Oregon Measure Nos. 310-311, Budget Control Legislative Committee Amendment (1952)
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| Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance and State legislatures measures |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure Nos. 310-311 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 4, 1952. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the legislative assembly to establish a joint committee of members from both houses to oversee budgets of executive and administrative state officers, departments, and agencies. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the legislative assembly to establish a joint committee of members from both houses to oversee budgets of executive and administrative state officers, departments, and agencies. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 310-311 |
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364,539 | 65.21% | ||
| No | 194,492 | 34.79% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 310-311 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDMENT CREATING LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY EMERGENCY COMMITTEE - Purpose: Amending the Oregon constitution by adding a new section and making it part of Article III, which authorizes legislative assembly to establish a joint committee of members from both houses as an agency to exercise budgetary control over all executive and administrative state officers, departments, boards, commissions and agencies of state government. Provides that said joint committee of members serve from session to session, with power in case of emergency to allocate to any state agency out of an emergency fund for deficiencies in appropriations, and provide for any new activities, between sessions of legislature. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
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.
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