Ohio Soft Drink Tax, Amendment 4 (1994)

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* 1 Election results
* 2 Text of measure
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

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The Ohio Soft Drink Tax Amendment, also known as Amendment 4, was on the November 8, 1994 ballot in Ohio as an initiated constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure prohibited any taxes on soft drinks in Ohio.[1][2]

## Election results[edit]

Ohio Amendment 4 (1994)

Result| Votes| Percentage
a Yes|  2,228,874|  66.42%
No| 1,126,728| 33.58%

Election results via: Cleveland Marshall College of Law

## Text of measure[edit]

See also: Ohio Constitution, Article XII, Section 3c

The language appeared on the ballot as:[3]

“  | Proposed Constitutional Amendment

To amend Article XII of the Ohio Constitution by the addition of Section 13.

Current Section 3(C) of Article XII prohibits taxes on the sale or purchase of food for human consumption off the premises where sold, the amendment would expand the current restrictions by:

1. Prohibiting the current wholesale tax on soft drinks and other carbonated, nonalcoholic beverages.
2. Prohibiting enactment of a wholesale tax on the sale or purchase of soft drinks, carbonated, nonalcoholic beverages, or food for human consumption, or their ingredients or packaging.
3. Prohibiting enactment of a tax on the sale to or purchase by a manufacturer, processor, packager, or reseller of soft drinks, carbonated, nonalcoholic beverages, or food for human consumption, or their ingredients or packaging.
4. Prohibiting enactment of retail taxes on packaging that contains soft drinks, other carbonated, nonalcoholic beverages, or food for human consumption.

If adopted, this amendment will be effective 30 days after adoption.

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Shall the proposed amendment be adopted? [4]

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## See also[edit]

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* Ohio 1994 ballot measures
* 1994 ballot measures
* List of Ohio ballot measures
* History of Initiative & Referendum in Ohio

## External links[edit]

* Cleveland Marshall College of Law

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, "Ohio Constitution: Table of Proposed Amendments," accessed July 8, 2015
2. ↑ State Library of Ohio, "Proposed constitutional amendments, initiated legislation and laws challenged by referendum, submitted to the electors," accessed July 8, 2015
3. ↑ Toledo Blade, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments," October 25, 1994
4. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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