Washington SJR 1, One Percent Property Tax Limit Amendment (1972)

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Washington SJR 1

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Election date

November 7, 1972

Topic
Property and Taxes
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Washington SJR 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Washington on November 7, 1972. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported establishing maximum tax rate of one percent on all taxable property, changing the previous forty mill property tax limit.

A “no” vote opposed changing the forty mill property tax limit.

Election results

Washington SJR 1

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

1,030,832 82.75%
No 214,834 17.25%
Results are officially certified.
Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for SJR 1 was as follows:

Shall the state constitution be amended to replace the present forty mill limit upon those property taxes which are imposed without voter approval (in effect a limitation of two percent of the true and fair value of the taxable property) with a new provision under which the maximum allowable rate for such property taxes would be one percent of the true and fair value of the property?

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Washington Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Washington State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

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