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Maine Watercraft Excise Tax, Constitutional Amendment 8 (1984)
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The Maine Watercraft Excise Tax Referendum, also known as Constitutional Amendment 8, was on the November 6, 1984 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.[1] The measure provided for watercraft to not be taxed as personal property, as long as certain watercraft were subject to an excise tax collected and used by municipalities. This amended Section 8 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution.[2][3]
Background
In 1978, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment was passed that required the state to reimburse municipalities each year for one-half of the property tax losses suffered by that municipality during the previous calendar year because of statutory property tax exemptions and credits enacted after April 1, 1978.[1][4]
In 1983, another legislatively referred constitutional amendment attempted to permit the legislature to create a property tax exemption for watercraft without being required to reimburse the municipalities for 50 percent of their property tax revenue loss resulting from the exemption. The measure was defeated.[1][5][6]
Election results
| Maine Constitutional Amendment 8 (1984) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 336,848 | 66.55% | ||
| No | 169,286 | 33.45% | ||
Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Text of measure
The language appeared on the ballot as:[3]
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"Shall the Constitution of Maine be amended so that no watercraft will be taxed as personal property, provided there is an excise tax on some watercraft collected and used by municipalities?" [7] |
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Constituitonal changes
The full text of the constitutional changes made by this measure can be read here.
Similar measures
- Maine Municipal Reimbursement of Property Tax Losses, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (1978)
- Maine Watercraft Property Tax Exemption, Constitutional Amendment 6 (1983)
See also
- Maine 1984 ballot measures
- 1984 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Bangor Daily News, "State of Maine Special Election November 6, 1984: Important Notice to All Voters of the State of Maine," October 30, 1984
- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-," accessed April 24, 2014
- ↑ Bangor Daily News, "State of Maine Special Election November 6, 1984: Important Notice to All Voters of the State of Maine," October 30, 1984
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Constitutional Resolutions of the State of Maine as Passed at the Second Regular Session of the One Hundred and Eleventh Legislature, 1983, "Chapter 5," accessed April 24, 2014
- ↑ Constitutional Resolutions of the State of Maine As Passed at the First Regular Session of the One Hundred and Eighth Legislature, "Chapter 5," accessed April 21, 2014
- ↑ Bangor Daily News, "State of Maine Special Election November 8, 1983: Important Notice to All Voters of the State of Maine," November 1, 1983
- ↑ Constitutional Resolutions of the State of Maine as Passed at the First Regular Session of the One Hundred and Eleventh Legislature, 1983, "Chapter 3," accessed April 23, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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