1999 ballot measures
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Seventy-one statewide ballot propositions were on ballots in 1999 in sixteen states.
Alabama
See also: Alabama 1999 ballot measures
October 12, 1999
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Amendment 1 | Gambling | Create a state lottery; dedicate revenues to education funding |  d
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| LRCA | Amendment 2 | Labor | Phases out supernumary programs; provides for participation of elected officials in state retirement programs | d
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| LRCA | Amendment 3 | Education | Provides for the popular election of city boards of education |  a
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Alaska
See also: Alaska 1999 ballot measures
September 14:
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| AQ | Advisory Question | State budget | Balanced Budget Plan: Preserve the permanent fund dividend, inflation-proof the permanent fund, support public services, and establish a Citizens' Balanced Budget Task Force. | d
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Colorado
See also: Colorado 1999 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LR | Referendum A | TABOR measure | Taxpayer To limit state spending, require voter approval of tax increases | a
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Iowa
See also: Iowa 1999 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Amendment 1 | State budget | Balance the budget, create a rainy day fund | d
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| LRCA | Amendment 2 | State budget | Requires 60% majority in the state legislature to raise state income, sales or use taxes or to create a new tax | d
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Kansas
See also: Kansas 1999 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Question 1 | Taxes | Exempt oil and gas production equipment from property tax | d
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Louisiana
See also: Louisiana 1999 ballot measures
October 23:
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Amendment 1 | Taxes | Legislature can't consider tax increases in odd-numbered years | d
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| LRCA | Amendment 2 | Tobacco | Millennium Trust and the Louisiana Fund for tobacco settlement | a
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| LRCA | Amendment 3 | Budgets | Remove constitutional restrictions which prohibit state from having a biennial budget cycle | d
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| LRCA | Amendment 4 | Budgets | Legislature can supplement police uniform pay plans from other funds | d
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| LRCA | Amendment 5 | State Government | Donations of movable surplus property between political subdivisions | d
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| LRCA | Amendment 6 | Louisiana | State can donate asphalt from state roads to local governments | a
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| LRCA | Amendment 7 | Education | State can't reduce general fund appropriations below certain levels for higher education | d
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| LRCA | Amendment 8 | Law Enforcement | Limit automatic pardon provision to persons convicted of a non-violent crime | a
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| LRCA | Amendment 9 | Education | Remove the grant to the school system operated in Wards 9, 10 and 11 of Rapides Parish | a
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| LRCA | Amendment 10 | Taxes | Ad valorem tax rates for owners of historical property act | d
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November 20:
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Amendment 1 | Judiciary | Governor may not unilaterally mitigate sentences of those convicted of crimes against state | a
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| LRCA | Amendment 2 | State Fund Investment | State treasurer may invest money from various state trusts in the stock market | a
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| LRCA | Amendment 3 | Education | Zachary Community School System given same authority granted parishes | a
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| LRCA | Amendment 4 | Labor | Worker's Compensation Corporation via statutory actions | a
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| LRCA | Amendment 5 | Labor | Workers' Compensation Corporation not exempt from various Insurance Code requirements | a
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| LRCA | Amendment 6 | Judiciary | Those 70 years of age and older exempt from jury service at their discretion | a
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Maine
See also: Maine 1999 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| CISS | Question 1 | Abortion | Prohibits partial-birth abortions except when such an abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother | d
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| CISS | Question 2 | Marijuana | Allows use of small quantities of medicinal marijuana | a
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| BI | Question 3 | Bonds | $56,042,031 in bonds for transportation funds | a
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| BI | Question 4 | Bonds | $12,500,000 in bonds for water pollution control | a
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| BI | Question 5 | Bonds | $9,400,000 in bonds for conversion to digital broadcasting by the Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation | a
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| BI | Question 6 | Bonds | $26,420,000 in bonds for infrastructure improvements at Maine's 7 technical colleges | a
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| BI | Question 7 | Bonds | $50 million to purchase public lands and easements for conservation, water access, outdoor recreation | a
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| LRCA | Question 8 | Elections | People's veto to be voted on only at next statewide or general election (no special elections) | a
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| LRCA | Question 9 | Property tax | Allow reduced property taxes on historic preservation and scenic view properties | a
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Mississippi
See also: Mississippi 1999 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| CICA | Term Limits, Measure 9 | Term limits | Limit state legislators to two terms in office | d
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Missouri
See also: Missouri 1999 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRSS | Proposition A | Taxes | Authorizes a monthly 50 cent fee for each cell phone in order to fund a wireless enhanced 911 service | d
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| LRSS | Proposition B | Firearms | Requires sheriffs to issue permits to carry concealed firearms to citizens who fulfill the statutory requirements | d
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New Jersey
See also: New Jersey 1999 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LBM | Question 1 | Bonds | $500 million bond for transportation and bridge products | a
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| LRCA | Question 2 | Veterans | Property tax deductions for veterans | a
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| LRCA | Question 3 | State budget | No lottery funds to go to prisons | a
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New York
See also: New York 1999 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Proposal 1 | Judicial reform | Authorized the temporary assignment of New York city court judges to the county court | a
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Ohio
See also: Ohio 1999 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Issue 1 | Bond Issue | Authorize the state to pay for capital facilities for local public school districts | a
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Oregon
See also: Oregon 1999 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Measure 68 | Law enforcement | Constitutional provisions about prison work programs | a
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| LRCA | Measure 69 | Judiciary | Rights of victims in criminal proceedings | a
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| LRCA | Measure 70 | Judiciary | Right of jury trial in criminal cases | d
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| LRCA | Measure 71 | Judiciary | Limit pretrial release of accused | a
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| LRCA | Measure 72 | Judiciary | Allow murder convictions by 11-1 jury verdicts | d
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| LRCA | Measure 73 | Judiciary | Limit immunity from criminal prosecution of those ordered to testify about their conduct | d
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| LRCA | Measure 74 | Judiciary | Terms Of imprisonment announced in court must be served in full, with some exceptions | a
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| LRCA | Measure 75 | Judiciary | Persons convicted of some crimes barred from serving on grand juries, criminal trial juries | a
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| LRCA | Measure 76 | Transportation | Light and heavy vehicle classes required to share a proportionate amount of highway costs | a
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Texas
See also: Texas 1999 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Prop 1 | Vacancies | Revise filling a vacancy in office of Governor or Lt. Governor | a
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| LRCA | Prop 2 | Regulation | Making of advances under a reverse mortgage | a
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| LRCA | Prop 3 | Constitution | Eliminate non-essential provisions of the Texas Constitution | a
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| LRCA | Prop 4 | Taxes | Exempt property owned by charitable institutions from ad valorem tax | a
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| LRCA | Prop 5 | Labor | State employees to receive compensation as member of a district | d
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| LRCA | Prop 6 | Environment | Increase maximum size of an urban homestead to 10 acres | a
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| LRCA | Prop 7 | Labor | Authorize garnishment of wages for spousal maintenance | a
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| LRCA | Prop 8 | Admin of gov't | Adjutant general serves at pleasure of Governor | d
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| LRCA | Prop 9 | Judiciary | Create Judicial Compensation Commission | d
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| LRCA | Prop 10 | Admin of gov't | Commissioner of Health and Human Services | d
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| LRCA | Prop 11 | Regulation | Political subdivisions purchase nonassessable property insurance | a
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| LRCA | Prop 12 | Transportation | Exempt from ad valorem taxation leased motor vehicles | a
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| LRCA | Prop 13 | Bonds //Education | Issuance of $400 million in bonds to finance educational loans | a
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| LRCA | Prop 14 | State Government | Odd number on state boards, commissions | a
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| LRCA | Prop 15 | Property | Spouses to agree to convert separate property to community property | a
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| LRCA | Prop 16 | Elections | Certain counties be divided into a specific number of precincts | a
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| LRCA | Prop 17 | Education | Investment and distribution of permanent university fund | a
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Washington
See also: Washington 1999 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| ITP | Initiative 695 | Taxes | Voter approval for any increase in taxes imposed by state or local government | a
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| ITP | Initiative 696 | Fishing | Commercial net fishing in fresh or marine waters | d
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| LRCA | SJR 8206 | Budget | Put credit and taxing authority behind voter-approved general obligation debts of school districts | a
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| LRCA | SJR 8208 | Budget | Removes investment limitations on the emergency reserve fund | d
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Wisconsin
See also: Wisconsin 1999 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Question 1 | Gambling | Concerns the distribution of state funds raised through lotteries for property tax relief | a
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External links
- 1999 Alaska election results and Alaska advisory votes
- Colorado Referendum A
- Iowa Amendment 1 and Iowa Amendment 2
- Kansas 1999 constitutional amendment election
- Citizen's guide to the November 2 ballot questions in Maine
- Text of Mississippi Initiative Measure 9
- Missouri 1999 ballot measure election results
- New Jersey 1999 Public Questions
- Election results for New York Proposal 1
- Ohio Education Bonds Act 1999
- Oregon 1999 ballot measure Voter Guide
- 1999 Voter Guide to Texas Propositions 1-17
- State of Washington 1999 ballot measure election results
