Washington Initiative 114, Property Tax Levy Limits Measure (1936)
| Washington Initiative 114 | |
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| Topic Higher education funding andProperty | |
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| Type Initiated state statute | Origin |
Washington Initiative 114 was on theballot as aninitiated state statute inWashington onNovember 3, 1936. It wasapproved.
A“yes” votesupportedlimiting the aggregate annual rate of levy on real and personal property for state, county, city, school district and road districts to forty mills and the tax levy for public universities to two mills. |
A“no” voteopposedlimiting the aggregate annual rate of levy on real and personal property for state, county, city, school district and road districts to forty mills and the tax levy for public universities to two mills. |
Election results
Washington Initiative 114 | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| 417,641 | 77.61% | ||
| No | 120,478 | 22.39% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Initiative 114 was as follows:
| “ | An Act relating to taxation; limiting the aggregate annual rate of levy on real and personal property for state, county, city or town, school district and road district purposes to forty mills; limiting the levy by the state to two mills to be used exclusively for the support of the University of Washington, Washington State College and the Normal Schools; limiting the levy by counties, cities and towns, school districts and road districts to certain designated maximums; excepting port districts from the operation of the act; and providing that additional levies may be made as therein provided. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is availablehere.
Path to the ballot
In Washington, proponents needed to collect anumber of signatures for anInitiative to the People.
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