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Oregon Measure 86, Taxpayer Refunds from General Fund Amendment (2000)
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| Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance and Taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure 86 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 7, 2000. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported requiring refunds to taxpayers when general fund revenues exceed state estimates by two percent or more. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring refunds to taxpayers when general fund revenues exceed state estimates by two percent or more. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure 86 |
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898,793 | 62.02% | ||
| No | 550,304 | 37.98% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 86 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDS CONSTITUTION: REQUIRES REFUNDING GENERAL FUND REVENUES EXCEEDING STATE ESTIMATES TO TAXPAYERS RESULT OF “YES” VOTE: “Yes” vote establishes constitutional requirement to refund general fund revenues exceeding state estimates to taxpayers. RESULT OF “NO” VOTE: “No” vote rejects constitutional requirement to refund general fund revenues exceeding state estimates to taxpayers. SUMMARY: Amends Constitution. Current statutes require state to estimate future general fund revenues from corporate income/excise taxpayers and from personal income taxpayers and require refunds to either of those two categories of taxpayers when revenues received from that category of taxpayers exceed estimate by two percent. Measure creates constitutional provision establishing such “kicker” refund determinations and requiring refunds when revenues received exceed estimates by two percent. Allows legislature to determine how revenues shall be returned to taxpayers. First applies to biennium beginning July 1, 2001. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial effect on state or local government expenditures or revenues. | ” |
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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