Alabama Special Property Tax, Amendment 17 (1957)

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The Alabama Special Property Tax, Amendment 17, also known as Amendment 17, 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 the court of County Commissioners, Board of Revenue, or like governing body of Butler County would levy and collect a special property tax, in addition to all taxes authorized by the constitution and laws of Alabama. The tax would exceed one percent on the value of the property in the county as assessed for state taxation during the preceding year, the proceeds of the tax would be used exclusively for educational purposes, provided that such tax and the purpose or purposes thereof, and the time such tax is proposed to be continued, would have been first submitted to a vote and voted for by a majority. The tax would be collected in the same manner and under the same requirements and laws as the taxes of the State are collected.

Election results

Alabama Amendment 17 (December 1957)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		64,295	67.40%
No		31,102	32.60%

Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1959

See also

Suggest a link

• Alabama 1957 ballot measures
• 1957 ballot measures
• List of Alabama ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama

External links

• Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1959