Wisconsin Question 1, Railroad Improvement Funding Amendment (April 1992)

Wisconsin Question 1
Election date April 7, 1992
Topic Transportation
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Wisconsin Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Wisconsin on April 7, 1992. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to allow the state to fund railroad improvements using state money and bonds.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to allow the state to fund railroad improvements using state money and bonds.

Election results

Wisconsin Question 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		640,592	58.33%
No		457,690	41.67%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:

“

Railways and other railroad facilities. Shall section 7(2)(a)I of article VIII of the constitution be amended, and shall a new provision be created in section 10 of article VIII of the constitution, to permit the appropriation of state moneys for the acquisition, development, improvement or construction of railways and other railroad facilities, and to include state bonding for railways within the public purposes for which the state may issue bonds as authorized by law under existing constitutional limitations?

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Constitutional changes

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(NOTE: Scored material would be added; stricken material would be deleted; italics show text created.)
[Article VIII] Section 7 (2) (a) I. To acquire, construct, develop, extend, enlarge or improve land, waters, property, highways, railways, buildings, equipment or facilities for public purposes.
(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 of 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. development, improvement or construction of railways and other railroad facilities.

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.

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