Issue

State

Name

Status

Notes

Transportation

Alaska

Proposition

B

 

 

 

A $226.7 million transportation bond package that will pay for road projects and harbor improvements.

Proposition

C

 

 

 

 

 

Bond proposition provides $237 million for school and university construction. The bonds primarily benefit rural schools and the University of Alaska, with $170 million for 52 school additions, replacements, and repairs and $61.7 million for university facilities. The measure also allows a separate legislative measure to go into effect for cities: The state will reimburse up to 70 percent of costs for communities that approve their own school bonds through 2005 and is retroactive to 1999.

California

Proposition 51

 

 

Would have shifted a third of vehicle sales tax revenue from California's general fund. The money, which would have amounted to about $1 billion next year, would have funded more than 40 specific projects.

 

Rhode Island

Question 3

Provides funds to the state department of transportation to match available federal funds and provide direct funding for improvements to highways, roads, and bridges and replacement or repair of transportation maintenance facilities.

Washington

Referendum Bill 51

 

 

 

 

Would have raised $7.7 billion to issue bonds for mobility, safety, and freight improvements; debt service on bonds; public transportation programs; ferries; rail; and local initiatives.

Virginia

Northern Virginia Regional Bond Referendum

 

Would have imposed half-cent increase in sales and use tax for construction and renovation of road and rail projects.

Eastern Virginia Regional Bond Referendum

 

Would have allowed the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission to bond out nearly $6 billion.

School Construction

California

Proposition 47

(statewide)

Provides $13 billion in K-12 systems and public colleges and universities.

Measaure K

Provides $3.3 billion for as many as 120 new campuses.

Florida

Amendment 9

Requires the state to construct sufficient school facilities that reduce class size for prekindergarten-12 students.

Oregon

Measure 15

Authorizes the state to issue debt for the seismic rehabilitation of public education buildings.

Utah

Amendment 1

 

Increases the fees imposed on storage and disposal of radioactive waste and directs 80 percent of these revenues toward Utah’s schools.

Virginia

Question 1

Allows up to $900 million for capital projects for education facilities.

Miscellaneous

Georgia

Amendment 3

Allows tax incentives to encourage development of blighted properties.

Michigan

Proposal 02-2

Authorizes bonds for sewage treatment works projects, storm water projects, and water pollution projects.

Oklahoma

State Question 693

Allows local governments to issue bonds for economic development.

State Question 704

Allows building funds levied by school districts to be used to inspect property by the county assessor.