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Measure 5 (1990) - Property tax limits
Voters capped school property taxes at $5 per $1,000 of property value. Schools shifted from local property taxes to state money controlled by the Legislature, which is why Salem now decides most of PPS's funding.
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- Date
- November 1990
- Type
- ballot measure
- Government
- Oregon
- Topic
- School funding
- Number
- Measure 5
- Status
- in force
- Published by
- The Oregon Encyclopedia
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