Missouri Prohibit Toll Roads Initiative (2018)
| Missouri Prohibit Toll Roads Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Transportation | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Prohibit Toll Roads Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have prohibited toll roads in Missouri.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
As multiple versions of this initiative were filed for circulation, the secretary of state crafted a ballot title for each one.[2]
| Measure 2018-219 | |||||
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Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to prohibit the legislature or any other entity or officer of state government from:
The state currently operates no toll facilities and thus passage of this proposal results in no immediate fiscal impact; however, state governmental entities expect a future unknown negative fiscal impact because the proposal eliminates a potential source of revenue. Local governmental entities expect no fiscal impact.[3] | |||||
| Measure 2018-220 | |||||
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Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to:
The state currently operates no toll facilities and thus passage of this proposal results in no immediate fiscal impact; however, state governmental entities expect a future unknown negative fiscal impact because the proposal eliminates a potential source of revenue. Local governmental entities expect no fiscal impact.[3] | |||||
| Measure 2018-221 | |||||
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Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to prohibit the legislature or any other state government entity or official from:
The state currently operates no toll facilities and thus passage of this proposal results in no immediate fiscal impact; however, state governmental entities expect a future unknown negative fiscal impact because the proposal eliminates potential sources of revenue. Local governmental entities expect a significant unknown negative fiscal impact.[3] | |||||
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article I, Missouri Constitution
The measure would have added a new section to Article IV of the Missouri Constitution.[1]
Full text
The full text of the initiative is available for Petition 2018-219, Petition 2018-220, and Petition 221-221.
Path to the ballot
Supporters of the initiative were required to collect a number of signatures equivalent to 8 percent of the 2016 gubernatorial vote in six of the eight state congressional districts. This means that the minimum possible number of valid signatures required was 160,199. Signatures needed to be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election on November 6, 2018. Six months prior to the election was May 6, 2018.
Wayne Baker proposed three versions of the initiative.[1] The petitions were approved for circulation on May 17, 2017.[2] Signatures were not filed for the proposals.
See also
- Missouri 2018 ballot measures
- 2018 ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Missouri Secretary of State, "Initiative Petition 2018-221," April 5, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "2018 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed May 17, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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