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Nevada Mining Tax and Resident Dividend Amendment (2022)
| Nevada Mining Tax and Resident Dividend Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Nevada Mining Tax and Resident Dividend Amendment was not on the ballot in Nevada as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
The measure would have replaced the 5% tax limit on the net proceeds of mining with a 7.75% tax on gross proceeds and send excess tax revenue to state residents as yearly dividends.[1]
In 2014, Nevada voters defeated Question 2 in a margin of 50.3% to 49.7%. Question 2 would have removed the 5% tax limit from the Nevada Constitution.
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article 10, Nevada Constitution
The measure would have amended Section 5 of Article 10 of the Nevada Constitution. The full text is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Nevada Constitution
In Nevada, a majority vote is required in two successive sessions of the Nevada State Legislature to place an amendment on the ballot.
The amendment passed in the Nevada State Legislature along party lines during the 2020 special legislative session. The State Assembly passed the amendment in a vote of 25-17, and the Nevada State Senate passed the amendment in a vote of 13-8. The amendment did not receive a vote by the state legislature during the 2021 legislative session.[2]
2020 special legislative session
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State of Nevada Carson City (capital) |
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