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Utah Amendment 2, Increase Debt Limit for Large Cities Measure (1912)
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| Topic Debt limits and Local government finance and taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Utah Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 5, 1912. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to increase the debt limits for cities larger than 20,000 people to supply them with water and light infrastructure. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to increase the debt limits for cities larger than 20,000 people to supply them with water and light infrastructure. |
Election results
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Utah Amendment 2 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 9,122 | 26.73% | ||
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25,004 | 73.27% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:
| “ | A proposed amendment to Section 4, of Article 14, of the Constitution of the State of Utah, fixing the limit of indebtedness of Counties, Cities, Towns, and School Districts. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Utah Constitution
A two-thirds majority vote in both the legislative chambers vote is required during one legislative session for the Utah State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Utah House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Utah State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
See also
Footnotes
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