Wisconsin Question 3, Agricultural Lands Tax Amendment (April 1974)
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| Topic Property and Taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Wisconsin Question 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Wisconsin on April 2, 1974. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to allow the legislature to define agricultural and undeveloped land with separate taxation levels from regular property. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to allow the legislature to define agricultural and undeveloped land with separate taxation levels from regular property. |
Election results
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Wisconsin Question 3 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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353,377 | 50.93% | ||
| No | 340,518 | 49.07% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 3 was as follows:
| “ | Shall section 1 of Article VIII of the Wisconsin constitution be amended to permit the legislature to define agricultural land and undeveloped land and to allow that the taxation of such classes of land need not be uniform with one another nor with the taxation of other real property? | ” |
Constitutional changes
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(Article VIII) Section 1. The rule of taxation shall be uniform but the legislature may empower cities, villages or towns to collect and return taxes on real estate located therein by optional methods. Taxes shall be levied upon such property with such classifications as to forests and minerals including or separate or severed from the land, as the legislature shall prescribe. 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. 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 that the value thereof shall be determined on an average basis. Taxes may also be imposed on incomes, privileges and occupations, which taxes may be graduated and progressive, and reasonable exemptions may be provided.[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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