Nevada Question 4, Property Tax Exemption for Business Inventories Amendment (1978)

Nevada Question 4
Election date November 7, 1978
Topic Property and Taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Nevada Question 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nevada on November 7, 1978. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported eliminating the tax on business inventories and allowing the legislature to exempt other personal property, including livestock, from taxation.

A "no" vote opposed eliminating the tax on business inventories and allowing the legislature to exempt other personal property, including livestock, from taxation.

Election results

Nevada Question 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		128,901	71.30%
No		51,890	28.70%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Question 4 was as follows:

“

Question No. 4. Amendment to the Constitution. Shall—Assembly Joint Resolution No. 21 proposing to amend the State Constitution to exempt business inventories and other personal property from property taxation be approved?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Nevada Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the Nevada State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 22 votes in the Nevada State Assembly and 11 votes in the Nevada State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1978 Measures

• 1978 Measures
• Taxes on the ballot
• Property on the ballot
• 1978 legislative sessions

Nevada

• Nevada ballot measures
• Nevada ballot measure laws

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External links

• Nevada Secretary of State: Political History of Nevada