Missouri Amendment 1, Conservation Tax Measure (August 2006)
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| Topic Parks, land, and natural area conservation and Sales taxes |
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| Type Automatic ballot referral |
Origin |
Missouri Amendment 1 was on the ballot as an automatic ballot referral in Missouri on August 8, 2006. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the Missouri State Constitution to reauthorize the 0.1% sales and use tax for soil and water conservation, state parks, and historic sites for ten years, with a requirement to resubmit the issue for a vote every decade or earlier. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the Missouri State Constitution to reauthorize the 0.1% sales and use tax for soil and water conservation, state parks, and historic sites for ten years, with a requirement to resubmit the issue for a vote every decade or earlier. |
Election results
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485,103 | 70.79% | ||
| No | 200,179 | 29.21% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | Official Ballot Title Proposed by the 93rd General Assembly (First Regular Session) SJR 1 Shall Article IV, Section 47(a), (b), and (c) of the Missouri Constitution be amended to: A) reauthorize for ten years the one-tenth percent sales/use tax for (1) soil and water conservation; (2) state parks and historic sites; and B) resubmit this issue to a vote every ten years or at an earlier special election? The proposed constitutional amendment continues until 2016, but does not increase, the existing sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent that is set to terminate in 2008. The tax would generate approximately $82 million annually for soil and water conservation efforts and operation of the state park system. | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Missouri Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Missouri General Assembly to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 82 votes in the Missouri House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Missouri State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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