Town of Eagle Marijuana Occupation Tax, Question 2F (November 2013)
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A Town of Eagle Marijuana Occupation Tax, Question 2F ballot question was on the November 5, 2013, election ballot for voters in the town of Eagle in Eagle County, Colorado. It was approved.
This measure authorized an occupation tax on recreational marijuana, which was legalized by Amendment 64 in 2012. This tax would be on top of any statewide excise or sales tax on recreational marijuana. The Question 2F tax authorized a revenue of $50,000 per year for the first year and whatever amount was collected through a tax of up to $5 per recreational marijuana transaction after that.[1]
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 1,162 | 65.99% | ||
| No | 599 | 34.01% | ||
- These results are from the Eagle County elections office.
Text of measure
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Shall the town of eagle's taxes be increased by $50,000.00 annually (first full fiscal year increase) and by whatever amounts are raised annually thereafter through the levy of an occupation tax up to $5.00 for each sales transaction by any retail marijuana store, any retail marijuana cultivation facility and any retail marijuana product manufacturing facility within the town of eagle, effective january 1, 2014; and shall all revenues derived from such occupation tax be collected and spent, as a voter approved revenue change, notwithstanding any revenue or expenditure limitations contained in article x, section 20, of the colorado constitution, article 1 of title 29, colorado revised statutes or any other law?[1][2] |
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Media endorsements
- Vail Daily: The Vail Daily editorial board wrote: "On the subject of pay to play, the town of Eagle is asking voters to impose a “transaction fee” of up to $5 per retail sale. The amount of the fee depends on the amount of pot purchased. Again, if we’re going to have legal, weed, let’s at least tax it enough to pay for regulation and enforcement.[3]"
Related measures
Statewide
- See also: Marijuana on the ballot
Colorado Proposition AA, Taxes on the Sale of Marijuana (2013)
Colorado Marijuana Legalization Initiative, Amendment 64 (2012)
Local
- See also: Local marijuana tax on the ballot
City of Denver Additional Marijuana Sales Tax, Question 2A (November 2013)
Town of Eagle Marijuana Occupation Tax, Question 2F (November 2013)
Ballot Issue 2E: City of Littleton Marijuana Sales Tax
Ballot Issue 1B: Pueblo County Marijuana Sales Tax
Ballot Issue 2A: Town of Frisco Marijuana Excise Tax
Ballot Issue 2F: Town of Silverthorne Marijuana Excise Tax
Ballot Issue 2C: Town of Breckenridge Marijuana Excise Tax
Town of Carbondale Marijuana Sales Tax Ballot Measure (November 2013)
Measure 2C: Town of Fraser Marijuana Sales Tax
Question 2A: City of Manitou Springs Marijuana Sales Tax
Question 2G: Town of Red Cliff Marijuana Sales Tax
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eagle County sample ballots, accessed October 15, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The Vail Daily, "Local ballot issues: A ‘yes’ kind of year," November 3, 2013
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