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1979 ballot measures
From Ballotpedia
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California
See also: California 1979 ballot propositions
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Proposition 1 | Education | Procedures for assigning students to school, and transporting them to school | |
| LRCA | Proposition 2 | Business regulation | Cap on allowable interest rates charged on loans | |
| LRCA | Proposition 3 | Veterans | For veterans, the same proportionate value is maintained when property tax assessment ratios are changed | |
| CICA | Proposition 4 | Public finance | Cap on the extent to which state and local government spending can increase every year | |
Kentucky
See also: Kentucky 1979 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Amendment 1 | Taxes | Rules for voting on proposed state constitutional amendments | |
| LRCA | Amendment 2 | Taxes | Rules governing when and how elections of state legislators are held | |
Maine
See also: Maine 1979 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| CISS | Maine Bottle Bill Act (1979) | Environment | Repeal a law that placed a mandatory deposit on bottles | |
| LRCA | Maine Literacy Test Amendment (1979) | Elections | To "remove the literacy requirement for eligibility to vote" from the state's constitution | |
Ohio
See also: Ohio 1979 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| CICA | Issue 1 | Commerce | Mandatory deposits on bottles | |
Oklahoma
See also: Oklahoma 1979 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| CISS | State Question 539 | Taxes | Cap on state income tax | |
Texas
See also: Texas 1979 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Proposition 1 | Admin of gov't | Appoint notaries public for the state and limit their terms | |
| LRCA | Proposition 2 | Housing | Review of the process of rulemaking by agencies in the executive department | |
| LRCA | Proposition 3 | Bonds | Guarantee of loans for purchase of farm and ranch real estate by the sale of bonds | |
Washington
See also: Washington 1979 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRSS | Referred Bill 37 | Budgets | $25 million in bonds for facilities to train, rehabilitate and care for handicapped persons | |
| ITL | Initiative 61 | Taxes | Minimum five cent refund on sales of beer, malt and carbonated beverage containers | |
| ITL | Initiative 62 | Taxes | Limitation on state tax revenues | |
| LRCA | Amendment 68 | Admin of gov't | Rules for setting special legislative sessions in the state legislature | |
| LRCA | Amendment 69 | Legislature | Allow legislators to assume other civil offices | |
| LRCA | Amendment 70 | Energy | Allow municipal utilities to assist homeowners with energy conservation measures | |
Wisconsin
See also: Wisconsin 1979 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Question 1 | Executive offices | Provides that the Lt. Governor will succeed the governor in the event of a permanent vacancy, followed by the Secretary of State | |
| LRCA | Question 2 | Executive offices | Provides that the state legislature must approve Governor-appointed successors to vacancies in the Lt. Governor. | |
| LRCA | Question 3 | Executive offices | Eliminates Lt. Governor's role as presiding officer of Wisconsin State Senate | |
| LRCA | Question 4 | Executive offices | Improves the constitutional wording regarding 4-year terms of office for constitutional officers | |
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