Alabama County Property Tax, Amendment 19 (1955)

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The Alabama County Property Tax, Amendment 19, also known as Amendment 19, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 6, 1955, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the court of County commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of Lee County would have the power to levy and collect a special property tax, in addition to all taxes authorized by the constitution and laws of Alabama, of not exceeding .5 percent on the value of the property in the County, the proceeds of which would be used for educational purposes; provided that such tax is proposed to be continued, would have been first submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the County and voted for by a majority of those voting at such election as hereinafter provided. If any proposal to levy a tax is defeated in any election, subsequent elections thereon may be held at any time. The election provided for herein would be called, held, conducted, paid for, and governed otherwise in the manner provided for an election on the school district tax authorized in Amendment III, Article XIX, of the Constitution of Alabama, by Article 7, Chapter 10, Title 52, Code of Alabama (1940). The tax would be collected in the same manner and under the same requirements and laws as the taxes of the state are collected. The revenue derived from the tax levied on all taxable property situated outside the corporate limits of Auburn and Opelika would be kept separate and apart from the revenues to be derived from the tax levied on all taxable property situated within the corporate limits of Auburn or Opelika. The revenues derived from the tax levied on property situated outside the corporate limits of Auburn and Opelika would be used solely for the construction of schools and other educational purposes outside the corporate limits of Auburn and Opelika, and the revenues derived from the tax levied on property situated inside the corporate limits of Auburn and Opelika would be used solely for school construction and other educational purposes within the limits of the city of Auburn or Opelika.

Election results

Alabama Amendment 19 (December 1955)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		137,369	70.58%
Yes		57,255	29.42%

Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1959

See also

Suggest a link

• Alabama 1955 ballot measures
• 1955 ballot measures
• List of Alabama ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama

External links

• Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1959