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Washington Taxing Powers of Regional Transit Authorities Initiative (2018)

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Washington Taxing Powers of Regional Transit Authorities Initiative
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Election date
November 6, 2018
Topic
Taxes
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
State statute		Origin
Citizens

The Washington Taxing Powers of Regional Transit Authorities Initiative was not put on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the Legislature, a type of indirect initiated state statute, on November 6, 2018.

The measure would have prohibited regional transit authorities (RTAs) from enacting property taxes, voter-approved motor vehicle excise taxes, or voter-approved RTA sales taxes over 0.9 percent.[1]

The measure would have impacted Sound Transit, an RTA located along the Puget Sound in western Washington.[1]

Text of measure

Ballot title

The following are the ballot titles for the initiatives:[1]

Ballot summary

The following are the ballot summaries for the initiatives:[1]

Background

Sound Transit 3

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In 2015, the Washington Legislature approved a transportation bill titled Senate Bill 5987. Gov. Inslee (D) signed SB 5987 on July 15, 2015. Part of SB 5987 authorized Sound Transit, a regional transportation authority, to impose an annual excise tax of up to 0.8 percent on the value of motor vehicles, an additional 0.5 percent sales and use tax, and a property tax of 25 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. Sound Transit needed to refer to the ballot a measure asking for permission from voters to increase these taxes.[3][4] Sound Transit offers train, light rail, and bus services in the greater Seattle, Washington, area.[5]

Sound Transit referred an expansion package, known as Sound Transit 3 (ST3), to the November 8, 2016, ballot.[6] The measure was designed to enact a 0.005 percent sales tax increase, a 0.008 percent excise tax on motor vehicles, and a property tax of 25 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. The expansion package was intended to add 62 additional miles of light rail and 37 stations, expand regional rail service, provide bus rapid transit for Interstate 405, State Route 518, State Route 522 and Northeast 145th Street, and add more park-and-ride lots.[7][8] Voters approved the ballot measure.[9]

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Washington

To make the 2018 ballot, proponents of Initiatives to the Legislature were required to submit at least 259,622 valid signatures by December 29, 2017.[10] If certified, initiatives are sent to the Washington House of Representatives and Washington State Senate for consideration. The legislature chooses whether to enact the measure, send it to the 2018 ballot alone, or send it to the ballot alongside an alternative proposition.

Tim Eyman proposed two versions of the initiative.[1]

Proponents of the initiative did not submit signatures to the secretary of state's office by the December 29, 2017, deadline and the measure was not put on the ballot.[11]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the Legislature - 2017," accessed June 20, 2017
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. ↑ Washington Legislature, "Senate Bill 5987," accessed October 19, 2016
  4. ↑ The Urbanist, "The Washington State Legislature Passes A Statewide Transportation Package," July 2, 2015
  5. ↑ Sound Transit, "Homepage," accessed October 19, 2016
  6. ↑ The Seattle Times, "$50B Sound Transit proposal: big taxes, big spending, big plan," March 24, 2016
  7. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named st3guide
  8. ↑ Sound Transit 3, "Overview," accessed October 19, 2016
  9. ↑ The Seattle Times, "See how the Sound Transit vote went in your neighborhood — and everywhere else," November 12, 2016
  10. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar - 2017," accessed May 1, 2017
  11. ↑ Ballotpedia Staff Writer, "Telephone correspondence with the Washington secretary of state's office," January 2, 2018
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