Missouri Amendment 2, School District Property Tax Measure (January 1966)

Missouri Amendment 2
Election date January 14, 1966
Topic Property taxes and Public education funding
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Missouri Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Missouri on January 14, 1966. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the Missouri State Constitution to authorize school districts to levy a property tax at a rate limited to $1.25 per $100 valuation.

A "no" vote opposed amending the Missouri State Constitution to authorize school districts to levy a property tax at a rate limited to $1.25 per $100 valuation.

Election results

Missouri Amendment 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		195,798	56.87%
No		148,519	43.13%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:

“

Amendment No. 2.- (Submitted by the 73rd General Assembly.) Authorizes school districts formed of cities and town including St. Louis City School District to levy a property tax at a rate not in excess of $1.25 per $100 valuation.

”

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

1966 Measures

• 1966 Measures
• Public education funding on the ballot
• Property taxes on the ballot
• 1966 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