Ohio Debt Limit Increase for Public Improvements Amendment (1963)
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| Topic Bond issues |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Ohio Debt Limit Increase for Public Improvements Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on November 5, 1963. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported raising the public debt limit by $250,000 to permit the state to issue bonds for public improvements. |
A "no" vote opposed raising the public debt limit by $250,000 to permit the state to issue bonds for public improvements. |
Election results
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1,397,971 | 60.24% | ||
| No | 922,687 | 39.76% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Debt Limit Increase for Public Improvements Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Proposed bond issue for the purpose of providing classroom facilities for schools, and providing for state supported or assisted colleges and universities including community colleges, municipal universities, and university branches, for assisting in the development of the state by providing for water impoundment sites, parks, recreation and conservation of natural resources, and for state buildings, and for such purposes to amend Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to authorize the issuance of bonds or other obligations of the State in an amount no greater than $250,000,000 and to provide for the payment of such bonds and other obligations and the interest thereon by excise taxes including a one-half cent cigarette tax therefor and for outstanding capital improvement bonds and to eliminate the existing one-half cent cigarette tax when not required. SHALL ARTICLE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF OHIO BE AMENDED TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES OF THE STATE OF OHIO IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000,000 TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR CLASSROOM FACILITIES FOR SCHOOLS, FOR STATE-SUPPORTED OR ASSISTED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, FOR WATER IMPOUNDMENT SITES, PARKS, RECREATION, AND CONSERVATION, AND FOR STATE BUILDINGS--FUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF SET OBLIGATIONS TO BE OBTAINED BY EXCISE TAXES INCLUDING A CIGARETTE TAX OF ONE HALF CENT ON EACH 10 CIGARETTES OR FRACTIONAL PART THEREOF? | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Ohio Constitution
A 60% vote is required during one legislative session for the Ohio State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 60 votes in the Ohio House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Ohio State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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