Oregon Local Property Tax Amendment (2012)

Not on Ballot
This measure was not put on an election ballot

An Oregon Local Property Tax Amendment did not make the November 6, 2012 statewide ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have allowed locally approved tax increases to last for a maximum of 10 years. At the time of the proposal, Oregon law requires that local-option levies expire after no more than five years.^[1]

Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Amending the Oregon Constitution

According to Section 1, Article XVIII of the Oregon Constitution it requires a majority vote of both chambers of the Oregon State Legislature to place the amendment proposed by the legislature on the statewide ballot.

See also[edit]

• Oregon 2012 ballot measures
• 2012 ballot measures
• Local ballot measures, Oregon

External links[edit]

• HJR 26 (full text)

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