Alabama County and Municipal Economic Development, Amendment 25 (1965)

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The Alabama County and Municipal Economic Development, Amendment 25, also known as Amendment 25, was on the ballot in Alabama on November 30, 1965, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "For the promotion of local industrial, commercial or agricultural development, Madison County and the City of Huntsville shall each have full and continuing power (a) to purchase, construct, lease and otherwise acquire industrial, commercial and agricultural projects, including real and personal property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind whatsoever, (b) to lease, sell, exchange or otherwise convey all or any part of any such project to any person, firm or corporation, and (c) after an approving election if required as hereinafter provided, to sell and issue for such purposes interest-bearing general obligation bonds. Neither the county nor the city shall issue any bonds under the authority of this amendment, other than bonds issued to finance the acquisition of industrial sites, unless the question of the issuance of such bonds has first been submitted to the qualified electors of the county or the city."

Election results

Alabama Amendment 25 (1965)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		62,836	70.86%
No		25,835	29.14%

Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1967

See also

Suggest a link

• Alabama 1965 ballot measures
• 1965 ballot measures
• List of Alabama ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama

External links

• Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1967