Portland, Oregon, Measure 26-201, Renewable Energy Initiative (November 2018)
| Measure 26-201: Portland Clean Energy Initiative |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| November 6, 2018 |
| Status: |
 Approved
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| Topic: |
| Local business tax |
| Related articles |
| Local business tax on the ballot November 6, 2018 ballot measures in Oregon Multnomah County, Oregon ballot measures Local business tax on the ballot |
| See also |
| Portland, Oregon |
An initiative designed to fund renewable energy projects and job training was on the ballot for Portland voters in Multnomah County, Oregon, on November 6, 2018. It was approved.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of requiring retailers with a total annual revenue of over $1 billion and Portland annual revenue over $500,000 to pay a 1 percent surcharge on gross revenue from city retail sales, with proceeds designated for the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund. |
| A no vote was a vote against requiring retailers with a total annual revenue of over $1 billion and Portland annual revenue over $500,000 to pay a 1 percent surcharge on gross revenue from city retail sales to fund renewable energy projects. |
Election results
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Portland Measure 26-201 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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201,948 | 65.26% | ||
| No | 107,484 | 34.74% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | Shall large retailers (defined) pay 1% surcharge on Portland revenues to fund clean renewable energy (defined) projects, job training?[2] | ” |
Summary
The summary of the measure was as follows:[1]
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Measure amends code to require Portland retailers with total annual revenue over 1 billion dollars and Portland annual revenue over 500,000 dollars to pay 1 % surcharge on gross revenue from retail sales (defined) within Portland. Proceeds placed into new Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund. Certain sales of groceries, medicines, health care services excluded from gross revenue. Measure creates new Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund Committee; will exclusively recommend to Mayor distributions of Fund proceeds as grants to private, Oregon nonprofit organizations, for: Clean Energy Projects (approximately 50-75%): renewable energy, energy efficiency and green infrastructure projects, such as:
Clean Energy Jobs Training (approximately 20-25%): training that prioritizes workforce development for traditionally underemployed, economically disadvantaged workers, including:
Future Innovation (approximately 5%) Annual financial audit; biennial performance audit. Administrative costs cannot exceed 5%. Other provisions.[2] |
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Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a successful initiative petition campaign.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Multnomah County, "2018 General Election - Ballot Initiatives," accessed October 11, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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