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California Bottled Water Taxes and Drought Label Initiative (2016)
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
The Bottled Water Taxes and Drought Label Initiative (#15-0021) did not make the November 8, 2016 ballot in California, as an initiated state statute.[1]
The measure would have (1) imposed a 5 cent excise tax on each ounce of bottled water containing any water collected in California, (2) excluded bottled water from the list of items exempt from the sales and use taxes, and (3) required a logo reading "Not Drought Friendly" on bottled water containing water collected in California.
Text of measure
Ballot title:
Official summary:
- "Imposes a five-cent excise tax on each ounce of bottled water containing any surface, underground, or municipal water collected in California. Applies tax revenues to fund construction and maintenance of water infrastructure projects including dams, levies, water treatment facilities, and desalination plants. Requires each container of bottled California water sold in California to bear a statement and specific logo on its label identifying the product as “not drought friendly."
Fiscal impact statement:
Note: The fiscal impact statement for a California ballot initiative authorized for circulation is jointly prepared by the state's legislative analyst and its director of finance.
- "If the measure is able to be implemented, an uncertain, but likely small, net change in state revenues, with any bottled water excise tax revenues funding water infrastructure. Potential state costs of up to millions of dollars per year to administer the excise tax. Likely reduction in fee revenue and costs for some municipal water utilities."
Path to the ballot
- See also: California signature requirements
- Louis J. Marinelli submitted a letter requesting a title and summary on April 20, 2015.
- A title and summary were issued by California's attorney general's office on June 24, 2015.
- 365,880 valid signatures were required for qualification purposes.
- Supporters had until December 21, 2015, to collect the required signatures.
- The secretary of state's office reported the measure had failed on January 5, 2016.[2]
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