Washington 40-Mill Tax Limit Act, Initiative 114 (1936)

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A 40-Mill Tax Limit Act, Initiative 114 ballot proposition was on the November 3, 1936 statewide ballot in the State of Washington as an Initiative to the People, where it was approved. Initiative 114 is identified in law as Chapter 1, Laws of 1937.

Election results

Initiative 114
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		417,641	77.61%
No		120,478	22.39%

Path to the ballot

Initiative 114 was filed on April 21, 1936.

Text on the Ballot

An Act relating to taxation; limiting the aggregate annual rate of levy on real and personal property for state, county, city or town, school district and road district purposes to forty mills; limiting the levy by the state to two mills to be used exclusively for the support of the University of Washignton, Washington State College and the Normal Schools; limiting the levy by counties, cities and towns, school districts and road districts to certain designated maximums; excepting port districts from the operation of the act; and providing that additional levies may be made as therein provided.

See also

a Washington 40-Mill Tax Limit Act, Initiative 114 (1936)
a Washington 40-Mill Tax Limit, Initiative 129 (1938)
a Washington 40-Mill Tax Limit, Referred Bill 5 (1940)
a Washington Statutory Tax Limitation, Initiative 44 (1972)

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• List of all Initiatives to the People
• Washington 1936 Election Results
• Washington 1936 Voter Guide