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Oregon Measure 4, Ban Triple Truck-Trailers on State Highways Initiative (1992)
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Oregon Measure 4 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Oregon on November 6, 1992. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported prohibiting permits for triple truck-trailer combinations on state highways. |
A "no" vote opposed prohibiting permits for triple truck-trailer combinations on state highways. |
Election results
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| Yes | 567,467 | 38.75% | ||
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896,778 | 61.25% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 4 was as follows:
| “ | BANS OPERATION OF TRIPLE TRUCK-TRAILER COMBINATIONS ON OREGON HIGHWAYS QUESTION - Shall Oregon law be amended to ban the granting of permits for triple truck-trailer combinations on Oregon highways? SUMMARY - Amends current law. Change would ban the granting of variance permits for vehicle combinations that include a motor truck weighing over 8,000 pounds and two self-supporting trailers, or a truck tractor and semitrailer drawing two self-supporting trailers or semitrailers. All variance permits authorizing combinations barred by this Act would be cancelled on the Act’s effective date. The effect of the Act would be to forbid the operation of triple truck-trailer combinations on Oregon highways. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT - In 1993-94 and each year thereafter, a net increase in revenues of $330,000 is expected. Although $40,000 of permit fees would be lost if triple-trailers were banned on Oregon highways, the additional power units needed to haul single and double trailers could generate about $370,000 more registration fee revenue for the Public Utility Commission. The additional truck miles are expected to result in $2.5 million of road repair and maintenance costs to the Department of Transportation each year, which will be financed by an equal amount—$2.5 million—of weight-mile tax revenue collected by the Public Utility Commission. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
An initiated state statute is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends state statute. There are 21 states that allow citizens to initiate state statutes, including 14 that provide for direct initiatives and nine (9) that provide for indirect initiatives (two provide for both). An indirect initiated state statute goes to the legislature after a successful signature drive. The legislatures in these states have the option of approving the initiative itself, rather than the initiative appearing on the ballot.
In Oregon, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is equal to 6% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval.
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Footnotes
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