Ohio Issue 1, Environmental Conservation and Revitalization Bond Amendment (2000)

Ohio Issue 1
Election date November 7, 2000
Topic Bond issues and Environment
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Ohio Issue 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on November 7, 2000. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the issuance of bonds to finance projects for environmental conservation and revitalization purposes.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the issuance of bonds to finance projects for environmental conservation and revitalization purposes.

Election results

Ohio Issue 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		2,197,773	57.44%
No		1,628,716	42.56%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Issue 1 was as follows:

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To adopt Section 2o of Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Ohio. This proposed amendment would: Authorizes the state to issue bonds and other obligations to pay the costs of projects for environmental conservation and revitalization purposes. Specifies "conservation purposes" as meaning the conservation and preservation of natural areas, open spaces, and farmlands and other lands devoted to agriculture, including by acquiring land or interests therein; the provision of state and local park and recreation facilities, and other actions that permit and enhance the availability, public use, and enjoyment of natural areas and open spaces in Ohio; and land, forest, water and other natural resource management projects. Specifies "revitalization purposes" as meaning providing for and enabling the environmentally safe and productive development and use or reuse of publicly and privately owned lands, including those within urban areas, by the remediation or clean up of contamination; and addressing by clearance, land acquisition or otherwise, contamination or other property conditions or circumstances that might be deleterious to the public health and safety and the environment and water and other natural resources, or that preclude or inhibit environmentally sound or economic use of the property. Limits the total outstanding principal amount of all state obligations issued for conservation purposes, which shall be general obligations of the state backed by the full faith and credit, revenue, and taxing power of the state, to two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) and the principal amount of all new obligations issued within a single fiscal year to fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) plus the principal amount of obligations that in any prior fiscal year could have been but were not issued within the fifty million dollar ($50,000,000) fiscal year limit. Limits the total outstanding principal amount of all state obligations issued for revitalization purposes, which shall not be general obligations of the state and shall not be backed by the full faith and credit, revenue, and taxing power of the state but which would be secured by a pledge of designated state revenues and receipts as the General Assembly authorizes, to two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) and the principal amount of all new obligations issued within a single fiscal year to fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) plus the principal amount of obligations that in any prior fiscal year could have been but were not issued within the fifty million dollar ($50,000,000) fiscal year limit. Requires that the obligations mature no later than December 31 of the twenty-fifth (25th) calendar year after issuance, except that obligations issued to refund or retire other obligations must mature no later than December 31 of the twenty-fifth (25th) calendar year after the year in which the original obligation to pay was issued or entered into. Determines and confirmed that state and local governmental participation in and financial assistance to environmental and related conservation, preservation and revitalization projects are public purposes, authorize the state to participate or assist in the financing of those projects undertaken by local governmental entities or by others, including not-for-profit organizations, and specify that these activities would not be subject to the lending aid and credit prohibitions of Sections 4 and 6 of Article VIII of the Ohio Constitution. If adopted, this amendment shall take immediate effect. A majority yes vote is necessary for passage. SHALL THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT BE ADOPTED?

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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.

See also

2000 Measures

• 2000 Measures
• Environment on the ballot
• Bond issues on the ballot
• 2000 legislative sessions

Ohio

• Ohio ballot measures
• Ohio ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Cleveland State University Law Library, "Ohio Constitution - Law and History: Table of Proposed Amendments," June 2, 2023