Alabama Transportation Taxes, Amendment 1 (1952)

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The Alabama Transportation Taxes, Amendment 1, also known as Amendment 1, was on the ballot in Alabama on November 4, 1952, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that no revenue derived from any fees, excises, or license taxes levied by the state and relating to registration, operation, or use of vehicles upon the public highways except a vehicle-use tax imposed in lieu of a sales tax, and no revenue derived from any fee, excises, or license taxes levied by the state that relate to fuels used for propelling such vehicles except pump taxes, would be spent on the cost of administering such laws, statutory refunds and adjustments allowed therein, cost of construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of public highways and bridges, cost of highway right-of-way, payment of highway obligations, the cost of traffic regulation, and the expense of enforcing state traffic and motor vehicle laws. The provisions of this Amendment shall not apply to any such fees, excises, or license taxes now levied by the state for school purposes for the whole state or for any county or city board of education.

Election results

Alabama Amendment 1 (1952)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		215,029	67.02%
No		105,821	32.98%

Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1955

See also

Suggest a link

• Alabama 1952 ballot measures
• 1952 ballot measures
• List of Alabama ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama

External links

• Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1955