New Jersey Water Consumption Tax for Open Space Preservation Funding Amendment, ACR 116 (2014)
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The New Jersey Water Consumption Tax for Open Space Preservation Funding Amendment, ACR 116 did not make the November 4, 2014 ballot in New Jersey as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have dedicated revenue from water consumption and diversion user fees for open space, farmland and historic preservation. Assemblyman John McKeon (D-27) was the primary sponsor of this measure in the New Jersey Assembly, where it was known as Assembly Concurrent Resolution 116. The measure would have amended Article VIII, Section II of the New Jersey Constitution by adding a new paragraph to it.[1]
Text of measure
If ACR 116 had been placed on the ballot in its introduced form, it would have appeared as follows:[1]
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Support
Assemblyman John McKeon (D-27) is the primary sponsor of ACR 116.[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the New Jersey Constitution
In New Jersey, proposed constitutional amendments have two ways of achieving ballot access. The New Jersey Legislature can either qualify it with supermajority approval of 60 percent in one legislative session or with simple majorities in two successive sessions.
ACR 116 was introduced on February 10, 2014, and referred to the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 216th New Jersey Legislature, " Concurrent Resolution ," accessed June 30, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Open States, "New Jersey ACR 116, 2014-2015 Regular Session," accessed June 30, 2014
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