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Washington Income Tax Act, Initiative 69 (1932)
From Ballotpedia
November 8, 1932 statewide ballot in the State of Washington as an Initiative to the People, where it was approved. Initiative 69 is identified in law as Chapter 5, Laws of 1933.
Election results
| Initiative 69 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 322,919 | 70.21% | ||
| No | 136,983 | 29.79% | ||
Path to the ballot
Initiative 58 was filed on March 22, 1932.
Text on the Ballot
An Act relating to and requiring the payment of a graduated tax on the incomes of persons, firms, corporations, associations, joint stock companies and common law trusts, the proceeds therefrom to be placed in the state current school fund and other state funds, as a means of reducing or eliminating the annual tax on general property which now provides revenues for such funds; providing penalites for violation; and making an appropriation from the general fund of the state treasury for paying expenses of administration of the act.
See also
- Washington 1932 ballot measures
- List of Washington ballot measures
- 1932 ballot measures
- List of ballot measures by year
- List of ballot measures by state
