Washington Amendment to Article VIII Sec. 4, Timeline for Appropriations Payments (1922)

Washington Amendment to Article VIII Sec. 4
Election date November 7, 1922
Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Washington Amendment to Article VIII Sec. 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Washington on November 7, 1922. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported requiring payments from state appropriations to be made within one calendar month after the end of the next fiscal biennium.

A "no" vote opposed requiring payments from state appropriations to be made within one calendar month after the end of the next fiscal biennium.

Election results

Washington Amendment to Article VIII Sec. 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		94,746	52.20%
No		86,746	47.80%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment to Article VIII Sec. 4 was as follows:

“

An Act amending section 4 of article VIII of the State Constitution by providing that payments from state appropriations should be made within one calendar month after the end of the next ensuing fiscal biennium.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Washington Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Washington State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

See also

1922 Measures

• 1922 Measures
• State and local government budgets on the ballot
• spending on the ballot
• and finance on the ballot
• 1922 legislative sessions

Washington

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• Washington ballot measure laws

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External links

• Washington Voter Guide (1922)