Florida Amendment 1, Water Management Taxes Amendment (March 1976)
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| Topic Drinking water systems and Local government finance and taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on March 9, 1976. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported authorizing local taxes for water management purposes and limiting the taxes to not more than one mill. |
A “no” vote opposed authorizing local taxes for water management purposes and limiting the taxes to not more than one mill. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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735,174 | 55.06% | ||
| No | 600,066 | 44.94% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution authorizing and limiting local taxes for water management purposes to not more than one (1) mill. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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FINANCE AND TAXATION Section 9. Local Taxes. (a) Counties, school districts, and municipalities shall, and special districts may, be authorized by law to levy ad valorem taxes and may be authorized by general law to levy other taxes, for their respective purposes, except ad valor m taxes on intangible personal property and taxes prohibited by this constitution. (b) Ad valorem taxes, exclusive of taxes levied for the payment of bonds and taxes levied for periods not longer than two years when authorized by vote of the electors who are the owners of freeholds therein not wholly exempt from taxation, shall not be levied in excess of the following millages upon the assessed value of real estate and tangible personal property: for all county purposes, ten mills; for all municipal purposes, ten mills; for all school purposes, ten mills; for water management purposes for the northwest portion of the state lying west of the line between ranges two and three east, 0.05 mill; for water management purposes for the remaining portions of the state, 1.0 mill; and for all other special districts a millage authorized by law approved by vote of the electors who are owners of freeholds therein not wholly exempt from taxation. A county furnishing municipal services may, to the extent authorized by law, levy additional taxes within the limits fixed for municipal purposes. |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Florida Constitution
A 60% vote was required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounted to a minimum of 51 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot required a simple majority vote in this year.
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Footnotes
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