1990 ballot measures
From Ballotpedia
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Alaska
- See also: Alaska 1990 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| IDS | Railroad Initiative | Business regulation | Amendments to Alaska Railroad Act | |
| IDS | Marijuana Criminalization Initiative | Marijuana | Criminalize possession of marijuana | |
| IDS | Gambling Board Initiative | Gaming | Create an Alaska Gambling Board | |
| LRCA | Budget Reserve | State budgets | Create a budget reserve fund | |
California
- See also: California 1990 ballot propositions
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRSS | Proposition 107 | Bonds | $150 million to provide funds for housing programs | |
| LRSS | Proposition 108 | Bonds | $1 billion for light-rail expenditures | |
| LRCA | Proposition 109 | Admin of gov't | Governor has 29 days (up from 12) to review bills after adjournment in first year of legislative session | |
| LRCA | Proposition 110 | Taxes | Property tax exemption for severely disabled persons. | |
| LRCA | Proposition 111 | Taxes | 55% increase in truck weight fees, 5-cent increase in fuel tax starting in 1990, more later | |
| LRCA | Proposition 112 | State legislature | Legislators, statewide elected officers can't accept compensation for representing another before a state agency. | |
| LRSS | Proposition 113 | Regulation | Renewal of chiropractor licenses during month of birth rather than on January 1 of each year | |
| LRSS | Proposition 114 | Judicial reform | Increase the numbers & types of peace officers covered by the Briggs Death Penalty Act | |
| CICA | Proposition 115 | Judicial reform | Those accused of crimes to have no greater constitutional rights than afforded under federal constitution | |
| CISS | Proposition 116 | Bonds | $1.99 billion for passenger and commuter rail | |
| CISS | Proposition 117 | Animals | Habitat and wildlife protection | |
| CICA | Proposition 118 | Legislature | Redistricting plan requires 2/3 vote of each house, approval by voters | |
| CICA | Proposition 119 | Legislature | 12-person commission to re-draw legislative district boundaries after each census | |
| LRSS | Proposition 120 | Bonds | $450 million for prisons | |
| LRSS | Proposition 121 | Bonds | $450 million for higher education | |
| LRSS | Proposition 122 | Bonds | $300 million for earthquake safety | |
| LRSS | Proposition 123 | Bonds | $800 million for public schools | |
| LRCA | Proposition 124 | Regulation | Local hospital districts allowed to own stock of corporations engaging in any health-related business | |
| LRCA | Proposition 125 | Budget | Revenues raised from taxes on motor vehicle fuels can be used for various rail transit expenditures | |
| LRCA | Proposition 126 | Taxes | Increase tax on alcohol | |
| LRCA | Proposition 127 | Taxes | Property value increases due to installing earthquake safety improvements not subject to property tax | |
| CISS | Proposition 128 | Bonds | $340 million for acquiring ancient redwoods and pesticide research | |
| CICA | Proposition 129 | Bonds | $1.9 billion for drug enforcement programs | |
| CISS | Proposition 130 | Bonds | $742 million for forest acquisition | |
| CICA | Proposition 131 | Elections | Term limits, campaign finance changes. Repeal of Prop 68 and Prop 78 passed in 1988. | |
| CICA | Proposition 132 | Taxes | Additional fees and licensing for sport-fishing and for using gill and trammel nets | |
| CISS | Proposition 133 | Law enforcement | Tax increase for drug crime enforcement and education | |
| CICA | Proposition 134 | Taxes | Surtax on alcohol | |
| CISS | Proposition 135 | Environment | Pesticide regulations | |
| CICA | Proposition 136 | Elections | Establishes right to vote on certain tax increases | |
| CICA | Proposition 137 | Initiative rights | Voter approval of statutes that establish procedures for statewide or local initiatives or referendums | |
| CISS | Proposition 138 | Bonds | $300 million in bonds for forests and timberland | |
| CICA | Proposition 139 | Law enforcement | Prison and jail officials allowed to contract with outside agencies for inmate labor | |
| CICA | Proposition 140 | Term limits | California senators limited to 2 terms (8 years), assemblymen to 3 terms (6 years) | |
| LRSS | Proposition 141 | Regulation | Businesses prohibited from releasing carcinogenic chemicals into water | |
| LRSS | Proposition 142 | Bonds | $400 million for bonds for veteran housing | |
| LRSS | Proposition 143 | Bonds | $450 million in bonds for higher education | |
| LRSS | Proposition 144 | Bonds | $450 million for construction of jails and prisons | |
| LRSS | Proposition 145 | Bonds | $200 million for bonds/first-time homebuyers | |
| LRSS | Proposition 146 | Bonds | $800 million for public schools | |
| LRSS | Proposition 147 | Bonds | $225 million for county jails | |
| LRSS | Proposition 148 | Bonds | $380 million for water projects | |
| LRSS | Proposition 149 | Bonds | $437 million for parks, recreation | |
| LRSS | Proposition 150 | Bonds | $200 million for county courthouses | |
| LRSS | Proposition 151 | Bonds | $30 million for child care facilities | |
Colorado
Defeated
Colorado Spending Cap Amendment (1990)
Oklahoma
Approved
Oklahoma State Question 627 (1990) | Oklahoma State Question 632 (1990)
South Dakota
- South Dakota Waste Facilities Measure (1990)
- South Dakota Permit Large Scale Mining Measure (1990)
- South Dakota Amendment to Keep Seized Property with the State (1990)
- South Dakota Amendment to Allow Legislators Contract Interests (1990)
- South Dakota Prohibit Income Tax Amendment (1990)
- South Dakota Convene Special Session Amendment (1990)
- South Dakota Limit Property Tax Amendment (1990)
Utah
Unknown Outcome
Utah Proposition 1 (1990) | Utah Proposition 2 (1990)
Defeated
Utah End Food Taxes Initiative (1990)
External links
- The 1990 Elections: Ballot Proposals; Voters Spurn Array of Plans For Protecting Environment New York Times, November 8, 1990
- California November 1990 election results (pages 9-10)
- Los Angeles Law Library, California 1990 ballot propositions
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