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Utah Amendment 7, Change Assessment Requirements for Property Valuation Measure (1912)

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Utah Amendment 7

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Election date

November 5, 1912

Topic
Property taxes
Status

DefeatedDefeated

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Utah Amendment 7 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 5, 1912. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to require that property in the state be assessed in a "just and equitable" way.  

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution, maintaining that property be assessed in a "uniform and equal" way.


Election results

Utah Amendment 7

Result Votes Percentage
Yes 6,093 19.14%

Defeated No

25,737 80.86%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 7 was as follows:

A proposed amendment to Section 3, of Article 13, of the Constitution of the State of Utah, providing for the assessment of property.

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Utah Constitution

A two-thirds majority vote in both the legislative chambers vote is required during one legislative session for the Utah State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Utah House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Utah State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

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