Maine Required State Funding for Municipal Mandates, Question 9 (1992)

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The Maine Required State Funding for Municipal Mandates Referendum, also known as Question 9, was on the November 3, 1992 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure required the state to fund any mandates it imposed upon municipalities by statute, by executive order or by rule. This amended Section 21 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution.

Election results

Maine Question 9 (1992)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		327,249	54.02%
No		278,518	45.98%

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

Text of measure

See also: Maine Constitution, Article IX, Section 21

The language appeared on the ballot as:

“

Shall the Constitution of Maine be amended to require the State to fund any state mandates imposed upon a municipality by statute, by executive order or by rule?

”

Constitutional changes

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

See also

Suggest a link

• Maine 1992 ballot measures
• 1992 ballot measures
• List of Maine ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine

External links

• Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
• Bangor Daily News, "State of Maine General Election, November 3, 1992: Important Notice to All Voters of the State of Maine," October 27, 1992
• Laws of the State of Maine as Passed by the One Hundred and Fifteenth Legislature, Constitutional Resolutions, Chapter 3