New Jersey Property Tax Reform, Question 1 (2006)

New Jersey Constitution
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New Jersey Question 1 Dedicates Annual Revenue of an Amount Equal to a Tax Rate of 0.5% Under the State Sales Tax for Property Tax Reform was on the November 7, 2006 election ballot in New Jersey as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.

Election results

Question 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		1,121,130	67%
No		552,380	33%

Text of measure

The language that appeared on the ballot said:

"Do you approve the amendment of Article VIII, Section I of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey, to provide for the annual dedication and annual appropriation of an amount equal to the annual revenue derived from a tax rate of 0.5% imposed under the New Jersey Sales and Use Tax, exclusively for the purpose of property tax reform, through a special Property Tax Reform Account established in the constitutionally dedicated Property Tax Relief Fund?"

INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT

This constitutional amendment provides that an amount equal to the annual revenue derived from a tax rate of 0.5% imposed under the New Jersey Sales and Use Tax Act shall be annually dedicated in a special account in the Property Tax Relief Fund and annually appropriated for property tax reform.

See also

• List of New Jersey ballot measures
• New Jersey 2006 ballot measures
• 2006 ballot measures
• New Jersey Senate
• New Jersey Assembly

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