Oklahoma State Question 298, Balanced Budget Amendment (March 1941)
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| Topic Balanced budget requirements |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Oklahoma State Question 298 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oklahoma on March 11, 1941. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported prohibiting appropriations exceeding revenue estimates, voiding excess appropriations, and limiting annual deficiency certificates to $500,000. |
A "no" vote opposed prohibiting appropriations exceeding revenue estimates, voiding excess appropriations, and limiting annual deficiency certificates to $500,000. |
Election results
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163,886 | 65.13% | ||
| No | 87,752 | 34.87% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Question 298 was as follows:
| “ | Shall a Constitutional amendment amending Section 23, Article 10, Oklahoma Constitution, prohibiting Legislature appropriating in excess of legal estimate of revenues, making parts of appropriations in excess of revenues collected void, prohibiting expenditures exceeding pro rata allocation of revenues, requiring legislation for reduction of all appropriations to come within revenues collected, authorizing issuance of deficiency certificates not exceeding $500,000.00 annually, prohibiting any debt or deficit except as provided in this amendment and Sections 24 and 25, Article 10, Oklahoma Constitution, and providing Legislature may fund debt arising prior to July 1, 1941, be approved by the people? | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Oklahoma Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Oklahoma State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 51 votes in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and 24 votes in the Oklahoma State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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