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STATE |
CITY |
QUICK FACTS |
SUBJECT |
STATUS |
OUTCOME |
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AR |
Northwest |
Type: Sales Tax |
A 1/4 cent sales tax increase is being considered |
2010 |
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| 2 |
CA |
Sacramento |
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2010 |
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| 3 |
CA |
San Francisco |
Type: Charter Amendment |
A charter amendment is currently being drafted for the November ballot that would ask voters to delete a city law that guarantees Muni operators the second-highest salaries in the nation. If approved, pay, benefits and work rules would be negotiated through collective bargaining and fares would not be raised to close a projected budget gap. |
November 2010 |
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CA |
Statewide |
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A ballot measure has been filed with the California Attorney General’s office for the November 2010 election. The measures seeks to close loopholes and prevent the state from borrowing, raiding or otherwise redirecting local government (local taxes, property taxes, redevelopment), transportation (HUTA and Prop. 42 funds) and public transit funds.
http://www.savelocalservices.com/
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November 2010 |
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| 5 |
CO |
Avon |
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The Avon Town Council had considered putting a question on the November ballot asking voters for a tax increase to support the town's bus system. The measure would have asked for and increase to the sales tax, lodging tax or some combination of the two. The Council decided to reexamine the issue for next year. |
2010 |
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| 6 |
CO |
Denver |
Type: Sales tax |
A group of Denver-area mayors have agreed that RTD should ask the legislature to give them the option of placing another sales tax hike on the ballot this year. The originally pushed for 2009, but now favor a year's delay and a November 2010 vote on a sales-tax increase for RTD's FasTracks transit program. |
MONITOR PROGRESS |
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| 7 |
FL |
Polk County |
Type: Sales tax |
Polk County commissioners have voted to approve a resolution calling for a referendum to consider a half-cent sales tax to support the Polk County Transit Authority. |
November 2, 2010 |
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| 8 |
FL |
Tampa |
Type: Sales tax |
Voters will likely consider a 1-cent sales tax to help pay for public transportation projects. |
2010 |
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| 9 |
GA |
Atlanta |
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2010 |
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| 10 |
MI |
St. Joseph County |
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St. Joseph County voters in August will get a request to renew for four years a 0.33-mill property tax originally approved in 2007. The tax generates $583,000, about 45 percent of the St. Joseph County Transportation Authority's $1.3 million budget. It is set to expire next year. |
August 2010 |
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MI |
Oakland County |
Type: Property tax |
Voters in participating Oakland County communities will face a two-year millage renewal instead of a four-year renewal to fund local SMART bus service in their communities. The 0.59-mill property tax funds bus service in the 23 suburban communities that have chosen to "opt in" to the system by voting on the tax. SMART gets about half its revenue from property taxes, and has recently trimmed $11 million from its budget — $7 million through cuts and $4 million through a fare increase that took effect Dec. 1.
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August 2010 |
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| 12 |
MO |
St. Louis |
Type: Sales tax |
St. Louis County Council has voted to place a half-cent sales tax on the ballot in April to provide more funding for Metro, the area's public transportation agency. It requires a simple majority vote for passage. The proposal is the second in recent years to provide more local funding for Metro. A similar half-cent sales tax voters didn't pass in November 2008. |
April 6, 2010 |
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NC |
Charlotte |
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2010 |
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NV |
Reno |
Type: Property tax |
Local transportation officials have approved spending $200,000 for the planning of a streetcar/light rail project along Virginia Street. The Reno City Council is deciding if it wants to ask voters next November for authority from the Nevada Legislature to raise the limit on property taxes to provide money for the rail project. To get federal funding, local officials would have to offer to pay at least half of the project costs. |
November 2010 |
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| 15 |
SC |
Richland County |
Type: Sales tax |
Richland County Council members considered putting a penny sales tax on the ballot last fall to fund the local bus system. The plan now is for them to place a measure on the 2010 ballot. |
2010 |
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| 16 |
TX |
Richland Hills |
Type: Sales tax |
Richland Hills voters may again be asked whether they want to leave the Fort Worth Transportation Authority and spend a half-cent sales tax on other services. If the measure passes a series of legal and ethical reviews, it would be the second such measure in six years. |
November 2010 |
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| 17 |
VA |
Hampton Roads |
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2010 |
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| 18 |
WA |
Bellingham |
Type: Sales tax |
Whatcom Transportation Authority is considering asking voters for a sales tax increase to avoid service cuts and layoffs. Under state law, the transit authority could ask voters for up to an additional three-tenths of 1 percent of local sales tax. The agency, which is running deficits and facing big service cuts and layoffs as sales tax revenues falter, currently collects six-tenths of 1 percent. Roughly 90 percent of WTA's income is from the tax, with fares providing most of the rest. |
May 2010 |
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| 19 |
WA |
Walla Walla |
Type: Sales tax |
Due to a motor vehicle tax repeal in 1999 and reduced tax revenue as a result of the recession, the Valley Transit System have been considering cuts in service. Some citizens have proposed a tax increase to avoid long-term service cuts. The increase, from 0.3 percent to 0 .6 percent, will be put before voters on the February ballot.
http://www.transitcampaign.org/ |
February 9, 2010
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WIN
Approved
76%-24% |
| 20 |
WI |
Madison |
Type: Sales tax |
Madison-area voters could decide as early as spring of 2010 whether to create a special taxing body capable of raising local sales taxes for a regional transit system. |
April or November 2010 |
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| 21 |
WV |
Glen Dale |
Type: Property Tax |
The Glen Dale City Council has voted to place a bus service tax levy on the May Primary ballot. The tax would go towards paying the city's share of funding for any deficit of capital or operating costs, which is estimated at $90,796 per year. Glen Dale is serviced by the Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority. |
May 11, 2010 |
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| 22 |
WV |
Huntington |
Type: Property tax |
The Huntington City Council has unanimously voted to place a renewal of the Tri-State Transit Authority levy on the primary election ballots this May. The TTA levy is a five-year levy that will begin July 1, 2012 and is a renewal of the current levy.The approximate total amount of funds needed is $1,473,069 and the amount to be generated for the five fiscal years will be $7,365,345, according to the ordinance. |
May 11, 2010 |
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| 23 |
WV |
Moundsville |
Type: Property tax |
Moundsville officials are considering asking residents to vote on bus service levies in November to support the Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority. |
November 2010 |
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