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Oregon Measure Nos. 312-313, Distribution of Surplus Tax Revenues to School Districts Initiative (1942)
| Oregon Measure Nos. 312-313 | |
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| Topic Education and Taxes |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Oregon Measure Nos. 312-313 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Oregon on November 3, 1942. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported distributing revenue from income taxes over $7,750,000 to public school districts and union high school districts. |
A "no" vote opposed distributing revenue from income taxes over $7,750,000 to public school districts and union high school districts. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 312-313 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| 136,321 | 59.54% | |||
| No | 92,623 | 40.46% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 312-313 was as follows:
| “ | BILL DISTRIBUTING SURPLUS FUNDS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, REDUCING TAXES THEREIN - Purpose: To provide that all money received from state income taxes in excess of $7,750,000 in any year shall be distributed to public school districts and union high school districts in proposition to the number of days of actual school attendance in public schools by pupils residing in each of said districts and to nonhigh school districts upon the same basis for all pupils for whom they pay tuition to standard public high schools; requiring that money received by any such school district from this source shall be fully applied to reduce the taxes to be levied by such district. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The number of signatures required for an initiated state statute was equal to 8% of the total votes cast in the last Supreme Court justice election.
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