South Dakota Amendment A, Pooling Lease Money Measure (1954)
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| Topic Mineral resources and Public education funding |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
South Dakota Amendment A was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in South Dakota on November 2, 1954. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported requiring that money from leasing state lands for oil, gas, and minerals be distributed to public schools and state institutions based on the proportion of land originally granted to them. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring that money from leasing state lands for oil, gas, and minerals be distributed to public schools and state institutions based on the proportion of land originally granted to them. |
Election results
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South Dakota Amendment A |
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122,804 | 65.59% | ||
| No | 64,431 | 34.41% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment A was as follows:
| “ | A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing and agreeing to an amendment of the State of South Dakota authorizing and directing the pooling of moneys received from oil and gas and other mineral leasing of common school, indemnity and endowment lands and covering at least fifty per centum of such moneys into the permanent funds of the common schools and of the endowed institutions and submitting the same to a vote of the electors of the state. | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the South Dakota Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the South Dakota State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 36 votes in the South Dakota House of Representatives and 18 votes in the South Dakota State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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