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Nevada Net Proceeds Mining Tax Amendment (2022)

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Nevada Net Proceeds Mining Tax 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 Net Proceeds Mining Tax Amendment was not on the ballot in Nevada as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.

The measure would have increased the tax limit on the net proceeds of mining from 5% to 12%.[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 29-13, and the Nevada State Senate passed the amendment in a vote of 14-7. The amendment did not receive a vote by the state legislature during the 2021 legislative session.[2]

2020 special legislative session

Vote in the Nevada State Assembly
August 2, 2020
Requirement: SImple majority vote of all members in each chamber in two sessions
Number of yes votes required: 21  Approveda
YesNoNot voting
Total29130
Total percent69.05%30.95%0%
Democrat2900
Republican0130

Vote in the Nevada State Senate
August 2, 2020
Requirement: SImple majority vote of all members in each chamber in two sessions
Number of yes votes required: 11  Approveda
YesNoNot voting
Total1470
Total percent66.67%33.33%0%
Democrat1300
Republican170

See also

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