Oregon Measure Nos. 154-155, Municipal Debt Limit Amendment (June 1900)

Oregon Measure Nos. 154-155
Election date June 4, 1900
Topic Debt limits and Local government finance and taxes
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Oregon Measure Nos. 154-155 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on June 4, 1900. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported changing the municipal debt limit from a fixed cap of $5,000 for counties to a limit of 5% of the assessed valuation of property for all municipal corporations, including cities, towns, and school districts.

A "no" vote opposed changing the municipal debt limit from a fixed cap of $5,000 for counties to a limit of 5% of the assessed valuation of property for all municipal corporations.

Election results

Oregon Measure Nos. 154-155
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		16,147	37.80%
No		26,575	62.20%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Measure Nos. 154-155 was as follows:

“

Municipal Indebtedness Amendment. Vote Yes or No.

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Oregon Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Oregon State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 31 votes in the Oregon House of Representatives and 16 votes in the Oregon State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1900 Measures

• 1900 Measures
• Local government finance and taxes on the ballot
• Debt limits on the ballot
• 1900 legislative sessions

Oregon

• Oregon ballot measures
• Oregon ballot measure laws

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