Florida Amendment 5, Taxation of Business Inventories and Livestock Amendment (October 1980)

Florida Amendment 5
Election date October 7, 1980
Topic Business regulations and Property tax exemptions
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on October 7, 1980. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported allowing business inventories and livestock to be classified for tax purposes or exempted from taxation.

A “no” vote opposed allowing business inventories and livestock to be classified for tax purposes or exempted from taxation.

Election results

Florida Amendment 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,003,979	69.41%
No		442,386	30.59%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

Proposing an amendment to Section 4 of Article VII of the State Constitution, effective January 1, 1981, to allow business inventories and livestock to be classified for tax purposes or exempted fromt taxation.

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Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Florida Constitution

A 60% vote was required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounted to a minimum of 51 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot required a simple majority vote in this year.

See also

1980 Measures

• 1980 Measures
• Business regulations on the ballot
• Property tax exemptions on the ballot
• 1980 legislative sessions

Florida

• Florida ballot measures
• Florida ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Florida Division of Elections, "Initiatives / Amendments / Revisions Database"