefeatedDefeated

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



North Carolina Bonds for Higher Education Facilities Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in North Carolina on June 29, 1982. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the state to issue revenue bonds to finance or refinance the cost of acquiring, constructing, and financing higher education facilities for nonprofit private corporation.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the state to issue revenue bonds to finance or refinance the cost of acquiring, constructing, and financing higher education facilities for nonprofit private corporation.


Election results

North Carolina Bonds for Higher Education Facilities Amendment

Result Votes Percentage
Yes 303,292 47.25%

Defeated No

338,650 52.75%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Bonds for Higher Education Facilities Amendment was as follows:

[ ] FOR constitutional amendment to permit the General Assembly to enact general laws to authorize the State, or any state entity to issue revenue bonds to finance or refinance the cost of acquiring, constructing and financing higher education facilities for any non- profit private corporation, regardless of any church or religious relationship, such bonds to be payable from any revenues or assets of any such nonprofit private corporation pledged therefor

[ ] AGAINST constitutional amendment to permit the General Assembly to enact general laws to authorize the State, or any state entity to issue revenue bonds to finance or refinance the cost of acquiring, constructing and financing higher education facilities for any nonprofit private corporation, regardless of any church or religious relationship, such bonds to be payable from any revenues or assets of any such nonprofit private corporation pledged therefor

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot

The North Carolina State Legislature can refer statewide ballot measures, in the form of constitutional amendments and bond issues, to the ballot for statewide elections.

North Carolina requires a 60% vote in each legislative chamber during a single legislative session to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 72 votes in the North Carolina House of Representatives and 30 votes in the North Carolina Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

Statutes, including bond issues, require a simple majority vote in each legislative chamber during one legislative session and the governor's signature to appear on the ballot.

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