1981 ballot measures

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Maine

See also: Maine 1981 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Bond Limits	Education	Decreased the bonding limit of the Maine School Building Authority.	a
LRCA	Petition Signatures	Direct democracy measures	Changed the laws governing the initiative process.	a
LRCA	Residency Requirement	State legislature	Required that candidates for House must reside in the district they represent.	a
CISS	Energy Commission	Business regulation	Created a Maine Energy Commission.	d

See also: New Jersey 1981 ballot measures

See also: Ohio 1981 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Issue 1	Labor	Worker's compensation insurance can be issued by private companies	d
CICA	Issue 2	Redistricting	General Assembly and Congressional redistricting	d

See also: Texas 1981 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposition 1	Taxes	Encourage municipalities in the (re)development of certain areas through property tax relief	a
LRCA	Proposition 2	Education:	Patents for public free school fund land	a
LRCA	Proposition 3	Spending	State finance management committee with power to manage expenditure of appropriated funds	d
LRCA	Proposition 4	Bond issues	Bonds for flood control spending	d
LRCA	Proposition 5	Taxes	Inclusion of livestock and poultry with farm products as exempt from taxation	a
LRCA	Proposition 6	Taxes	Tax relief for owners of residence homesteads	a
LRCA	Proposition 7	Bond issues// Veterans	Bonds to finance the veterans' land program	a

See also: Washington 1981 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITP	Initiative 394	Energy	Voter approval prior to issuing bonds for construction/acquisition of major public energy projects	a
ITP	Initiative 402	Taxes	Abolish inheritance and gift taxes	a
LRCA	Amendment 72	Initiative Rights	Timing of certification of initiatives to the legislature	a
LRCA	Amendment 73	State spending	Local economic development	a
LRCA	SJR 107	Judicial Reform	Powers and numbers of superior court commissioners	d

See also: Wisconsin 1981 ballot measures

April 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Recall measures	Separates primary and election must be held for the recall of officials	a
LRCA	Question 2	Bond issues	Extends time that cities and certain counties have to retire debt from bonds for sewerage collection	a
LRCA	Question 3	Law enforcement	Permits legislature to allow courts to deny, revoke, or set terms of bail	a
LRCA	Question 4	Constitutional language	Deletes obsolete constitutional reference to creation of corporations by special act of legislature	a
LRCA	Question 5	Constitutional language	Removes requirement that banking laws be by passed by a two-thirds vote of the legislature	a