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Oklahoma State Question 581, Water Resources and Sewage Treatment Amendment (August 1984)
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| Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance and Water |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oklahoma State Question 581 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oklahoma on August 28, 1984. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing state funds to provide financial assistance for city, town, county, and other public water resource and sewage treatment projects, using monies from the Statewide Water Development Revolving Fund and Water Resources Fund. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing state funds to provide financial assistance for city, town, county, and other public water resource and sewage treatment projects, using monies from the Statewide Water Development Revolving Fund and Water Resources Fund. |
Election results
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Oklahoma State Question 581 |
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397,272 | 65.80% | ||
| No | 206,488 | 34.20% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Question 581 was as follows:
| “ | This measure would amend the Oklahoma Constitution. It would add a new Section 39 to Article X. The measure would allow the use of State monies to provide financial assistance to cities, towns, counties, and certain other units of the State. The public bodies could only use the monies to finance water resource and sewage treatment projects. The assistance allowed would be an exception to the provisions in Sections 14 and 15 of Article X. The monies to be used would come from the Statewide Water Development Revolving Fund and the Water Resources Fund. The measure would control the use of State monies in the funds. Use of the monies in the funds would also have to be approved by the Legislature. Any State obligation would be limited to State monies which have been reserved in the Revolving Fund. | ” |
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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