Alabama County School Taxes, Amendment 6 (1955)
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The Alabama County School Taxes, Amendment 6, also known as Amendment 6, 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 court of County commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of Montgomery County would have the power to levy and collect additional taxes for school purposes on the taxable property located in the County at a rate not to exceed .55 of one percent of the value of the taxable property. An election to determine whether or not such taxes shall be levied and the time during which such tax is to continue would be called, held, and conducted in the manner provided by law for calling, holding, and conducting elections to determine whether district school taxes shall be levied and collected under this constitution. The provisions of this amendment would not limit, modify, abridge, or impair the power, authority, or right of municipalities or school districts to levy and collect special school taxes as provided by law.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 6 (December 1955) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 163,515 | 72.16% | ||
| Yes | 63,087 | 27.84% | ||
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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