Missouri Amendment 1, Increase Maximum Property Tax Rate for School Districts Measure (1918)

Missouri Amendment 1
Election date November 5, 1918
Topic Property taxes and Public education funding
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Missouri Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Missouri on November 5, 1918. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported amending the Missouri State Constitution to allow school districts, with voter approval, to increase the property tax levy for school purposes from a maximum of 65 cents to up to 100 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.

A "no" vote opposed amending the Missouri State Constitution, thereby maintaining the existing limit of 65 cents per $100 of assessed valuation for school district property tax levies.

Election results

Missouri Amendment 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		90,637	23.37%
No		297,118	76.63%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

“

Amendment No. 1- Repealing section 11 of article 10 of the Constitution, affecting the tax rate for school purposes.

”

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.

See also

1918 Measures

• 1918 Measures
• Public education funding on the ballot
• Property taxes on the ballot
• 1918 legislative sessions

Missouri

• Missouri ballot measures
• Missouri ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Missouri State Archives - The Blue Book