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Oklahoma State Question 313, General Revenue Fund Amendment (July 1944)
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| Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oklahoma State Question 313 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oklahoma on July 11, 1944. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported requiring surplus state general revenue funds to be placed in a sinking fund to pay off state bonded debt. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring surplus state general revenue funds to be placed in a sinking fund to pay off state bonded debt. |
Election results
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Oklahoma State Question 313 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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145,039 | 69.44% | ||
| No | 63,816 | 30.56% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Question 313 was as follows:
| “ | Shall a Constitutional amendment providing that any surplus which has accrued to State General Revenue Fund shall be placed monthly in Sinking Fund to be used solely to pay State's bonded indebtedness; placing monies and securities in Surplus Accounts of State's Funding Bond Funds of 1935, 1939 and 1941 in said sinking fund; authorizing investment of monies, and sale of securities purchased, to meet maturing bonds and coupons; making section self-executing; and providing when sufficient monies have accumulated to pat outstanding bonds and coupons heretofore issued, surplus monies may be appropriated by Legislature, 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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