Oregon Measure Nos. 306-307, Require Voter Approval to Increase Tax Limit Amendment (1952)
| Oregon Measure Nos. 306-307 | |
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| Topic Ballot measure process and Taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure Nos. 306-307 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 4, 1952. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported requiring voter approval for any taxing unit (state, county, municipality, or district) to increase annual tax revenue beyond the highest amount levied in the past three years, except for bonded debt payments. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring voter approval for any taxing unit (state, county, municipality, or district) to increase annual tax revenue beyond the highest amount levied in the past three years, except for bonded debt payments. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 306-307 |
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355,136 | 62.80% | ||
| No | 210,373 | 37.20% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 306-307 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDMENT LEGAL VOTERS OF TAXING UNIT ESTABLISH TAX BASE - Purpose: Amends section 11, Article XI of Oregon constitution, providing unless authorized by a majority of legal voters no taxing unit, state, county, municipality, district or other tax levying body shall in any year raise a greater amount of revenue for given year than amount levied in one of three years immediately preceding, excepting payment of bonded indebtedness or interest thereon, in excess of tax base plus six percentum or amount approved by legal voters establishing tax base, which shall be submitted at general and primary elections and specify in dollars and cents both base in effect and base established. | ” |
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.
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