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Alabama Special County School Tax, Amendment 8 (1953)
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The Alabama Special County School Tax, Amendment 8, also known as Amendment 8, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 15, 1953, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Marshall County would levy an additional special school tax to be used for constructing, repairing and equipping public school buildings not to exceed five mills on each dollar's worth of property after the question has been submitted and voted for by the qualified electors. The election and the collection of the tax is to be governed by Title 52, Chapter 10, Article 7, Code of Alabama 1940. If the tax is defeated or if less than five mills is voted for, the question of levying the tax or increasing the tax may be submitted at intervals of one year until the total tax levied hereunder is five mills.
A levy hereunder collected for five years may be repealed by an election of the qualified electors called after a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the qualified electors of the County is received by the County governing body. Upon a vote to repeal the tax shall cease after payment of outstanding pledges. If the vote is against repeal the question may in like manner be resubmitted at one year intervals.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 8 (December 1953) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 42,632 | 61.99% | ||
| No | 26,144 | 38.01% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1955
See also
- Alabama 1953 ballot measures
- 1953 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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