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Alabama Authorization of Toll Districts and Toll District Revenue Bond Debt in Baldwin County, Amendment 12 (2016)
| Alabama Amendment 12 | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Transportation and Bond issues | |
Status Defeated | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Alabama Authorization of Toll Districts and Toll District Revenue Bond Debt in Baldwin County Amendment, also known as Amendment 12, was on the November 8, 2016, ballot in Alabama as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated.
| A "yes" vote supported this proposal to establish a governing body to oversee toll roads and bridges within Baldwin County and permit them to issue revenue bonds to fund projects. |
| A "no" vote opposed this proposal to amend the Alabama Constitution to allow the establishment of toll districts and the issuance of revenue bonds by the districts within Baldwin County. |
Election results
Statewide results
| Amendment 12 (Alabama) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 630,834 | 50.69% | ||
| No | 613,632 | 49.31% | ||
- Election results from Alabama Secretary of State
County results
| Amendment 12 (Baldwin County) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| No | 39,755 | 51.86% | ||
| Yes | 36,901 | 48.14% | ||
- Election results from Alabama Secretary of State
Overview
Prior to the vote on Amendment 12, no county in Alabama had established governing bodies to manage roads. Amendment 12 would have created a toll authority to fund major road projects in Baldwin County, such as the Beach Express from I-10 north to I-65 or the Intracoastal bridge to Gulf Shores and Orange Beach.[1] The new authority would have set tolls for specific new roadways and bridges and would have been able to issue bonds to complement revenues generated from tolls to finance projects. Existing roads and bridges, such as Alabama SR 59, would have been exempted from tolling.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The following language appeared on the ballot:[2]
| “ |
Relating to municipalities in Baldwin County; proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to authorize the Legislature by general or local law to provide for any municipalities in the county to incorporate a toll road and bridge authority as a public corporation in the municipality for the construction and operation of toll roads and bridges in the municipality and to authorize the authority to issue revenue bonds to finance the projects.[3] |
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Constitutional changes
- See also: Alabama Constitution
The measure was designed to add the following language to the Alabama Constitution:
In Baldwin County, the Legislature may provide by general or local law for any municipality in the county to incorporate a toll road and bridge authority for the construction and operation of toll roads and bridges within the municipality. The authority may issue revenue bonds to finance any projects which bonds shall not constitute a debt or liability of the municipality. The general or local law shall provide for the membership of the authority, the powers and duties of the authority, and any other provisions necessary to effectuate the purpose of this amendment, including providing by local law for criminal penalties for the failure to pay tolls. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Baldwin County, including any entity created by the county; any municipality in Baldwin County; and the State of Alabama, including the State Department of Transportation, may participate in the purposes of the authority and may provide funding to aid in the purposes of the authority.[3]
Full text
The full text of Amendment 12 can be found here.
Support
Reps. Steve McMillan (R-95), Harry Shiver (R-64), Alan Baker (R-66), and Joe Faust (R-94) sponsored Amendment 12 in the Alabama State Legislature.
Opposition
If you know of any opposition to Amendment 12, please contact editor@ballotpedia.org.
Campaign finance
| Total campaign contributions: | |
| Support: | $0.00 |
| Opposition: | $0.00 |
As of February 1, 2017, no ballot question committees were registered to support or oppose Amendment 12.[4]
Background
Five other measures had appeared on Alabama ballots prior to 2016, since 1920. Most recently, Amendment 3 in 2010, which was defeated, called for a ten year road and bridge construction program to be funded by appropriations from the Alabama Trust Fund, which would have totaled out to be $100 million per year.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Alabama Constitution
To put a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot in Alabama, both houses of the state legislature must approve the proposed amendment by a 60 percent supermajority. Amendment 12 was approved in the legislature as House Bill 510. HB 510 was introduced by Rep. Steve McMillan (R-95), and it was approved unanimously in the House and the Senate.[5]
House vote
April 21, 2016
| HB 510, House vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 66 | 100% | ||
| No | 0 | 0% | ||
Senate vote
May 4, 2016
| HB 510, Senate vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 21 | 100% | ||
| No | 0 | 0% | ||
State profile
| Demographic data for Alabama | ||
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 4,853,875 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 50,645 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 68.8% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 26.4% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 1.2% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.5% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 1.7% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 4% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 84.3% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 23.5% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $43,623 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 23.3% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Alabama. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
- See also: Presidential voting trends in Alabama
Alabama voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
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| County and municipal governance measures on the ballot in 2016 | |
|---|---|
| State | Measures |
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Recent news
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See also
- Alabama 2016 ballot measures
- 2016 ballot measures
- Alabama Legislature
- List of Alabama ballot measures
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 AL.com, "Why toll roads and bridges are making a coastal Alabama comeback," April 17, 2016
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Summary Information for Proposed Constitutional Amendments to appear on the 2016 General Election Ballot," accessed July 27, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Alabama Electronic Fair Campaign Practices Act (FCPA) Reporting System, "Political Action Committee Search," accessed October 27, 2016
- ↑ Open States, "Alabama House Bill 510 (2016)," accessed July 27, 2016
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