Wisconsin Question 1, Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Amendment (April 1991)
| Wisconsin Question 1 | |
|---|---|
|
|
|
| Election date |
|
| Topic Housing and Public assistance programs |
|
| Status |
|
| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Wisconsin Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Wisconsin on April 2, 1991. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to permit the state to acquire, improve, and build housing for people of low and moderate income. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to permit the state to acquire, improve, and build housing for people of low and moderate income. |
Election results
|
Wisconsin Question 1 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 295,823 | 42.34% | ||
|
|
402,921 | 57.66% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:
| “ | Affordable Housing. Shall a new provision be created in section 10 of article VIII of the constitution, permitting the state to acquire, improve or construct housing for persons of low or moderate income? | ” |
Constitutional changes
Note: Hover over the text and scroll to see the full text.
(NOTE: Scored material is added; stricken material is deleted; italics show text created.)
[Article VIII) Section 10. The Except as further provided in this section, the state shall may never contract any debt for works of internal improvement, or be a party in carrying on such works; but whenever.
(1) Whenever grants of land or other property shall have been made to the state, especially dedicated by the grant to particular works of internal improvement, the state may carry on such particular works and shall devote thereto the avails of such grants, and may pledge or appropriate the revenues derived from such works in aid of their completion. Provided, that the
(2) The state may appropriate money in the treasury or to be thereafter raised by taxation for the:
(a) The construction or improvement of public highways or the.
(b) The development, improvement and construction of airports or other aeronautical projects or the.
(c) The acquisition, improvement or construction of veterans' housing or the.
(d) The improvement of port facilities. Provided, that the
(3) The state may appropriate moneys for the purpose of acquiring, preserving and developing the forests of the state; but of. Of the moneys appropriated under the authority or this section subsection in any one year an amount not to exceed two-tenths of one mill of the taxable property of the state as determined by the last preceding state assessment may be raised by a tax on property.
[Article VIII] Section 10 (2) (e) The acquisition, improvement or construction of housing of primary benefit to persons of low or moderate income.[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Wisconsin Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during two legislative sessions for the Wisconsin State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Wisconsin State Assembly and 17 votes in the Wisconsin State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
| |||||
