Washington Prohibit Interstate 405 Toll Lanes Initiative (2018)

Washington Prohibit Interstate 405 Toll Lanes Initiative
Election date November 6, 2018
Topic Transportation
Status Not on the ballot
Type State statute	Origin Citizens
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The Washington Prohibit Interstate 405 Toll Lanes 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The measure would have repealed the state's authority to impose tolls on Interstate 405 and State Route 167.

Tim Eyman proposed two versions of the initiative.

Ballot title

The following are the ballot titles for the initiatives:

Initiative Measure No. 897
Initiative Measure No. 897 concerns highway toll lanes. This measure would repeal toll lane authority for I-405 and analysis of state-route 167 toll lane development; require additional lanes on I-405 to the extent applicable; and terminate the I-405 toll lane account. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ]

Initiative Measure No. 899
Initiative Measure No. 899 concerns highway toll lanes. This measure would repeal authority to impose tolls on high occupancy and express toll lanes, including express lane tolls on I-405 and high occupancy vehicle tolls on state route 167. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ]

Ballot summary

The following are the ballot summaries for the initiatives:

Initiative Measure No. 897

This measure would repeal the toll lane authority for I-405, and authority for traffic and revenue analysis for development of a toll system on state route 167, effective December 6, 2018. It would require a fourth lane of traffic in each direction of I-405, to the extent applicable. It would repeal the I-405 express toll lanes account on June 30, 2019, and require that any residual funds be used to construct new lanes on I-405.

Initiative Measure No. 899
This measure would repeal authority to impose tolls on high occupancy and express toll lanes. It would repeal authority to impose tolls on the express toll lanes on Interstate 405. It would also repeal authority to impose tolls on high occupancy vehicles on state route 167, as part of the high occupancy toll pilot project.

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. 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 and M.J. Fagan filed two versions of the initiative with the secretary of state's office in 2017. The first version of the initiative received a ballot title and summary on March 15, 2017.

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.

See also

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