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Washington Referendum 5, Tax Levy Limits Measure (1940)
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| Topic Property and Taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred state statute |
Origin |
Washington Referendum 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred state statute in Washington on November 5, 1940. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported limiting the aggregate annual rate of levy on real and personal property for state, county, city, school district and road districts to forty mills and the tax levy for public universities to two mills. |
A “no” vote opposed limiting the aggregate annual rate of levy on real and personal property for state, county, city, school district and road districts to forty mills and the tax levy for public universities to two mills. |
Election results
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Washington Referendum 5 |
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390,639 | 72.28% | ||
| No | 149,843 | 27.72% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Referendum 5 was as follows:
| “ | An act relating to taxation; limiting the aggregate annual rate of levy on real and personal property for state, county, city or town, school district and road district purposes to forty mills; limiting the levy for the state to two mills to be used exclusively for the support of the University of Washington, Washington State College and the Normal Schools; limiting the levy by counties, cities and towns, school districts and road districts to certain designated maximums; excepting port or power districts from the operation of the act; and providing that additional levies may be made as therein provided. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Types of ballot measures in Washington
A simple majority vote was needed in each chamber of the Washington State Legislature to refer the measure to the ballot for voter consideration.
See also
External links
Footnotes
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