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Oregon Measure 8, Limits on State Appropriations from Personal Income Tax Initiative (2000)
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| Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
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Oregon Measure 8 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 7, 2000. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported limiting state appropriations to 15 percent of Oregonian's total personal income earned in the past two years. |
A "no" vote opposed limiting state appropriations to 15 percent of Oregonian's total personal income earned in the past two years. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure 8 |
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| Yes | 608,090 | 43.50% | ||
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789,699 | 56.50% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 8 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDS CONSTITUTION: LIMITS STATE APPROPRIATIONS TO PERCENTAGE OF STATE’S PRIOR PERSONAL INCOME RESULT OF “YES” VOTE: “Yes’’ vote limits state appropriations to 15 percent of state's personal income in prior biennium. RESULT OF “NO” VOTE: “No’’ vote leaves constitution without limit on appropriations for state government expenditures. SUMMARY: Amends constitution. Constitution requires legislative appropriation before spending state, federal funds in treasury; does not limit appropriations. Statute limits growth rate of appropriations for general governmental purposes. Measure limits biennial state appropriations to 15 percent of state’s personal income in prior biennium. Exempts most appropriations funded by state-issued bonds. Would have required over $3.7 billion cut in current biennium’s appropriations. Increasing limit requires Governor's emergency declaration, 3/4 approval of each legislative house. Distributes revenues over limit (except from dedicated investment funds) to taxpayers. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: The measure will reduce state government appropriations by an estimated $5.7 billion for the 2001-2003 biennium. The measure may result in a reduction of state-shared state and federal revenues to local governments. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
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 Oregon, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 8% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval unless the initiative proposes changing vote requirements, then the initiative must be approved by the same supermajority requirement as proposed by the measure.
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Footnotes
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