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Wisconsin Question 2, Local Debt Limit and School Bonds Amendment (April 1963)
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| Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Wisconsin Question 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Wisconsin on April 2, 1963. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to clarify the wording on the calculation of local debt limit and give an increased limit for school bonds. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to clarify the wording on the calculation of local debt limit and give an increased limit for school bonds. |
Election results
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Wisconsin Question 2 |
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291,926 | 55.75% | ||
| No | 231,702 | 44.25% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 2 was as follows:
| “ | Shall section 3 of article XI of the constitution be amended to clarify the language, to base the debt limit for all units of government on equalized value and to allow cities authorized to issue bonds for school purposes to bond themselves for school purposes up to 10 per cent of the total tax base of all territory included in the school system? | ” |
Constitutional changes
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The amendment removed the existing third sentence from
the section and inserted in its place 3 new sentences.
(Article XI) Section 3. This is the new text: "No county, city, town, village, school district or other municipal corporation may become indebted in an amount that exceeds an allowable percentage of the taxable property located therein equalized for state purposes as provided by the legislature. In all cases the allowable percentage shall be five per centum except as follows: (a) For any city authorized to issue bonds for school purposes, an additional ten per centum shall be permitted for school purposes only, and in such cases the territory attached to the city for school purposes shall be included in the total taxable property supporting the bonds issued for school purposes. (b) For any school district which offers no less than grades one to twelve and which at the time of incurring such debt is eligible for the highest level of school aids, ten per centum shall be permitted."[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.
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