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Kansas Agricultural Land Assessed on Use Amendment (1976)
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| Topic Agriculture policy and Property |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Kansas Agricultural Land Assessed on Use Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Kansas on November 2, 1976. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported this constitutional amendment to allow agricultural land to be assessed for property tax purposes based on agricultural income or agricultural productivity. |
A "no" vote opposed this constitutional amendment to allow agricultural land to be assessed for property tax purposes based on agricultural income or agricultural productivity. |
Election results
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Kansas Agricultural Land Assessed on Use Amendment |
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433,347 | 55.80% | ||
| No | 343,259 | 44.20% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Agricultural Land Assessed on Use Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Shall Article 11 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas be amended by adding a new section thereto to read as follows: Section 12. Land devoted to agricultural use may be defined by law and valued for ad valorem tax purposes upon the basis of its agricultural income or agricultural productivity, actual or potential, and when so valued such land shall be assessed at the same percent of value and taxed at the same rate as real property subject to the provisions of section 1 of this article. The legislature may, if land devoted to agricultural use changes from such use, provide for the recoupment of a part or all of the difference between the amount of the ad valorem taxes levied upon such land during a part or all of the period in which it was valued in accordance with the provisions of this section and the amount of ad valorem taxes which would have been levied upon such land during such period had it not been in agricultural use and had it been valued, assessed and taxed in accordance with section 1 of this article. | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Kansas Constitution
A two-thirds vote is required during one legislative session for the Kansas State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 27 votes in the Kansas State Senate and 84 votes in the Kansas House of Representatives, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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