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Washington Voter Approval for Property Tax Increases Initiative (2017)
| Washington Voter Approval for Property Tax Increases Initiative | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 7, 2017 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington Voter Approval for Property Tax Increases Initiative was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 7, 2017.
The measure would have limited property tax increases to one percent per year unless a higher increase is approved by voters. It would have also terminated 2017 property tax levies that increased by more than one percent from the previous year.[1]
Tim Eyman developed the initiative.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was:[1]
| “ | Initiative Measure No. 1545 concerns state and local property taxes.
This measure would limit annual property tax increases to one percent unless approved by voters; terminate 2017 levy increases over the one percent limit; and eliminate certain personal property taxes. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ][2] |
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Ballot summary
The ballot summary is:[1]
| “ | This measure would allow annual property tax increases to exceed the current one-percent limit on increases only if they receive voter approval at a general election; terminate 2017 property tax levies that increase more than one percent from the prior year; eliminate an exception to the one-percent limit that could be used where previously-imposed increases were under one percent; and eliminate personal property tax on items if sales or use tax was paid.[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Support
Tim Eyman, Leo J. Fagan, and M.J. Fagan designed the initiative.[1]
Path to the ballot
In Washington, the signature requirement for Initiatives to the People is equivalent to 8 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last gubernatorial election.
To make the 2017 ballot, proponents of Initiatives to the People were required to submit at least 259,622 valid signatures by July 7, 2017.[3] No signatures were turned in for the initiative by the deadline.[4]
Sponsors of the measure originally proposed it as an Initiative to the Legislature, but failed to submit a sufficient number of valid signatures by the deadline on December 30, 2016.[5]
See also
- 2017 ballot measures
- Washington 2017 ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Washington
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the People - 2017," accessed January 11, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar - 2016," accessed January 10, 2017
- ↑ Northwest Public Radio, “Election Rarity: No Initiatives Qualify For November Statewide Ballot In Washington,” July 7, 2017
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "E-mail with Washington secretary of state's office," January 3, 2016
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