Alabama Municipal Property Tax, Amendment 17 (1961)
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The Alabama Municipal Property Tax, Amendment 17, also known as Amendment 17, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 5, 1961, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Sheffield be permitted to levy and collect a special property tax of five mills on each dollar's worth of taxable property for public school funding. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 17 (December 1961) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 83,344 | 72.08% | ||
| No | 32,284 | 27.92% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1963
See also
- Alabama 1961 ballot measures
- 1961 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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