Issue |
State |
Name |
Status |
Notes |
Transportation |
Alaska |
Proposition B |
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A $226.7 million transportation bond package that will pay for road projects and harbor improvements. |
Proposition C |
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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. |
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California |
Proposition 51 |
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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. |
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Rhode Island |
Question 3 |
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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. |
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Washington |
Referendum Bill 51 |
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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. |
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Virginia |
Northern Virginia Regional Bond Referendum |
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Would have imposed
half-cent increase in sales and use tax for construction and renovation of
road and rail projects. |
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Eastern Virginia Regional Bond Referendum |
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Would have allowed the
Hampton Roads Planning District Commission to bond out nearly $6 billion. |
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School Construction |
California |
Proposition 47 (statewide) |
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Provides $13 billion in
K-12 systems and public colleges and universities. |
Measaure K |
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Provides $3.3 billion for
as many as 120 new campuses. |
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Florida |
Amendment 9 |
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Requires the state to
construct sufficient school facilities that reduce class size for
prekindergarten-12 students. |
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Oregon |
Measure 15 |
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Authorizes the state to
issue debt for the seismic rehabilitation of public education buildings. |
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Utah |
Amendment 1 |
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Increases the fees imposed on
storage and disposal of radioactive waste and directs 80 percent of these
revenues toward Utah’s schools. |
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Virginia |
Question 1 |
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Allows up to $900 million
for capital projects for education facilities. |
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Miscellaneous |
Georgia |
Amendment 3 |
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Allows tax incentives to
encourage development of blighted properties. |
Michigan |
Proposal 02-2 |
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Authorizes bonds for sewage
treatment works projects, storm water projects, and water pollution projects. |
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Oklahoma |
State Question 693 |
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Allows local governments to
issue bonds for economic development. |
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State Question 704 |
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Allows building funds
levied by school districts to be used to inspect property by the county
assessor. |