Missouri Amendment 7, Tax Extension for Parks Initiative (1988)
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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 7 was on the ballot as an automatic ballot referral in Missouri on November 8, 1988. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the Missouri State Constitution to extend a one-tenth of one percent sales tax for ten years to fund soil and water conservation and state parks. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the Missouri State Constitution to extend a one-tenth of one percent sales tax for ten years to fund soil and water conservation and state parks. |
Election results
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Missouri Amendment 7 |
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1,263,644 | 68.66% | ||
| No | 576,790 | 31.34% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 7 was as follows:
| “ | Amendment No. 7- (Proposed by initiative petition) Shall Article IV Sections 47(a), 47(b) and 47(c) of the Missouri Constitution to be amended to extend for ten years the sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent with such tax revenues being used for soil and water conservation and state parks and further amended to require those tax revenues be spend and used pursuant to certain purposes as defined by state law? The ten year sales tax extension would raise approximately $52 million annually to halt soil erosion and continue to maintain state parks. No tax increase. | ” |
Path to the ballot
An initiated constitutional amendment is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends a state's constitution. Eighteen (18) states allow citizens to initiate constitutional amendments.
In Missouri, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is based on the number of votes cast for governor in the state's most recent gubernatorial election. In two-thirds of Missouri's congressional districts, proponents must collect signatures equal to 8% of the gubernatorial vote for initiated constitutional amendments. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval.
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