Florida Special Tax School District Bonds Amendment (1912)

Florida Special Tax School District Bonds Amendment
Election date November 5, 1912
Topic Bond issues and Public education funding
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Special Tax School District Bonds Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 5, 1912. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported allowing for the issuance of bonds by special tax school districts and allowing for the levy of taxes to pay for those bonds.

A “no” vote opposed allowing for the issuance of bonds by special tax school districts and allowing for the levy of taxes to pay for those bonds.

Election results

Florida Special Tax School District Bonds Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		16,348	80.29%
No		4,014	19.71%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Special Tax School District Bonds Amendment was as follows:

“

Amendment to Article 12 of the Constitution, providing for the issuance of bonds by special tax school districts for the exclusive use of public free schools within such school districts, and authorizing the levy of a tax to create a sinking fund for the payment of interest and redemption of such bonds.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Constitutional changes

Section 17. The Legislature may provide for Special Tax School Districts, to issue bonds for the exclusive use of public free schools within any such Special Tax School District, whenever a majority of the qualified electors thereof, who are freeholders, shall vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds. Whenever any such Special Tax School District has voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds, a tax not to exceed five mills on the dollar, in any one year, on the taxable property within the district voting for the issue of bonds shall be levied in accordance with law providing for the levying of taxes, to become a fund for the payment of the interest and redemption of such bonds.

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

1912 Measures

• 1912 Measures
• Public education funding on the ballot
• Bond issues on the ballot
• 1912 legislative sessions

Florida

• Florida ballot measures
• Florida ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
• The Tampa Morning Tribune, "COMMISSIONERS SEND BALLOT TO PRINTERS," October 22, 1912