Maine Highway Fund Use (1944)

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The Maine Highway Fund Use Referendum was on the September 11, 1944 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure limited the use of revenues derived from the taxation of vehicles and fuels used on public highways to highway purposes. This added Section 22 to Article IX of the Maine Constitution.

Election results

Maine Highway Fund Use Referendum (1944)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		139,805	80.82%
No		33,172	19.18%

Election results via: Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-

Text of measure

See also: Maine Constitution, Article IX, Section 22

The language appeared on the ballot as:

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"Shall the Constitution be amended as proposed by a resolve of the legislature, limiting to highway purposes the use of revenues derived from the taxation of vehicles used on public highways and fuels used for propulsion of such vehicles?"

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Constitutional changes

The full text of the constitutional changes made by this measure can be read here.

Similar measures

• Maine General Highway Fund Use, Question No. 5 (1936) a

See also

Suggest a link

• Maine 1944 ballot measures
• 1944 ballot measures
• List of Maine ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine

External links

• The Lewiston Daily Sun, "Constitutional Amendment to be Voted Upon September 11, 1944," September 5, 1944
• Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
• National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database