Florida Amendment 6, County Tax Assessor for Monroe County Amendment (1954)

Florida Amendment 6
Election date November 2, 1954
Topic County and municipal governance and Taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Amendment 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 2, 1954. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported establishing that the County Tax Assessor in Monroe County is to assess all property in the county for all tax districts.

A “no” vote opposed establishing that the County Tax Assessor in Monroe County is to assess all property in the county for all tax districts.

Election results

Florida Amendment 6
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		74,780	57.97%
No		54,210	42.03%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 6 was as follows:

“

No. 6 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE VIII A proposed amendment of Article VIII, by adding thereto an additional section to be numbered by the Secretary of State, proving: that after January 1, 1956, the county tax assessor in Monroe County, Florida, shall assess all property for all state, county, school and municipal taxes to be levied in the county by the state, county, county school board, school districts, special tax school districts, port districts, drainage districts, other taxing districts, and municipalities of the county; that at the 1955 legislative session and from time to time thereafter, the Legislature shall enact laws specifying powers, functions, duties and compensation of said county tax assessor and providing for extension on the assessment roll of said county of all taxes levied by the state and said other described taxing authorizes whose taxes may be assessed by said tax assessor pursuant to the provisions hereof.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Constitutional changes

Section __. From and after January 1, 1956, the county tax assessor in the county of Monroe, State of Florida, shall assess all property for all state, county, school and municipal taxes to be levied in the county by the state, county, county school board, school district, special tax school districts, port districts, drainage districts, and any other taxing districts and municipalities of the county. The legislature shall at the legislative session in 1955 and from time to time thereafter, enact laws specifying the powers, functions, duties and compensation of the county tax assessor, designated in the first paragraph of this section, and shall likewise provide by law for the extension on the assessment roll of the county tax assessor of all taxes levied by the state, county, county school board, school districts, special tax school districts, port districts, drainage districts, and any other taxing districts and municipalities whose taxes may be assessed by the county tax assessor pursuant to the first paragraph of this section.

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

1954 Measures

• 1954 Measures
• Taxes on the ballot
• County and municipal governance on the ballot
• 1954 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"
• Sarasota Herald-Tribune, "SAMPLE BALLOT GENERAL ELECTION," November 1, 1954