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Alabama Special County District Tax, Amendment 1 (1966)
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The Alabama Special County District Tax, Amendment 1, also known as Amendment 1, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 6, 1966, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may be hereafter authorized by the Constitution and laws of Alabama, the governing body of Franklin County shall levy and cause to be collected annually a special district tax, not exceeding 50 cents on each 100 dollars assessed valuation of taxable property in Districts One, Two, and Three of Franklin County, Alabama, to be used exclusively for public hospital purposes (as the term 'public hospital purposes' is defined in Amendment LXXVI to the Constitution proposed by Acts of 1949, Page 897, submitted December 13, 1949, and proclaimed ratified December 21, 1949) within said Districts One, Two, and Three; provided that the time during which such tax is to continue and the purpose thereof shall have been first submitted to a vote of the qualified electors in Districts One, Two, and Three of Franklin County and voted for by a majority of such electors voting at such election. The governing body of Franklin County may call an election at any time, and it shall be the duty of such governing body to call an election to be held within ninety days after receipt by it of a petition signed by not less than 5% of the qualified electors of said Districts One, Two, and Three, requesting that such election be called. The governing body may call such election to be held at the same time that this Amendment is submitted to the electors of the State for ratification and such election shall be effective to require the levy and collection of such tax in the event that this Amendment shall be ratified. The notice of such election, ballots to be used at such election and procedures for holding and determining the results of such election shall be prescribed by the governing body of Franklin County. No election shall be held hereunder within one year from the date of the last election so held."[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 1 (December 1966) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 23,369 | 70.78% | ||
| No | 9,647 | 29.22% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1967
See also
- Alabama 1966 ballot measures
- 1966 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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