1999 ballot measures

2000 → ← 1998

Seventy-one statewide ballot propositions were on ballots in 1999 in sixteen states.

Alabama

See also: Alabama 1999 ballot measures

October 12

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Gambling	Create a state lottery; dedicate revenues to education funding	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Labor	Phases out supernumary programs; provides for participation of elected officials in state retirement programs	d
LRCA	Amendment 3	Education	Provides for the popular election of city boards of education	a

Alaska

See also: Alaska 1999 ballot measures

September 14:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
AQ	Advisory Question	State budget	Balanced Budget Plan: Preserve the permanent fund dividend, inflation-proof the permanent fund, support public services, and establish a Citizens' Balanced Budget Task Force.	d

Colorado

See also: Colorado 1999 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Referendum A	Transportation	Allows the state to borrow up to $1.7 billion for transportation projects	a

Iowa

See also: Iowa 1999 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	State budget	Balance the budget, create a rainy day fund	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	State budget	Requires 60% majority in the state legislature to raise state income, sales or use taxes or to create a new tax	d

Kansas

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Taxes	Exempt oil and gas production equipment from property tax	d

Louisiana

See also: Louisiana 1999 ballot measures

October 23:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	Legislature can't consider tax increases in odd-numbered years	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Tobacco	Millennium Trust and the Louisiana Fund for tobacco settlement	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Budgets	Remove constitutional restrictions which prohibit state from having a biennial budget cycle	d
LRCA	Amendment 4	Budgets	Legislature can supplement police uniform pay plans from other funds	d
LRCA	Amendment 5	State Government	Donations of movable surplus property between political subdivisions	d
LRCA	Amendment 6	Louisiana	State can donate asphalt from state roads to local governments	a
LRCA	Amendment 7	Education	State can't reduce general fund appropriations below certain levels for higher education	d
LRCA	Amendment 8	Law Enforcement	Limit automatic pardon provision to persons convicted of a non-violent crime	a
LRCA	Amendment 9	Education	Remove the grant to the school system operated in Wards 9, 10 and 11 of Rapides Parish	a
LRCA	Amendment 10	Taxes	Ad valorem tax rates for owners of historical property act	d

November 20:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Judiciary	Governor may not unilaterally mitigate sentences of those convicted of crimes against state	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	State Fund Investment	State treasurer may invest money from various state trusts in the stock market	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Education	Zachary Community School System given same authority granted parishes	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Labor	Worker's Compensation Corporation via statutory actions	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Labor	Workers' Compensation Corporation not exempt from various Insurance Code requirements	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Judiciary	Those 70 years of age and older exempt from jury service at their discretion	a

Maine

See also: Maine 1999 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CISS	Question 1	Abortion	Prohibits partial-birth abortions except when such an abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother	d
CISS	Question 2	Marijuana	Allows use of small quantities of medicinal marijuana	a
BI	Question 3	Bonds	$56,042,031 in bonds for transportation funds	a
BI	Question 4	Bonds	$12,500,000 in bonds for water pollution control	a
BI	Question 5	Bonds	$9,400,000 in bonds for conversion to digital broadcasting by the Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation	a
BI	Question 6	Bonds	$26,420,000 in bonds for infrastructure improvements at Maine's 7 technical colleges	a
BI	Question 7	Bonds	$50 million to purchase public lands and easements for conservation, water access, outdoor recreation	a
LRCA	Question 8	Elections	People's veto to be voted on only at next statewide or general election (no special elections)	a
LRCA	Question 9	Property tax	Allow reduced property taxes on historic preservation and scenic view properties	a

Mississippi

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Term Limits, Measure 9	Term limits	Limit state legislators to two terms in office	d

Missouri

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	Proposition A	Taxes	Authorizes a monthly 50 cent fee for each cell phone in order to fund a wireless enhanced 911 service	d
LRSS	Proposition B	Firearms	Requires sheriffs to issue permits to carry concealed firearms to citizens who fulfill the statutory requirements	d

New Jersey

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Question 1	Bonds	$500 million bond for transportation and bridge products	a
LRCA	Question 2	Veterans	Property tax deductions for veterans	a
LRCA	Question 3	State budget	No lottery funds to go to prisons	a

New York

See also: New York 1999 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposal 1	Judicial reform	Authorized the temporary assignment of New York city court judges to the county court	a

Ohio

See also: Ohio 1999 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Issue 1	Bond Issue	Authorize the state to pay for capital facilities for local public school districts	a

Oregon

See also: Oregon 1999 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Measure 68	Law enforcement	Constitutional provisions about prison work programs	a
LRCA	Measure 69	Judiciary	Rights of victims in criminal proceedings	a
LRCA	Measure 70	Judiciary	Right of jury trial in criminal cases	d
LRCA	Measure 71	Judiciary	Limit pretrial release of accused	a
LRCA	Measure 72	Judiciary	Allow murder convictions by 11-1 jury verdicts	d
LRCA	Measure 73	Judiciary	Limit immunity from criminal prosecution of those ordered to testify about their conduct	d
LRCA	Measure 74	Judiciary	Terms Of imprisonment announced in court must be served in full, with some exceptions	a
LRCA	Measure 75	Judiciary	Persons convicted of some crimes barred from serving on grand juries, criminal trial juries	a
LRCA	Measure 76	Transportation	Light and heavy vehicle classes required to share a proportionate amount of highway costs	a

Texas

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Prop 1	Vacancies	Revise filling a vacancy in office of Governor or Lt. Governor	a
LRCA	Prop 2	Regulation	Making of advances under a reverse mortgage	a
LRCA	Prop 3	Constitution	Eliminate non-essential provisions of the Texas Constitution	a
LRCA	Prop 4	Taxes	Exempt property owned by charitable institutions from ad valorem tax	a
LRCA	Prop 5	Labor	State employees to receive compensation as member of a district	d
LRCA	Prop 6	Environment	Increase maximum size of an urban homestead to 10 acres	a
LRCA	Prop 7	Labor	Authorize garnishment of wages for spousal maintenance	a
LRCA	Prop 8	Admin of gov't	Adjutant general serves at pleasure of Governor	d
LRCA	Prop 9	Judiciary	Create Judicial Compensation Commission	d
LRCA	Prop 10	Admin of gov't	Commissioner of Health and Human Services	d
LRCA	Prop 11	Regulation	Political subdivisions purchase nonassessable property insurance	a
LRCA	Prop 12	Transportation	Exempt from ad valorem taxation leased motor vehicles	a
LRCA	Prop 13	Bonds //Education	Issuance of $400 million in bonds to finance educational loans	a
LRCA	Prop 14	State Government	Odd number on state boards, commissions	a
LRCA	Prop 15	Property	Spouses to agree to convert separate property to community property	a
LRCA	Prop 16	Elections	Certain counties be divided into a specific number of precincts	a
LRCA	Prop 17	Education	Investment and distribution of permanent university fund	a

Washington

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITP	Initiative 695	Taxes	Voter approval for any increase in taxes imposed by state or local government	aot
ITP	Initiative 696	Hunting	Commercial net fishing in fresh or marine waters	d
LRCA	SJR 8206	Gov't Finances	Put credit and taxing authority behind voter-approved general obligation debts of school districts	a
LRCA	SJR 8208	Gov't Finances	Removes investment limitations on the emergency reserve fund	d

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 1999 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Gambling	Concerns the distribution of state funds raised through lotteries for property tax relief	a

External links

• 1999 Alaska election results and Alaska advisory votes
• Colorado Referendum A
• Iowa Amendment 1 and Iowa Amendment 2
• Kansas 1999 constitutional amendment election
• Citizen's guide to the November 2 ballot questions in Maine
• Text of Mississippi Initiative Measure 9
• Missouri 1999 ballot measure election results
• New Jersey 1999 Public Questions
• Election results for New York Proposal 1
• Ohio Education Bonds Act 1999
• Oregon 1999 ballot measure Voter Guide
• 1999 Voter Guide to Texas Propositions 1-17
• State of Washington 1999 ballot measure election results