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Wisconsin Question 1, Residential Property Tax Reduction Amendment (1992)
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| Topic Property and Taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Wisconsin Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Wisconsin on November 3, 1992. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to lower residential and agricultural property taxes by issuing income tax credits. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to lower residential and agricultural property taxes by issuing income tax credits. |
Election results
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Wisconsin Question 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 675,876 | 30.54% | ||
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1,536,975 | 69.46% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:
| “ | Residential property tax reduction. Shall section I of article VIII of the constitution be amended so that the legislature may reduce property taxes imposed upon residential and agricultural real property, as defined by law, by authorizing credits against income taxes imposed by this state or payments from state revenues? | ” |
Constitutional changes
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(NOTE: Scored material would be added; stricken material would be deleted.)
[Article VIII) Section I. The rule of taxation shall be uniform but the except as follows:
(1) The legislature may empower by law authorize cities, villages or towns to collect and return taxes on real estate located therein by optional methods.
(2)(a)Taxes shall be levied upon such real property with such classifications as to forests and minerals including or separate or severed from the land, as the legislature shall prescribe prescribes by law.
(b) Taxation of agricultural land and undeveloped land, both as defined by law, need not be
uniform with the taxation of each other nor with the taxation of other real property.
(3)Taxation of merchants' stock-in-trade, manufacturers' materials and finished products, and livestock need not be uniform with the taxation of real property and other personal property. but the taxation of all such merchants' stock-in-trade, manufacturers' materials and finished products and livestock shall be uniform, except that the legislature may provide by law that the value thereof shall be determined on an average basis. Taxes may also be imposed
(4) The legislature may by law impose taxes on incomes, privileges and occupations, which. Such taxes may be graduated and progressive, and reasonable exemptions may be provided.
(5) The legislature may reduce property taxes imposed upon residential and agricultural real property, as defined by law, by authorizing credits against income taxes imposed by this state or payments from state revenues.[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Wisconsin Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during two legislative sessions for the Wisconsin State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Wisconsin State Assembly and 17 votes in the Wisconsin State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
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