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Missouri Amendment 1, Allocate Portion of State Gas Tax to Local Governments Measure (March 1962)
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| Topic Fuel taxes and Local government finance and taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Missouri Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Missouri on March 6, 1962. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to make the five-cent state gasoline tax permanent and allocate one cent of the tax to cities and counties. |
A "no" vote opposed making the five-cent state gasoline tax permanent, which would have resulted in the tax reverting to three cents per gallon, with all revenue going to the state highway department. |
Election results
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Missouri Amendment 1 |
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380,573 | 74.10% | ||
| No | 133,001 | 25.90% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | Amendment No. 1- (Submitted by General Assembly.) Allocates state motor fuel tax to state, counties, cities, towns and villages; prohibits levy of such tax by city, town or village without two-thirds vote. | ” |
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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State of Missouri Jefferson City (capital) |
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