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Alabama Special County School Tax, Amendment 14 (1955)
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The Alabama Special County School Tax, Amendment 14, also known as Amendment 14, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 6, 1955, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Russell County would have the power to levy and collect a special County-wide school tax of eight mills on each dollar's worth of taxable property in Russell County, the proceeds of which would be used for public school purposes; provided that such tax would have been first submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of the County and voted for by a majority of those voting at such election. The special tax may be renewed. If any proposal to levy the tax is defeated in any election, subsequent elections thereon may be held at any time. The elections provided for herein would be called, held, conducted, paid for, and governed otherwise in the manner provided for an election on the school district tax authorized in Amendment III, Article XIX of the Constitution of Alabama, by Article 7, Chapter 10, Title 52, Code of Alabama (1940). The County tax collector would collect the tax in the same manner and under he same requirements and laws as the taxes of the state are collected, and he- would keep the proceeds of this tax separate and apart from all other funds, and would keep clear accounts thereof. The tax collector would distribute the proceeds of this special tax in such manner as to turn over to the custodian of the County school funds of Russell County the revenue derived from the tax levied on all taxable property situated outside the corporate limits of Phenix City, such revenues to be used by the County board of education for educational purposes in connection with schools located or to be located outside the corporate limits of Phenix City, and to turn over to the custodian of school funds of the city school system of Phenix City the revenue derived from the tax levied on all taxable property situated within the corporate limits of Phenix City, such revenues to be used by the city board of education for educational purposes in connection with schools located or to be located within the corporate limits of Phenix City.
In the event that any special property tax authorized herein would be authorized by a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question at the election, the County board of education of Russell County and the city board of education of Phenix City may, at such times as to them seem necessary and proper, sell and issue their tax anticipation bonds for the purposes for which the tax was authorized, which bonds would be in such amounts as the respective board of education would designate and, except as otherwise provided herein, would be subject to the provisions of the general laws now pertaining to the issuance by County and city boards of education of capital outlay warrants, and no further election would be required for the issuance of such bonds. The revenue derived from the sale of these bonds would be expended by the County board of education and the Phenix City board of education for public school purposes only. Any bonds issued under the authority of this amendment would be payable solely out of the proceeds of the special property tax hereby authorized, all or any part of which may be pledged therefor. The bonds issued under the authority of this amendment would constitute negotiable instruments, although payable from a limited source, and would be eligible for the investment of trust funds.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 14 (December 1955) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 151,079 | 72.27% | ||
| Yes | 57,972 | 27.73% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1959
See also
- Alabama 1955 ballot measures
- 1955 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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