California Proposition 157, Sunset on the Collection of Tolls Amendment (1992)
| California Proposition 157 | |
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| Election date November 3, 1992 | |
| Topic Transportation | |
Status Defeated | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
California Proposition 157 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on November 3, 1992. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported banning the collection of tolls on road or highways owned by the state and leased to a private entity after tolls had been collected for 35 years or upon expiration of the lease (whichever occurs first). |
A "no" vote opposed banning the collection of tolls on road or highways owned by the state and leased to a private entity after tolls had been collected for 35 years or upon expiration of the lease (whichever occurs first). |
Proposition 157 would have amended Section 7, Article XX of the California Constitution to ban the collection of tolls on road or highways owned by the state and leased to a private entity after tolls had been collected for 35 years or upon expiration of the lease (whichever occurs first). These bans could have been suspended by a two-thirds vote of the California State Legislature.
Election results
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California Proposition 157 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 2,850,426 | 28.16% | ||
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7,272,907 | 71.84% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 157 was as follows:
| “ | TOLL ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
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Provides that any toll road or toll highway owned by the state and leased to a private entity shall be permanently toll free upon the expiration of the lease or after tolls have been collected for a total of 35 years, whichever occurs first. Legislature may suspend the application of the foregoing provision to any toll road or toll highways by a statute passed in each house by a two-thirds vote of membership. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The California State Legislature voted to put Proposition 157 on the ballot in Senate Constitutional Amendment 27 (Statutes of 1992, Resolution Chapter 6).
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Footnotes
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