Alabama County and Municipality Trust Income, Amendment 3 (2000)

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The Alabama County and Municipality Trust Income Amendment, also known as Amendment 3, was on the ballot in Alabama on November 7, 2000, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. This measure proposed that when the Alabama Trust Fund trust income for a year was, at least, $60 million, the county and municipal governments in the state would receive at least 10% of that income to spend according to the precepts of the general law. The passage of this amendment added Amendment 668 to the Alabama Constitution.

Election results

Alabama Amendment 3 (2000)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		848,946	69.77%
No		367,755	30.23%

Election results via: Alabama Votes

Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that counties and incorporated municipalities in Alabama receive a minimum of 10 percent of the trust income from the Alabama Trust Fund when the trust income in the preceding fiscal year exceeds sixty million dollars ($60,000,000); and to provide that the funds distributed to the counties and incorporated municipalities shall be expended as provided by general law. (Proposed Act No. 1999-393)

See also

Suggest a link

• Alabama 2000 ballot measures
• 2000 ballot measures
• List of Alabama ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama

External links

• Alabama Votes