North Dakota 2008 citizen initiatives
From Ballotpedia
This is a historical listing of proposed 2008 initiatives in North Dakota.
For a chart of all the ballot measures for 2008, including legislatively-referred measures, go to North Dakota 2008 ballot measures.
2008 Citizen Initiatives
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSS | Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Petition | Tobacco Use | Would establish a tobacco prevention and control advisory committee, develop and fund a statewide tobacco prevention and control plan, and create a tobacco prevention and control trust fund to receive tobacco settlement money | Approved |
| CI | Work Force Safety and Insurance Agency Petition | Government Administration | Would appoint a director of the Work Force Safety and Insurance Agency along with transferring all employees and establishing a independent administrative panel of law judges to conduct hearings and make final decisions. | Approved |
| CI | Income Tax Cut | Taxes | Would cut corporate income taxes by 15% and personal incomes taxes by 50% | Defeated |
| CI | Captive Hunting of Exotic and Native Game Animals | Hunting | Would make it a crime to receive payment for killing or attempting killing of privately own big game species | Insufficient signatures |
| CI | Qualifications of the Superintendent | Education | Would require that a Superintendent spend 40 hours in the class room annually and retain a valid teaching license | Did not file signatures |
| CI | Joint Custody and Shared Parenting Petition | Family Law | Would require that in the event of a divorce children be automatically given to their parents (unless danger to the child can be proven) and that time be divide evenly between parents | Did not file signatures |
| CI | State Budget Cap | Spending cap | Would cap rate of growth of state budget | Did not file signatures |
| CSS | Construction and Placement of a Pipeline Petition | Pipeline Regulation | Would prohibit new crude oil pipelines from being built within six miles of a lake or aquifer supplying water to more than 5,000 people, except as necessary to develop oil wells or to repair or replace | Did not file signatures |
See also
- List of North Dakota ballot measures
- Procedures for qualifying an initiative in North Dakota
- Laws governing the initiative process in North Dakota
- History of Initiative & Referendum in North Dakota
External links
- North Dakota Secretary of State Initiative information
- Ballot Measures Database from the National Conference of State Legislatures
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