Alabama Municipal Ad Valorem Tax, Amendment 4 (August 1956)
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The Alabama Municipal Ad Valorem Tax, Amendment 4, also known as Amendment 4, was on the ballot in Alabama on August 28, 1956, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the cities of Auburn and Opelika, each, would have, in addition to the power to levy and collect an ad valorem tax at the rate of 1.5 percent as provided for in Amendmentt VIII of this Constitution, the further power to levy and collect each year an additional tax or taxes to such extent that the total ad valorem tax rate of either of these cities would not exceed two percent in any one year on the property situated in such city based on the evaluation of such property as assessed for state taxation during the preceding year; provided, however, that all additional ad valorem tax or taxes levied and collected by either the cities of Auburn or Opelika are not in excess of 1.5 percent would be levied and collected solely for public school purposes and may be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds, warrants, and other evidences of indebtedness issued for public school purposes, which pledge would take priority as provided in such bonds, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness, and provided, further, that before any such additional tax or taxes may be so levied and collected a majority of the qualified electors of the city voting at an election called for that purpose would vote in favor of the levy thereof, and provided, further, that the total ad valorem tax or taxes to be levied and collected by either of these cities would not exceed two percent in any one year. Each election held under the provisions hereof would be ordered, held, canvassed and may be contested in the same manner as is or may be provided by the law applicable to municipal corporations for elections to authorize the issuance of municipal bonds. The ballots used at such elections would specify that the proposed additional rate of taxation would be authorized for public school purposes only and may be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds, warrants, and other evidences of indebtedness, issued for public school purposes, which pledge would take priority as provided in such bonds, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness, and would contain the words "For...% additional rate of taxation"; and "Against...% additional rate of taxation"; the additional rate of taxation proposed to be shown in the blank space provided therefor. The voter would record his choice, whether for or against the additional rate shown, by placing a cross mark before or after the words expressing his choice. The proceeds of any such ad valorem tax or taxes in excess of 1.5 percent so authorized at any such election would be used only for public school purposes and may be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds, warrants, and other evidences of indebtedness issued for public school purposes, which pledge would take priority as provided in such bonds, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness, as authorized at such election. Elections to authorize the levy of such additional tax or taxes may be held as often as ordered by the governing body of either the city of Auburn or the city of Opelika, but when a proposition is submitted to the electors of either of these cities to levy such additional tax for public school purposes, and such proposition is defeated, then no second election would be held in such city for one year thereafter.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 4 (August 1956) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 74,573 | 53.57% | ||
| Yes | 64,625 | 46.43% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1959
See also
- Alabama 1956 ballot measures
- 1956 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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