Missouri Amendment 3, Fuel Tax for Highway Maintenance Initiative (2004)
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| Topic Highways and bridges and Restricted-use funds |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Missouri Amendment 3 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Missouri on November 2, 2004. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the Missouri State Constitution to allocate all motor fuel tax revenues to highways, roads, and bridges while requiring vehicle taxes and fees to fund state highway construction and maintenance, with up to half gradually allocated to repay state highway bonds over four years. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the Missouri State Constitution to allocate all motor fuel tax revenues to highways, roads, and bridges while requiring vehicle taxes and fees to fund state highway construction and maintenance, with up to half gradually allocated to repay state highway bonds over four years. |
Election results
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Missouri Amendment 3 |
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1,966,617 | 78.87% | ||
| No | 526,872 | 21.13% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:
| “ | Official Ballot Title (Proposed by Initiative Petition) Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to require that all revenues from the existing motor vehicle fuel tax (less collection costs) be used only for state and local highways, roads and bridges, and also require that vehicle taxes and fees paid by highway users be used only for constructing and maintaining the state highway system (less collection costs, refunds and highway patrol law enforcement costs), except that up to half of such vehicle taxes and fees, phased in over four years, will go into a state road bond fund to repay state highway bonds? The constitutional amendment has a zero net fiscal impact. The amendment increases funding for the Department of Transportation to be used for transportation purposes only and limits the use of highway user fee revenues by other state agencies. The indirect fiscal impact on state and local governments, if any, is unknown. | ” |
Path to the ballot
An initiated constitutional amendment is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends a state's constitution. Eighteen (18) states allow citizens to initiate constitutional amendments.
In Missouri, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is based on the number of votes cast for governor in the state's most recent gubernatorial election. In two-thirds of Missouri's congressional districts, proponents must collect signatures equal to 8% of the gubernatorial vote for initiated constitutional amendments. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval.
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