Oklahoma State Question 476, Hospital Districts Amendment (September 1970)
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oklahoma State Question 476 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oklahoma on September 15, 1970. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the creation of hospital districts, allowing them to issue bonds for building, operating, and maintaining hospitals, levy taxes up to 10 mills for bond repayment, and an additional 5 mills for operations with voter approval. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the creation of hospital districts, allowing them to issue bonds for building, operating, and maintaining hospitals, levy taxes up to 10 mills for bond repayment, and an additional 5 mills for operations with voter approval. |
Election results
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Oklahoma State Question 476 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 73,653 | 25.09% | ||
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219,952 | 74.91% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Question 476 was as follows:
| “ | Shall a Constitutional Amendment authorizing the creation of hospital districts by law and authorizing a duly organized and authorized hospital district to issue bonds in sums provided by a majority of taxpaying voters in a hospital district for purposes of building, operating and maintaining a district hospital; providing for interest on the bonds; providing procedure for sale of bonds; authorizing a special, annual, recurring ad valorem tax upon the property within the hospital district not to exceed ten (10) mills on the dollar after approval of a majority of the qualified electors of a hospital district voting at an election called for that purpose; providing for exchange, maturity, and maximum outstanding amount of bonds; authorizing a five-mill tax for operation after approval by the voters of the district at an election and providing for appropriate legislation, 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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