Alabama School Taxes, Amendment 3 (1955)
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The Alabama School Taxes, Amendment 3, also known as Amendment 3, 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 in all counties in which there are no city school systems, the county shall have power to levy and collect additional taxes not exceeding $.55 on each $100 worth of taxable property in such counties for public school purposes, and in all other counties each school district of each county shall have power to levy and collect additional taxes on the taxable property located in the district of not to exceed $.55 per $100 worth of taxable property for public school purposes; provided, that the total of special county and school district taxes levied in the district for public school purposes under Section 269 of this constitution and all amendments to this constitution including the present amendment would not exceed a rate of $1.25 per $100 worth of taxable property located in the district, except that in determining whether the said rate of $1.25 per $100 will be exceeded there shall be excluded from such calculation taxes levied and collected under the authority of Amendment VI to this constitution and amendments wherein it is stated that their adoption would not affect the power, right or authority to levy special school taxes; provided further, that the adoption of this amendment shall in no wise limit, modify, abridge, or impair the power, authority or right of counties, municipalities, or school districts to levy and collect special school taxes or taxes of any kind for schools or school purposes vested in and conferred upon them, or any of them by this constitution, any amendment thereto, or any provisions of state law, or to make appropriations for schools or school purposes.
A school district under the meaning of this section shall include school districts which consist of incorporated cities or towns, or any school district of which an incorporated city or town is a part of such other school districts now existing or hereafter formed as may be approved by the county board of education.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 3 (December 1955) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 196,903 | 71.33% | ||
| Yes | 79,151 | 28.67% | ||
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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