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South Dakota Education Franchise Tax Amendment (2016)
| Education Franchise Tax Amendment | |
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| Type | Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
| Topic | Taxes on the ballot |
| Status | Not on the ballot |
| Not on Ballot |
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
A South Dakota Education Franchise Tax Amendment did not make the November 8, 2016 ballot in South Dakota as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have allowed the state legislature to impose an "an education franchise tax." The tax would have been levied on the profits of corporations doing business in South Dakota, except on the profits of insurance companies already subject to a tax on gross premiums or financial institutions subject to the bank franchise tax. Revenue from the tax would have been dedicated to "improving the salaries of elementary and secondary public school teachers." The legislature would have set the tax rate.[1]
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article XI, South Dakota Constitution
The proposed amendment would have added a new section to Article XI of the South Dakota Constitution. The following text would have been added by the proposed measure's approval:[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the South Dakota Constitution
According to the South Dakota Constitution, the state legislature can refer a proposed amendment to the state's voters through a simple majority vote.
The 2015 legislative session ended on March 30, 2015, without the amendment coming up for a vote.[4] However, the amendment was reintroduced during the 2016 session and was not passed.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ South Dakota Legislature, "Senate Joint Resolution 2," accessed March 23, 2015
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Rapid City Journal, "South Dakota's 2015 legislative session comes to an end," March 30, 2015
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