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Missouri Proposition A, Highway and Road Safety Improvements Measure (April 1987)
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| Topic Fees, licenses, and charges and Fuel taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred state statute |
Origin |
Missouri Proposition A was on the ballot as a legislatively referred state statute in Missouri on April 7, 1987. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported enacting a law to fund road and bridge repairs through increased truck fees, administrative cost limits, and a $0.04 fuel tax hike. |
A "no" vote opposed enacting a law to fund road and bridge repairs through increased truck fees, administrative cost limits, and a $0.04 fuel tax hike. |
Election results
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Missouri Proposition A |
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459,760 | 56.14% | ||
| No | 359,215 | 43.86% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition A was as follows:
| “ | Proposition A- (Referendum ordered by the 84th General Assembly, First Regular Session) Provides for repair and replacement of bridges, provides highway and safety improvements by increasing fees on larger trucks, limiting road fund administrative costs, and supplementing motor fuel user fees by four cents per gallon. Provides estimated one hundred one million dollars for state road and bridge system, nineteen million dollars for city street improvements, and thirteen million dollars for county roads and bridges. | ” |
Path to the ballot
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Missouri General Assembly to place a state statute on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 82 votes in the Missouri House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Missouri State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Statutes do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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