North Dakota Initiative 8, Veterans' Home Measure (June 1996)
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| Topic Housing development funding and Veterans policy |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
North Dakota Initiative 8 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in North Dakota on June 11, 1996. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the Admistrative Commitee on Veteran's Affairs to borrow no more than $1.5 million from the veterans' postwar trust fund for the development of a care facility and no more than $100k for the renovations of a care home for veterans. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the Admistrative Commitee on Veteran's Affairs to borrow no more than $1.5 million from the veterans' postwar trust fund for the development of a care facility and no more than $100k for the renovations of a care home for veterans. |
Election results
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North Dakota Initiative 8 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 46,528 | 41.99% | ||
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64,284 | 58.01% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Initiative 8 was as follows:
| “ | This initiated measure would authorize the Administrative Committe on Veteran's Affairs to borrow no more than $1,500,000 from the veterans' postwar trust fund to construct the basic or long term care facility at Stanley, North Dakota. The $1,500,000 loan can be used to meet matching requirements for obtaining federal, state or other funds. This initiated measure would also authorize the Administrative Committee on Veteran's Affairs to borrow not more than $100,000 from the veterans' postwar trust fund to renovate the Cear Grove building at the Developmental Center at Westwood Park in Grafton to a bsic or long term care veterans home. The $100,000 loan may be made only if the state recieves a grant of federeal funds and may be used only to match federal funds. Both loans may be repaid only from room rate collections from residents of the homes. The loans are not general obligations of the state of North Dakota and may not be for a term of greater than 30 years. This initiated measure would give the Administrative Committee on Veteran's Affairs administrative authority and control of the home at Grafton. This initiated measure would lift the moratorium on the expansion of basic long term care bed facilities for those homes and would require the legislative assembly to provide funding for operations of the veterans' home at Stanley and Grafton. Veterans who are not North Dakota residents may be admitted to the Cedar Grove veterans facility. | ” |
Path to the ballot
An initiated state statute is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends state statute. There are 21 states that allow citizens to initiate state statutes, including 14 that provide for direct initiatives and nine (9) that provide for indirect initiatives (two provide for both). An indirect initiated state statute goes to the legislature after a successful signature drive. The legislatures in these states have the option of approving the initiative itself, rather than the initiative appearing on the ballot.
In North Dakota, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is equal to 2% of the state's population reported by the last decennial census. Each initiative has its own unique deadline of one year after it was approved to circulate. The completed petition must be submitted at least 120 days prior to the election.
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