South Dakota Amendment A, State Leased Lands Taxation Measure (1994)

South Dakota Amendment A
Election date November 8, 1994
Topic Agriculture policy and Property taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

South Dakota Amendment A was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in South Dakota on November 8, 1994. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the Legislature to require lessees of state agricultural lands to pay property taxes on their lease interests.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the Legislature to require lessees of state agricultural lands to pay property taxes on their lease interests.

Election results

South Dakota Amendment A
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		176,751	58.10%
No		127,464	41.90%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment A was as follows:

“

An amendment to section 9 of Article VIII of the Constitution of the state of South Dakota, relating to the taxation of leased school and public lands.

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Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the South Dakota Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the South Dakota State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 36 votes in the South Dakota House of Representatives and 18 votes in the South Dakota State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1994 Measures

• 1994 Measures
• Agriculture policy on the ballot
• Property taxes on the ballot
• 1994 legislative sessions

South Dakota

• South Dakota ballot measures
• South Dakota ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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

External links

• South Dakota Political Almanac, 1890-2012 Ballot Measure Results