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Washington Leasehold Excise Tax on Tribal Property, Advisory Vote No. 9 (2014)

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Advisory Vote No. 9
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TypeAdvisory question
OriginWashington State Legislature
TopicTaxes
StatusMaintained Approveda
2014 measures
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November 4
Initiative 594 Approveda
Initiative 591 Defeatedd
Advisory Vote No. 8 Approveda
Advisory Vote No. 9 Approveda
Initiative 1351 Approveda
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The Washington Leasehold Excise Tax on Tribal Property, Advisory Vote No. 9 was on the November 4, 2014 ballot in Washington as an advisory question. A majority of voters voted in favor of maintaining the bill.

The measure asked voters whether the Washington State Legislature should repeal or maintain the leasehold excise tax on certain leasehold interests in tribal property. This measure came out of Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1287.[1] A yes vote supported the repeal of the leasehold excise tax. A no vote supported maintaining the leasehold excise tax.

Election results

Below are the official, certified election results:

Washington Advisory Question 9
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd Repealed 833,342 44.73%
Approveda Maintained 1,029,729 55.27%

Election results via: Washington Secretary of State

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title read as follows:[2]

“ The legislature imposed, without a vote of the people, the leasehold excise tax on certain leasehold interests in tribal property, costing an estimated $1,298,000 in the first ten years, for government spending.

This tax increase should be:

[ ] Repealed

[ ] Maintained [3]

”

Background

See also: Initiative 960

A provision of a 2007 ballot measure, Initiative 960, directly led to the placement of advisory votes on taxes on the ballot. Under that approved measure, a statewide advisory vote is required on all tax increases passed by the state legislature. Initiative 960 was sponsored by Tim Eyman and originally required a two-thirds supermajority vote in the legislature or a legally binding vote of the people to approve any tax increases or eliminations of tax credits. Though the supermajority requirement was struck down by the Washington Supreme Court in 2013, the advisory vote clause was left intact.[4][1]

Support

ESHB 1287 "Yes" votes

The following members of the Washington State Legislature voted in favor of ESHB 1287.[5]

Senate

House

Opposition

ESHB 1287 "No" votes

The following members of the Washington State Legislature voted against ESHB 1287.[5]

Senate

House

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing ballot measures in Washington

The measure was sent to the ballot via the aforementioned 2007 ballot measure, Initiative 960.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Washington Secretary of State, "Word from AG: Two Advisory Votes on 2014 ballot," June 27, 2014
  2. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Online Voters' Guide 2014 General Election," accessed September 29, 2014
  3. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. ↑ Olympian, "UPDATE - AG: Five tax measures qualify for advisory votes on November ballots," July 16, 2013
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Washington Secretary of State, "Final Votes Cast by Each Legislator," accessed October 30, 2014
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