Washington 1972 ballot measures

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	Referred Bill 24	State Legislatures	An Act regulating legislative lobbying	a
LRSS	Referred Bill 25	Campaign Finance	An act pertaining to public power resources and public utilities and acquisition and operation thereof by certain public authorities and municipal corporations	a
LRSS	Referred Bill 26	Bond Issues	An ACT authorizing the issuance and sale of state general obligation bonds in the sum of $225,000,000 to provide funds for the planning, acquisition, construction, and improvement of public waste disposal facilities	a
LRSS	Referred Bill 27	Bond Issues	An ACT authorizing the issuance and sale of state general obligation bonds in the sum of $75,000,000 to provide funds for the planning, acquisition, construction, and improvement of water supply facilities	a
LRSS	Referred Bill 28	Bond Issues	An ACT authorizing the issuance and sale of state general obligation bonds in the sum of $40,000,000 to provide funds for the planning, acquisition, preservation, development, and improvement of recreation areas and facilities	a
LRSS	Referred Bill 29	Bond Issues	An ACT authorizing the issuance and sale of state general obligation bonds in the sum of $25,000,000 to provide funds for planning, acquisition, construction, and improvement of health and social service facilities	a
LRSS	Referred Bill 30	Bond Issues	An ACT authorizing the issuance and sale of state general obligation bonds in the sum of $50,000,000 to provide funds for the planning, acquisition, construction, and improvement of public transportation systems	d
LRSS	Referred Bill 31	Bond Issues	An ACT authorizing the issuance and sale of state general obligation bonds in the sum of $50,000,000 to provide funds for the acquisition, construction and improvement of community college facilities	a
LRCA	Amendment 55	Taxes	Adding section limiting aggregate annual levy of taxes on real and personal property to forty mills	a
LRCA	Amendment 56	Gambling	. Lotteries shall be prohibited except as specifically authorized upon the affirmative vote of sixty percent of the members of each house of the legislature	a
LRCA	Amendment 57	Admin of gov't	Shall the state constitution be amended to allow the legislature to authorize boards of county commissioners and other county legislative authorities to set their own salaries and those of all other county officers, subject to the existing prohibition against mid-term pay increases for those officers who fix their own compensation	a
LRCA	Amendment 58	Admin of gov't	Shall the state constitution be amended to permit the people in any country by majority vote to create a combined "city-county" government through the adoption of a home rule charter under which other municipal corporations having such powers and duties as are prescribed in the charter could also be retained or established	a
LRCA	Amendment 59	Taxes	Shall the formula governing certain excess property tax levies approved by sixty percent of the voters be changed so the election authorizing the levy will be valid either--(1) if (as now) the total of all votes cast on the proposition is at least forty percent of the number cast at the taxing district's last general election; or (2) if the total of "yes" votes is at least three-fifths of forty percent of that number of voters	a
LRCA	Amendment 60	Public Finance	Shall the present $400,000 limitation upon certain state debts incurred without voter approval be replaced with a limitation allowing those debts covered by the amendment	a
LRCA	Amendment 61	Civil Rights	Shall a new article be added to the state constitution to provide that equality of rights and responsibilities under the law shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex, and to authorize the legislature to enforce this provision by the enactment of appropriate legislation	a
ITL	Initiatives 40 and 40B	Environment	Providing Litter Control
ITL	Initiatives 43 and 43B	Environment	Regulating Shoreline Use and Development
ITL	Initiative 44	Taxes	An Act to limit tax levies on real and personal property by the state, and other taxing districts, except port and power districts, to an aggregate of twenty (20) mills on assessed valuation (50% of true and fair value), without a vote of the people; allowing the legislature to allocate or reallocate up to twenty (20) mills among the various taxing districts	a
ITP	Initiative 258	Gambling	Authorizing each city with a population over 150,000 to grant one franchise permitting greyhound racing meets; prescribing qualifications for franchises; authorizing parimutuel wagering; allowing franchisees ten percent of all moneys wagered; requiring payment of a tax of five percent of parimutuel machine gross receipts in lieu of all other taxes to the licensing city; authorizing the licensing city to pay not to exceed two and one-half percent of the net tax after subtracting costs to the county; and repealing inconsistent acts	d
ITP	Initiative 261	Alcohol	An Act repealing existing statutes relating to the establishment and operation of state liquor stores; extending the state sales tax to sales of intoxicating liquor at retail; providing for the licensing of retailers of liquor and for the registration of each brand or label of liquor to be sold; and prohibiting the state of Washington from reselling any liquor either at retail or wholesale	d
ITP	Initiative 276	Elections and Campaigns	An Act relating to campaign financing, activities of lobbyists, access to public records, and financial affairs of elective officers and candidates; requiring disclosure of sources of campaign contributions, objects of campaign expenditures, and amounts thereof; limiting campaign expenditures; regulating the activities of lobbyists and requirng reports of their expenditures; restricting use of public funds to influence legislative decisions; governing access to public records; specifying the manner in which public agencies will maintain such records; requiring disclosure of elective officials' and cadidates' financial interests and activities; establising a public disclosure commission to administer the act; and providing civil penalties	a

See also

• 1972 ballot measures
• List of Referred Bills in the State of Washington
• List of amendments to the Washington State Constitution
• List of Washington State Initiatives to the Legislature
• List of Washington State Initiatives to the People
• List of Washington ballot measures
• List of ballot measures by year
• List of ballot measures by state

External links

• Washington 1972 ballot measure election results
• Washington 1972 Voter Guide