Florida Industrial Plant Tax Exemption Amendment (1930)
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| Topic Business regulations and Taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Industrial Plant Tax Exemption Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 4, 1930. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported exempting certain industrial plants from taxation for fifteen years. |
A “no” vote opposed exempting certain industrial plants from taxation for fifteen years. |
Election results
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40,723 | 73.95% | ||
| No | 14,342 | 26.05% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Industrial Plant Tax Exemption Amendment was as follows:
| “ | To amend Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida by adding Section 12 thereto relating to taxation and providing that all industrial plants established in the State of Florida, on or after July 1st, 1929, engaged primarily in the manufacture of steel vessels, automobiles tires, fabrics and textiles, wood pulp, paper, paper bags, fiber board, automobiles, automobile parts, aircraft, aircraft parts, glass and crockery manufacturers, and the refining of sugar and oils, including by-products or derivatives incident to the manufacture if any of the above products, shall be exempted from all taxation for a period of fifteen years from the beginning of operation, except that no exemption which shall become effective by virtue of this amendment shall extend beyond the year 1948, and providing that the exemption herein authorized shall not apply to real estate owned or used by such industrial plants except the real estate occupied as the location required to house such industrial plants and the buildings and property situated thereon, together with such lands as may be required for warehouses, storage, trackage and shipping facilities and being used for such purposes. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 12. For a period of fifteen years from the beginning of operation, all industrial plants which shall be established in this State on or after July 1, 1929, engaged primarily during said period in the manufacture of steel vessels, automobile tires, fabrics and textiles, wood pulp, paper, paper bags, fiber board, automobiles, automobile parts, aircraft, aircraft parts, Glass and Crockery Manufacturers and the refining of sugar and oils, and including by-products or derivatives incident to the manufacture of any of the above products, shall be exempt from all taxation, except that no exemption which shall become effective by virtue of this amendment shall extend beyond the year 1948. The exemption herein authorized shall not apply to real estate owned and used by such industrial plants except the real estate occupied as the location required to house such industrial plants and the buildings and property situated thereon, together with such lands as may be required for warehouses, storage, trackage and shipping facilities and being used for such 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.
See also
External links
- Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
- The Fort Myers Press, "Vote The Democratic Ticket --- Vote "YES" On Every Amendment," November 3, 1930
Footnotes
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