Alabama Municipal Tax, Amendment 18 (1955)
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The Alabama Municipal Tax, Amendment 18, also known as Amendment 18, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 6, 1955, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the cities of Auburn and Opelika would have, in addition to the power to levy and collect ad valorem taxes at the rate of 1.5 percent, as provided for in Amendment VIII of this Constitution, the further power to levy and collect each year an additional tax or taxes not exceeding .5 percent in any one year on the property situated therein based on the valuation of such property as assessed for state taxation during the preceding year; provided, however, that all such additional ad valorem tax or taxes levied and collected by either the city of Auburn or Opelika would be levied and collected solely for public school purposes and may be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds, warrants or other evidences of indebtedness issued for public school purposes, which pledges would take priority as provided in such bonds, warrants or other evidences of indebtedness, and provided, further, that before any such additional tax or taxes may be so levied and collected a majority of the qualified electors.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 18 (December 1955) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 137,445 | 70.72% | ||
| Yes | 56,901 | 29.28% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1959
See also
- Alabama 1955 ballot measures
- 1955 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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