Pennsylvania Financial Assistance for 1971-1972 Flood Damage Amendment (1972)
| Pennsylvania Financial Assistance for 1971-1972 Flood Damage Amendment | |
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| Election date November 7, 1972 | |
| Topic State and local government budgets, spending and finance | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
Pennsylvania Financial Assistance for 1971-1972 Flood Damage Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Pennsylvania on November 7, 1972. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing the legislature to provide tax rebates, credits, exemptions, grants-in-aid, state supplementations or special provisions to persons or entities for damage that resulted from the storms or floods of September 1971 and June 1972. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing the legislature to provide tax rebates, credits, exemptions, grants-in-aid, state supplementations or special provisions to persons or entities for damage that resulted from the storms or floods of September 1971 and June 1972. |
Election results
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Pennsylvania Financial Assistance for 1971-1972 Flood Damage Amendment |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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1,711,509 | 71.36% | ||
| No | 686,792 | 28.64% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Financial Assistance for 1971-1972 Flood Damage Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Shall Article VIII of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be amended to give The General Assembly authority to provide tax rebates, credits, exemptions, grants-in-aid, State supplementations or special provisions for individuals, corporations, associations or nonprofit institutions, including nonpublic schools (whether sectarian or nonsectarian) to alleviate the danger, damage, suffering or hardship faced as a result of storms or floods of September, 1971 and June, 1972? | ” |
Path to the ballot
In Pennsylvania, the General Assembly must pass a constitutional amendment by a simple majority vote during two successive legislative sessions to refer the measure to the ballot for voter consideration. The legislature can also pass a measure by a two-thirds vote during one legislative session if a “major emergency threatens or is about to threaten the Commonwealth.”
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