Ohio Tax Assessments of Agricultural Lands Amendment (1973)
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| Topic Property and Taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Ohio Tax Assessments of Agricultural Lands Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on November 6, 1973. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported permitting agricultural land to be evaluated for its agricultural use when assessed for tax purposes. |
A “no” vote opposed permitting agricultural land to be evaluated for its agricultural use when assessed for tax purposes. |
Election results
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1,810,630 | 76.15% | ||
| No | 567,189 | 23.85% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Tax Assessments of Agricultural Lands Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Shall Section 36 of Article II of the Ohio Constitution be amended to allow land devoted exclusively to agricultural use to be valued for taxation at its current value for such use and to allow recovery of any difference in the dollar amount of tax resulting from evaluation based on another use EFFECTIVE DATE AND REPEAL If adopted, this amendment shall take effect January 1, 1974 and the existing section shall be repealed from such effective date. | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Ohio Constitution
A 60% vote is required during one legislative session for the Ohio State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 60 votes in the Ohio House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Ohio State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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