Mississippi Private Corporation Charters, Amendment 8 (1987)

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The Mississippi Private Corporation Charters, Amendment 8, also known as Amendment 8, was on the ballot in Mississippi on November 3, 1987, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended via Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 549. The amendment proposed to amend: Section 178, which would delete the provision that charters for private for-profit corporations shall not be granted for than 99 years and would delete the provision which provided for taxing the increased value of the property and the franchise of a corporation with a charter of longer than 99 years.

Election results

Mississippi Amendment 8 (1987)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		333,905	70.02%
No		142,954	29.98%

Election results via: Referenda and Primary Elections for Mississippi, 1968-1990

See also

Suggest a link

• Mississippi 1987 ballot measures
• 1987 ballot measures
• List of Mississippi ballot measures

External links

• Referenda and Primary Elections for Mississippi, 1968-1990