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Oklahoma State Question 684, School Land Trust Amendment (2000)
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| Topic Education and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oklahoma State Question 684 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oklahoma on November 7, 2000. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported allowing the state to use a percentage of the School Land Trust's market value, rather than just its income, to aid common schools and specified universities. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing the state to use a percentage of the School Land Trust's market value, rather than just its income, to aid common schools and specified universities. |
Election results
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Oklahoma State Question 684 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 554,256 | 49.32% | ||
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569,557 | 50.68% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Question 684 was as follows:
| “ | This measure amends the State Constitution. It amends Sections 2, 3 and 5 of Article XI, which deal with the School Land Trust. The United States established the Trust to benefit the State’s common schools and certain State universities. The permanent school fund is part of that Trust. That trust fund must now forever remain intact and the State can never diminish it. The State can now only use the trust fund’s income to aid schools. The measure changes how the State could use the permanent school fund. The measure allows the State to use more than the fund’s income to aid schools. The measure allows the State to diminish the fund itself to aid schools. The measure allows the State to use between 4¾% and 5½% of the market value of the fund for the last three years to aid common schools. The measure also allows the State to use more than trust income to aid the specified universities. The measure allows the State to also diminish the trust fund established to aid the universities. The measure does not set a limit on the amount of trust funds the State could use to aid the universities. | ” |
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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