Jacksonville, Florida, Pension Liability Sales Tax Referendum (2016)
| Jacksonville Pension Liability Sales Tax Referendum |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| August 30, 2016 |
| Status: |
 Approved
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| Topic: |
| Local pensions |
| Related articles |
| Local pensions on the ballot August 30, 2016 ballot measures in Florida Duval County, Florida ballot measures Local ballot measure elections in 2016 |
| See also |
| Jacksonville, Florida Municipal elections in Jacksonville, Florida (2015) |
A referendum to adopt a half-cent sales tax to reduce Jacksonville's unfunded pension liability was on the ballot for voters in Duval County, Florida, on August 30, 2016. It was approved.
| A "yes" vote was a vote in support of adopting a half-cent sales tax to reduce the city's unfunded pension liability. |
| A "no" vote was a vote opposing the sales tax. |
The measure was designed to go into effect after the expiration of the Better Jacksonville Plan half-cent sales tax in 2030. The replacement sales tax was designed to end when the unfunded pension liability was eliminated, or in 30 years.[1][2]
Election results
| Duval County Referendum No. 1 | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 105,217 | 65.11% | ||
| No | 56,380 | 34.89% | ||
- Election results from Duval County Elections Office
Text of measure
Ballot question
The question appeared on the ballot as follows:[1]
| “ | Permanently closing up to three of the City’s underfunded defined benefit retirement plans, increasing the employee contribution for those plans to a minimum of 10%, and ending the Better Jacksonville ½-cent sales tax are all required to adopt a ½-cent sales tax solely dedicated to reducing the City’s unfunded pension liability. Shall such pension liability sales tax, which ends upon elimination of the unfunded pension liability or in 30 years maximum, be adopted?
____ YES ____ NO[3] |
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Full text
The full text of the measure can be found here.
Support
Mayor Lenny Curry (R) was leading efforts in support of the referendum.[2]
Path to the ballot
The legislation was introduced by the council president at the request of Mayor Lenny Curry, and was co-sponsored by all 19 members of the city council. The council unanimously approved the referendum on May 10, 2016.[4][2]
Recent news
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Duval County Elections, "2016 Primary Referendum," accessed July 26, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Florida Times-Union, "Jacksonville City Council unanimously approves sales tax referendum to deal with pension fund woes," May 10, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Duval County Elections, "Ordinance 2016-300-E," accessed July 26, 2016
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