Florida Amendment 5, Motor Vehicle Definition for Taxation Amendment (1965)

Florida Amendment 5
Election date November 2, 1965
Topic Taxes and Transportation
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 2, 1965. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported expanding the definition of “motor vehicles” for taxation purposes.

A “no” vote opposed expanding the definition of “motor vehicles” for taxation purposes.

Election results

Florida Amendment 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		339,427	51.52%
No		319,436	48.48%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

NO. 5 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IX, SECTION 13 Taxation—Proposing an amendment to Article IX, Section 13 of the State Constitution to include mobile homes, trailer coaches, house trailers, etc., under the definition of “motor vehicles” and thus subject to a license tax only.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Constitutional changes

Section 13. Motor Vehicles Subject to Single Property Tax. Motor vehicles, as property, shall be subject to only one (1) form of taxation which shall be a license tax for the operation of such motor vehicles, which license tax shall be in such amount and levied for such purpose as the legislature may, by law, provide, and shall be in lieu of all ad valorem taxes assessable against motor vehicles as personal property. "Motor vehicles" as that term is used herein also includes mobile homes, trailer coaches, house trailers, camper type mobile homes mounted and transported wholly upon the body of a self-propelled vehicle, or any type of trailer or vehicle body without independent motive power drawn by or carried upon a self-propelled vehicle designed for and used either as a means of transporting persons or property over the public streets and highways of this state or for furnishing housing accommodations, or both; provided, however, any included vehicle herein shall be subject to a license tax as an operable motor vehicle regardless of its actual use unless the included vehicle is permanently affixed to the land, in which case it shall be taxable as real property.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Florida Constitution

A 60% vote was required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounted to a minimum of 51 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot required a simple majority vote in this year.

See also

1965 Measures

• 1965 Measures
• Taxes on the ballot
• Transportation on the ballot
• 1965 legislative sessions

Florida

• Florida ballot measures
• Florida ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
• Ocala Star-Banner, "Voting Machine Sample Ballot, Special State & County and Biennial School Elections, November 2, 1965, Marion County, Florida," October 25, 1965