Oregon Measure Nos. 310-311, Tax Reductions on Real and Tangible Property Initiative (1936)
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| Topic Property and Taxes |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure Nos. 310-311 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 3, 1936. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported limiting and reducing the total permissible state tax on real and tangible property to six mills per dollar of assessed and equalized valuation. |
A "no" vote opposed limiting and reducing the total permissible state tax on real and tangible property to six mills per dollar of assessed and equalized valuation. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 310-311 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 79,604 | 24.83% | ||
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241,042 | 75.17% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 310-311 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDMENT LIMITING AND REDUCING PERMISSIBLE TAXES ON TANGIBLE PROPERTY - Purpose: Constitutional amendment to limit and reduce the total permissible state tax on real and tangible personal property payable in 1937, to 6 mills per dollar of assessed and equalized valuation thereof, reducing such limit 4 percent annually to 4.8 mills in 1942 and thereafter; limiting county, municipal, district, port and political subdivision levies to same total millage payable in 1937 as for 1935, and reducing such limit 4 percent thereof annually to 80 percent thereof for 1942 and thereafter. People may vote increase anyone year. All such taxable property shall be assessed one-half true cash value at time assessed.
Vote YES or NO | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment was equal to 8% of the total votes cast in the last Supreme Court justice election.
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Footnotes
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