North Dakota Oil Taxes for Wildlife Projects Amendment (2012)
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The proposed measure would have redirected 5% of oil production and extraction tax revenues to a wildlife projects fund. The wildlife fund would have been managed by a nine-member appointed board. State estimates indicated that the fund could collect between $51 million and $84 million annually.[1]
Support
Supporters included Nature Conservancy, Ducks Unlimited and the North Dakota Natural Resources Trust.[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: North Dakota signature requirements
Supporters were required to collect and submit a minimum of 26,904 valid signatures by August 8, 2012 in order to qualify the proposed measure for the 2012 statewide ballot.
The proposed measure was approved for petition circulation by Secretary of State Al Jaeger.[2]
According to reports, supporters delivered 36,000 signatures on August 6, 2012 to the Secretary of State, who had until September 10 to verify the petitions.[3]
On September 4, 2012, Secretary Jaeger announced that the measure would not be on the ballot due to the invalidation of hundreds of signatures. It was determined during the verification process that several signature gatherers for the measure committed petition fraud by falsifying signatures.[4]
See also
Articles
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Associated Press,"Proposed North Dakota amendment reserves state oil taxes for wildlife, water projects," January 12, 2012
- ↑ Associated Press,"Petition approved for ND amendment that takes portion of oil taxes for outdoors projects," January 25, 2012
- ↑ INFORUM "North Dakota putting chunk of oil money in outdoor fund may be on ballot," August 6, 2012
- ↑ Associated Press,"ND marijuana, conservation initiatives rejected; NDSU footballers accused of petition fraud," September 4, 2012
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