Oregon Local Property Tax Amendment (2012)

Not on Ballot

This measure was not put
on an election ballot

## Contents

* 1 Path to the ballot
* 2 See also
* 3 External links
* 4 Footnotes

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)

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Statesman Journal, "House panel split on easing of property-tax limits," March 2, 2011

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