Oregon Measure 3, Urban Redevelopment Taxes Amendment (1960)

Oregon Measure 3
Election date November 8, 1960
Topic Public economic investment policy and Taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Oregon Measure 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 8, 1960. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported permitting paying urban redevelopment projects costs through increased property tax revenues resulting from increased property value from redevelopment.

A "no" vote opposed permitting paying urban redevelopment projects costs through increased property tax revenues resulting from increased property value from redevelopment.

Election results

Oregon Measure 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		335,792	51.82%
No		312,187	48.18%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Measure 3 was as follows:

“

FINANCING URBAN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS - Purpose: To amend Constitution to permit payment of cost of urban renewal projects from the additional tax revenues resulting from increased valuation of the areas redeveloped.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Oregon Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Oregon State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 31 votes in the Oregon House of Representatives and 16 votes in the Oregon State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1960 Measures

• 1960 Measures
• Public economic investment policy on the ballot
• Taxes on the ballot
• 1960 legislative sessions

Oregon

• Oregon ballot measures
• Oregon ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Oregon Voter Guide (1960)