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Alabama Special County School Tax, Amendment 15 (1957)
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The Alabama Special County School Tax, Amendment 15, also known as Amendment 15, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 17, 1957, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that, in addition to any taxes now authorized by the constitution and laws of Alabama, the governing body of Tallapoosa County, would have the power to levy and collect in any school district in the county a special district tax not to exceed three-fourths of one percent on the value of the taxable property within such district for school purposes; provided that the levying of and the purpose of the tax would have been first submitted to a vote and approved by a majority. The election would be called, held, conducted and canvassed and may be contested as in the case of three-mill school tax elections held pursuant to Chapter 10, Article 7, Title 52, Code of Alabama of 1940. All funds arising from the special school tax levied in any district of the county would be expended for the exclusive benefit of that district as the law may direct. Provided, however, that the tax would not apply to any property which is subject to an additional municipal tax for school purposes, in the same or a greater amount, levied pursuant to the authority of Amendment LVI to the constitution of Alabama, so long as such municipal tax is levied and collected.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 15 (December 1957) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 65,226 | 67.98% | ||
| No | 30,729 | 32.02% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1959
See also
- Alabama 1957 ballot measures
- 1957 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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