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Summary of Question 1

The proposed law would limit certain taxes, and change laws relating to school budgets and compulsory binding arbitration. It would impose a limit on state and local taxes on real estate and personal property equal to 21/2% of the full and fair cash value of the property being taxed. If a locality currently imposes a tax greater than 2Vi% of that cash value, the tax would have to be decreased by 15% each year until the 21/2% level is reached. If a locality currently imposes a tax of less than 21/2%, it would not be allowed to increase the tax rate. In either situation, a city or town could raise its limit by a 2/3 local vote at a general election.

The proposed law would provide that the total taxes on real estate and personal property imposed by the state or by localities could never be increased by more than 21/2% of the total taxes imposed for the preceding year, unless two thirds of the voters agreed to the increase at a general election.

It would further provide that no law or regulation which imposes additional costs on a city ortown, or a law granting or increasing tax exemptions, would be effective unless the state agrees to assume the added cost. A division of the State Auditor's Department would determine the financial effect of laws and regulations on the various localities.

The proposal would limit the amount of money required to be appropriated for public schools to that amount voted upon by the local appropriating authority. It would also repeal the law which provides forcompulsory binding arbitration when labor negotiations concerning police and fire personnel come to an impasse. In addition, the petition would provide that no county, district, or authority could impose any annual increase in costs on a locality of greater than 4% of the total of the year before.

The proposed law would also reduce the maximum excise tax rate on motor vehicles from $66 per thousand to $25 per thousand, and it would allow a state income tax deduction equal to one half of the rent paid for the taxpayer's principal place of residence.

1980 - Norfolk County - Question 1Do you approve of a law summarized below, which was disapproved by the House of Representatives on May 6, 1980, by a vote of 5-146, and on which no vote was taken by the Senate before May 7, 1980?

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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
181,772
115,741
12,127 309,640
Avon
 
1,651
804
90
2,545
Bellingham
 
3,875
1,773
474
6,122
Braintree
 
11,801
6,625
357
18,783
Brookline
 
10,475
15,697
2,010
28,182
Canton
 
5,494
3,252
850
9,596
Cohasset
 
2,482
1,651
118
4,251
Dedham
 
7,694
5,756
470
13,920
Dover
 
1,701
1,115
42
2,858
Foxborough
 
4,149
2,299
88
6,536
Franklin
 
5,123
2,375
337
7,835
Holbrook
 
3,298
1,590
433
5,321
Medfield
 
3,394
1,878
107
5,379
Medway
 
2,418
1,442
202
4,062
Millis
 
2,206
1,123
53
3,382
Milton
 
9,532
5,801
284
15,617
Needham
 
9,878
6,370
433
16,681
Norfolk
 
1,765
843
37
2,645
Norwood
 
9,036
5,493
560
15,089
Plainville
 
1,707
801
109
2,617
Quincy
 
26,859
14,135
1,451
42,445
Randolph
 
8,273
5,273
974
14,520
Sharon
 
4,415
2,990
232
7,637
Stoughton
 
7,290
4,102
535
11,927
Walpole
 
5,825
3,536
137
9,498
Wellesley
 
8,195
5,981
553
14,729
Westwood
 
4,909
2,652
115
7,676
Weymouth
 
16,373
9,322
964
26,659
Wrentham
 
1,954
1,062
112
3,128
County Totals
181,772
115,741
12,127 309,640