North Dakota's ballot measures explained
Constitutional Measure 1
The proposed amended sections would change the following terminology:
“School for the Deaf and Dumb of North Dakota” would be changed to the “School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing”
“State Hospital for the Insane” would be changed to “State Hospital for the care of individuals with mental illness”
An “Institution for the Feebleminded” would be changed to a “Facility for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities”
A “State Hospital for the mentally ill” would be changed to a “State Hospital for the care of individuals with mental illness”
Constitutional Measure 2
The measure, if approved, would require constitutional and non-constitutional initiated measures to be limited to a single subject, to be determined by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State would have discretion to reject the petition if it has more than one subject.
Constitutional Measure 3
The measure, if passed, decreases the amount of principal available for spending each biennium, and clarify the distributions, from the legacy funds. If approved, the amendments would require transfers and earnings accruing prior to July 1, 2017, to be deemed as the principal of the fund, reduce the amount of the principal of the legacy fund available to be expended during a biennium from 15 percent to five percent, require the state’s investment board to invest the monies in the legacy fund not limited to the principal, and on July 1 of odd-numbered years, require the state’s treasurer to make a distribution of the legacy fund earnings into a legacy earnings fund.
Constitutional Measure 4
Constitutional Measure 4, if approved, would prohibit political subdivisions from levying tax on the assessed value of real or personal property, with the only exception being the payment of bonded indebtedness through a certain date. The measure would also require the state to provide replacement payments to the political subdivisions of no less than the current real property tax levels.
Constitutional Measure 5
If approved, it would allow for the production, processing and sale of cannabis; and the possession and use of various form of cannabis by individuals who are 21 or older.
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