Alabama County Budget, Amendment 42 (1961)

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The Alabama County Budget, Amendment 42, also known as Amendment 42, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 5, 1961, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would alter, fix or regulate court costs and charges in St. Clair County as well as the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salaries levied or received by county officials. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.

Election results

Alabama Amendment 42 (December 1961)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		67,943	70.26%
No		28,760	29.74%

Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1963

See also

Suggest a link

• Alabama 1961 ballot measures
• 1961 ballot measures
• List of Alabama ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama

External links

• Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1963