1978 - 2nd Essex District - Question 8Shall the Representative from this District be instructed to vote to approve the passage of a bill which: (a) sets a property tax limit of two and one half percent (2V2%) of the full cash value as the maximum property tax; (b) limits the authority of the state to impose and assess costs on municipalities, including educational assessments, unless full state funding is provided; (c) limits the fiscal autonomy of schools by allowing the reduction or deletion of increases in school budgets upon a two-thirds vote of the town meeting or city council; (d) establishes a maximum yearly limit on state tax revenue and provides that the percentage increase in such revenue be limited to the percentage increase in the total personal income of Massachusetts?

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