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North Carolina Use of Civil Penalties, Forfeitures, and Fines for Public School Maintenance Funding Amendment (2004)
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| Topic Public education funding and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
North Carolina Use of Civil Penalties, Forfeitures, and Fines for Public School Maintenance Funding Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in North Carolina on November 2, 2004. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing the General Assembly to allocate the proceeds of civil penalties, civil forfeitures, and civil fines collected by state agencies to a dedicated state fund for maintaining free public schools. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing the General Assembly to allocate the proceeds of civil penalties, civil forfeitures, and civil fines collected by state agencies to a dedicated state fund for maintaining free public schools. |
Election results
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2,348,155 | 78.00% | ||
| No | 662,324 | 22.00% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Use of Civil Penalties, Forfeitures, and Fines for Public School Maintenance Funding Amendment was as follows:
| “ | [ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST Constitutional amendment to provide that the General Assembly may place the clear proceeds of civil penalties, civil forfeitures, and civil fines collected by a State agency in a State fund to be used exclusively for maintaining free public schools. | ” |
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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