Nebraska Amendment 14, Property Tax Restriction Amendment (1966)
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| Topic Property taxes and Public education funding |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Amendment 14 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 8, 1966. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported prohibiting the state from levying a property tax for state purposes once a general sales or income tax is adopted and requiring at least 20% of the revenue to be allocated to public schools. |
A "no" vote opposed prohibiting the state from levying a property tax for state purposes once a general sales or income tax is adopted and requiring at least 20% of the revenue to be allocated to public schools. |
Election results
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Nebraska Amendment 14 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 182,364 | 45.54% | ||
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218,061 | 54.46% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 14 was as follows:
| “ | Constitutional amendment providing that when a general sales tax, or an income tax, or a combination of a general sales tax and income tax, is adopted by the Legislature as a method of raising revenue, the state shall be prohibited from levying a property tax for state purposes, except for funds to be used for capital building improvements of the state, and the Legislature shall allocate not less than twenty percent of the proceeds from such tax to the common schools which are exclusively owned and controlled by the state or an educational governmental subdivision thereof. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Nebraska Constitution
A 60% supermajority vote is required during one legislative session for the Nebraska State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 30 votes in the unicameral legislature, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval. However, the number of affirmative votes cast for the measure must be greater than 35% of the total votes cast in the election. This also applies to citizen initiatives.
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