Oregon Measure 80, Fuel Tax and Vehicle Fees for Policing Highways Amendment (May 2000)
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| Topic Taxes and Transportation |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure 80 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on May 16, 2000. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported allowing fuel taxes and vehicle fees to be used for policing highways, roads, streets, and roadside rest areas. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing fuel taxes and vehicle fees to be used for policing highways, roads, streets, and roadside rest areas. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure 80 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 310,640 | 35.68% | ||
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559,941 | 64.32% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 80 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDS CONSTITUTION: AUTHORIZES USING FUEL TAX, VEHICLE FEES FOR INCREASING HIGHWAY POLICING RESULT OF “YES” VOTE: “Yes” vote authorizes using fuel tax, motor vehicle fees for increasing policing of highway system. RESULT OF “NO” VOTE: “No” vote rejects allowing fuel tax, vehicle fee use for increasing policing of highway system. SUMMARY: Amends Constitution. Currently constitution authorizes use of revenues from fuel tax and motor vehicle fees for: construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, maintenance, operation, use of public highways, roads, streets, roadside rest areas; administration costs; highway bond retirement; certain parks and recreation costs. Measure authorizes additional use of such revenues to increase policing of public highways, roads, streets, roadside rest areas by sworn law enforcement officers. Requires that such use increase police agency budgets to provide service levels not previously authorized by budgets on measure's effective date. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: This measure, alone, has no financial effect on state or local government expenditures or revenues. It allows the legislature to spend Highway Fund monies on additional highway patrol services. Local governments would also be authorized to spend road funds on additional patrol duties. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Oregon Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Oregon State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 31 votes in the Oregon House of Representatives and 16 votes in the Oregon State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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Footnotes
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