New Jersey "Millionaire Tax" Amendment (2011)

Not on Ballot
This measure was not put on an election ballot

The New Jersey "Millionaire Tax" Amendment did not appear on the November 8, 2011 ballot in the state of New Jersey as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have increased the gross income rate on income exceeding $1 million. Additionally, it would have dedicated revenue to direct property tax relief of taxpayers.

The measure was sponsored by Sen. Shirley Turner.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the New Jersey Constitution

In New Jersey, the state legislature is required to approve a proposed amendment by a supermajority vote of 60% but the same amendment can also qualify for the ballot if successive sessions of the New Jersey State Legislature approve it by a simple majority.

See also

Suggest a link

• 2011 ballot measures
• New Jersey 2011 ballot measures

External links

• SB 2742 (status) and (full text)

Additional reading

• The Trentonian, "NJ Sen. Turner has plan to skirt guv’s mighty pen for ‘millionaire’s tax’," April 17, 2011