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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1976
Page
9
Legal notice outlines ballot titles and texts of constitutional amendments from the 84th Legislature 1975 1976 with explanations in italics. It covers passage by three fifths yeas and nays entries in journals and governor's five day return rules and repassage procedures plus limits on governor disapproval and legislative reconsideration. Also includes penalties for disrespect to the Legislature and confinement limits.
Proposal from the 1975 and 1878 legislatures seeks to remove the constitutional requirement that all bills be read in full before final passage. A vote FOR would let legislature set the final reading by rule. a vote AGAINST would keep full reading before final passage.
The text proposes amending Article II section 14 to require bills and resolutions be read by title, printed for each member, and read at length before final passage. It limits final passage votes to occur after five legislative days and after a bill has been filed for at least one legislative day. It also sets single subject rule and explicit amendment procedures, with signatures by the Lieutenant Governor or Speaker.
Voters will decide in November 1976 whether to allow line item overrides of governor vetoes in appropriations. The measure would let the Legislature consider each item vetoed or reduced separately while retaining its current power to vote on the bill as a whole. The process would apply to appropriations bills and require presenting any vetoed items back to the Legislature for reconsideration with objections noted.
The measure would move regular sessions from January to December starting 1976, redefining the 90 day odd year and 60 day even year sessions and changing members' terms to begin in December. It retains current January convening dates for the existing shorter sessions and January term start rules.
The amendment would remove the Lieutenant Governor as presiding officer and allow the Legislature to choose its presiding officer while retaining the Speaker in the absence of the lieutenant governor. It also contemplates signing off on bills and clarifies presiding duties and quorum rules amid annual session timing and bill procedures.
Proposed Amendment No 5 would authorize the Legislature to let cities counties and other subdivisions issue bonds to redevelop blighted properties funded by taxes on increased property values. It outlines how debt and tax proceeds would be arranged and notes voting options for or against. It also references amendments on nonpublic school funding and nonsectarian services for handicapped children with related constitutional changes.
The amendment would allow cities and counties to issue revenue bonds not only to acquire and develop real and personal property for lease to manufacturing or industrial enterprises, but also for non manufacturing commercial or business ventures that do not primarily sell directly to the general public.
The text outlines proposed constitutional amendments in Nebraska concerning revenue bonds for acquiring developing and leasing property by counties cities and villages for industrial or commercial use with restrictions on condemnation and taxation. It also covers salary changes for state legislators proposing six hundred seventy five dollars monthly with expense allowances, and publication details for the 1976 election notices.
Summary of October league results across Merchants Farmers Grain Cornhusker Classic and related leagues. Highlights include top teams Farmers Grain, Tonniges Chevrolet, Rising City Co-op, DeKalb Hybrids and Shelby Fertilizer with high series, high games, and top individual scores such as Bill Beebe and Walden Jones.
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