Florida Manufacturing Municipal Tax Exemption Amendment (1904)
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| Topic Business regulations and County and municipal governance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Manufacturing Municipal Tax Exemption Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 8, 1904. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported allowing for a municipal tax exemption for manufacturing businesses. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing for a municipal tax exemption for manufacturing businesses. |
Election results
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Florida Manufacturing Municipal Tax Exemption Amendment |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 3,140 | 34.17% | ||
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6,050 | 65.83% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Manufacturing Municipal Tax Exemption Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Article IX, Section 10.—Providing for exempting manufacturing enterprises from payment of municipal taxes. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 10. The credit of the State shall not be pledged or loaned to any individual company, corporation or association; nor shall the State become a joint owner or stockholder in any company, association or corporation. The Legislature shall not authorize any county, city, borough, township or incorporated district to become a stockholder in any company, association or corporation or to obtain or appropriate money for or to loan its credit to any corporation, association, institution or individual except that the Legislature may authorize municipal corporations to relieve from municipal taxation for such period of years as to the municipal authorities may seem proper any manufacturing enterprise that may locate within the said municipality, but no such exemption shall be for a longer period than fifteen years. |
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"
- Tampa Morning Tribune, "DUMMY BALLOT," November 5, 1904
Footnotes
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