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Alabama Excise Tax, Amendment 8 (2004)

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The Alabama Excise Tax Amendment, also known as Amendment 8, was on the ballot in Alabama on November 2, 2004, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. It proposed to authorize an excise tax rather than an ad valorem tax on certain motor vehicles.[1]

Election results

Alabama Amendment 8 (2004)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No879,31768.46%
Yes405,05131.54%

Election results via: Alabama Votes

Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

Proposing an amendment to Amendment 93 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 354 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to authorize the Legislature to levy an excise tax in lieu of ad valorem taxes on designated motor vehicles, and provide for the proceeds of the excise tax to be distributed to those entities currently or hereafter authorized to receive ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles. (Proposed by Act 2004-537)[2][3]

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Footnotes

  1. Alabama Votes, accessed December 3, 2015
  2. Alabama Votes, accessed December 3, 2015
  3. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.