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Utah Amendment C, Create a Property Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Water Rights and Facilities Measure (2010)

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Utah Amendment C

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Election date

November 2, 2010

Topic
Property tax exemptions and Water storage
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment 		Origin

State legislature


Utah Amendment C was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 2, 2010. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to create a property tax exemption for water rights, water facilities, and land that houses water facilities owned by nonprofit entities if that water is used for irrigation, domestic water production, or the public water supply.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to create a property tax exemption for water rights, water facilities, and land that houses water facilities owned by nonprofit entities if that water is used for irrigation, domestic water production, or the public water supply.


Election results

Utah Amendment C

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

361,605 59.51%
No 246,032 40.49%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment C was as follows:

“

Shall the Utah Constitution be amended to provide a property tax exemption to nonprofit entities for their:

  • water rights and specified facilities used within the state to irrigate land, provide domestic water, or provide water to a public water supplier; and
  • land occupied by and, under certain conditions, immediately adjacent to some of those facilities?
”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Utah Constitution

A two-thirds majority vote in both the legislative chambers vote is required during one legislative session for the Utah State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Utah House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Utah State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

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