Oklahoma State Question 141, Tax Levy Authorization Initiative (August 1926)
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Oklahoma State Question 141 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Oklahoma on August 3, 1926. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported prohibiting unauthorized tax levies, establishing a process to void illegal levies and correct tax rolls, setting time limits on levy contests, and requiring refunds for unconstitutional levies. |
A "no" vote opposed prohibiting unauthorized tax levies, establishing a process to void illegal levies and correct tax rolls, setting time limits on levy contests, and requiring refunds for unconstitutional levies. |
Election results
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Oklahoma State Question 141 |
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182,012 | 72.52% | ||
| No | 68,975 | 27.48% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Question 141 was as follows:
| “ | An act forbidding the levying of any tax not specifically authorized by law and providing the procedure whereby such illegal levies may be voided, set aside and the tax rolls corrected; also fixing a time limit after which certain levies shall be incontestable. Also providing that any tax levy adjudged unconstitutional shall be void as to all taxpayers, and refunded if undistributed. Warrants drawn against an appropriation, the levy for which is being contested, to be legal only for fixed expense of government necessarily incurred. | ” |
Path to the ballot
In Oklahoma, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute was equal to 8% of the votes cast in the last general election. In 2010, voters approved State Question 750, which changed the signature requirement to be based on the preceding gubernatorial election. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval.
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