Louisiana Individual and Joint Income Tax Schedule, Amendment 2 (2002)
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The Louisiana Individual and Joint Income Tax Schedule, Amendment 2 was on the ballot in Louisiana on November 5, 2002, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. This amendment proposed a number of changes to the state tax law. It would exempt food, utilities and prescription drugs from sales tax. It also proposed to modify income tax brackets to lower taxes on lower incomes and raise taxes on higher incomes.[1][2][3]
Election results
| Louisiana Amendment 2 (2002) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 534,985 | 51.35% | ||
| No | 506,938 | 48.65% | ||
Election results via: Louisiana Secretary of State
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| Act 88 (HB 31) 2002 Regular Session To retain the current limitation on individual income tax rates; to eliminate the current limitation on individual income tax brackets; to provide that the state individual and joint income tax schedule of rates and brackets shall never exceed the rates and brackets set forth in Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes on January 1, 2003, to provide that the state sales and use tax rate on food for home consumption, consumer purchases of natural gas, electricity, water, and prescription drugs shall be two percent for the period January 1, 2003 through June 30, 2003, and to prohibit on July 1, 2003 the imposition of state sales and use tax on food for home consumption, consumer purchases of natural gas, electricity, water, and prescription drugs.[4][5] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," November 5, 2002
- ↑ Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, "Voting on Louisiana Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1978-2015," accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2002 Constitutional Amendments," accessed November 9, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2002 Constitutional Amendments," accessed November 9, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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