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Florida Amendment 9, Corporate Property Tax Exemption Amendment (1942)
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| Topic Business regulations and Property |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 9 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 3, 1942. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported allowing for certain corporate property tax exemptions. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing for certain corporate property tax exemptions. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 9 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 19,176 | 24.60% | ||
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58,773 | 75.40% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 9 was as follows:
| “ | Question 9 Constitutional Amendment Article XVI, Section 16 To amend Section 16 of Article XVI of the Florida Constitution relating to taxation of property of corporations, permitting the Legislature to exempt the property of corporations which shall construct a ship or barge canal across the peninsula of Florida and providing exemption from taxation of the property of corporations used to the extent of at least one-fourth thereof for religious, scientific, municipal, educational, literary, fraternal or charitable purposes. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 16. The property of all corporations, except the property of a corporation which shall construct a ship or barge canal across the peninsula of Florida, if the Legislature should so enact, whether heretofore or hereafter incorporated, shall be subject to taxation, unless such property be held and used to the extent of at least one-fourth thereof, for religious, scientific, municipal, educational, literary, fraternal or charitable purposes. Provided, however, this amendment shall not affect the provisions of Sections 12 and 14 of Article IX of the Constitution of Florida. |
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
External links
- Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
- The Miami Herald, "These Are the Nine Amendments Upon Which Voters Will Act In General Election On Tuesday," November 1, 1942
Footnotes
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State of Florida Tallahassee (capital) |
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