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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1972
Page
4
Ballot summaries present two proposed amendments. No. 1 would require legislators to be registered voters and at least twenty one, update impeachment terms, and adjust to a unicameral system. No. 2 would cut the threshold to revise district court judges from two thirds to a simple majority and update references to a unicameral legislature.
Amendment seeks to replace a fixed salary limit of four hundred dollars per month for legislators with a provision allowing the legislature to set salaries by law. Voters can choose FOR a repeal and replacement or AGAINST to keep the existing $400 monthly cap.
Proposed Amendment No 4 would replace the writ of error reference with a simple declaration that felony defendants have the right to appeal to the Supreme Court. It states no substantive change in the right to have appeals heard by the Supreme Court and describes the writ of error as the method currently used.
Ballots present multiple proposed measures including restructuring vacancies in state offices and governor succession, altering removal powers and legislative retirement eligibility. Voters consider amendments affecting land tax valuation for agricultural use and eligibility for a state retirement system for lawmakers and officials.
The proposal would retain a salary not to exceed four hundred dollars per month for lawmakers during their term for office and allow an additional per diem for intersession legislative work. It contrasts with the current rule that limits total compensation to the monthly salary and disallows any per diem between sessions.
A FOR vote would rearrange the Article on Education for logical sequence and clearer language. It clarifies the Legislature’s authority over education in public institutions beyond ages five to twenty one and removes obsolete wording.
Proposal to clarify language in Article XV Section 2 of the Constitution concerning ineligibility for public office for certain offenses. The measure makes no substantive changes and preserves current provisions and wording.
Voters decide on giving the Legislature power to authorize cities and villages to create off street parking facilities and fund them by special assessments or taxes within off street parking districts. The measure would also allow maintenance and improvements funded through such assessments or taxes.
The proposal would raise the commissions from seven to nine members, bar Supreme Court judges serving as chairmen from voting, increase bar and governor appointed members, cap like party representation at four, require public release of candidate names before hearings, mandate roll call votes, and require a majority of voting members for nomination submission to the Governor. A contrary vote would preserve current structure and rules.
Voters will decide on letting the Legislature adjust retirement benefits for public employees to reflect changes in living costs and wages since retirement and permit local governments to review and alter vested pensions, or reject to block post retirement adjustments.
Amendment No 14 proposes removing the State Tax Commissioner from the State Board of Equalization and Assessment while making him an advisor, altering board composition to include the Governor Secretary of State Auditor and State Treasurer with a new legislatively chosen member. It also reworks conflict of interest rules and eligibility provisions for state offices and civil appointments.
Constance D. Larson and Connie Mae Larson filed a petition alleging the deceased died intestate on August 14, 1941, and detailing a described parcel in Polk County. The court set a hearing for November 20, 1972, at 10 a.m. for determination of time of death heirs and descent rights.
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