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Rhode Island Zoo Capital Improvements Bond Measure (2022)
| Rhode Island Zoo Capital Improvements Bond Measure | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Bond issues | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Bond issue | Origin State Legislature |
The Rhode Island Zoo Capital Improvements Bond Measure was not on the ballot in Rhode Island as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.[1]
The amendment would have issued $12 million in bonds for capital improvements to the Roger Williams Park Zoo.[2]
Text of measure
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The full text of the amendment can be read here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Rhode Island Constitution
To put a legislatively referred bond question before voters, a simple majority vote is required in both the Rhode Island State Senate and the Rhode Island House of Representatives. In Rhode Island, the state General Assembly must ask voters to issue general obligation bonds over $50,000, except in the case of war, insurrection, or invasion.
This bond issue was introduced as Senate Joint Resolution 2824 on March 24, 2022. On June 22, 2022, the state Senate passed SJR 2824. The vote total will be published below when it becomes available. The measure did not receive a final vote before the legislature adjourned.[1]
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