Reviewed 12/06
Initiative 912 - Repeal of 2005 Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax
Contents
- What is the Initiative?
- 2005 Vehicle Fuel Tax Increase
- Ballot Measure Campaigns - Do's and Don'ts for Local Governments
- MRSC, AWC, and WSAC Information
- State Agencies Information
- News Articles, Editorials and Opinions
- Initiative Opponent and Proponent
- Local Government Resolutions Passed Opposing I-912
What is the Initiative?
This measure would repeal a motor vehicle fuel tax rate increase enacted by the 2005 session of the Legislature for state-wide transportation purposes. The 2005 enactment provides that the motor vehicle fuel tax rate would increase by three cents per gallon in July, 2005, by three cents per gallon more in 2006, by two cents per gallon more in 2007, and by one and one-half cents per gallon more in 2008.
- Text of Initiative 912 (6 KB)
2005 Vehicle Fuel Tax Increase
- Ch 314 Laws of 1005 (ESSB 6103)
- Department of Transportation 2005 Partnership Project
- What does the 2005 Funding Package promise for future transportation investment in Washington? 218 KB
- Another Step Forward on Transportation (60 KB) Washington Alliance for a Competitive Economy, June 2005
Ballot Measure Campaigns - Do's and Don'ts for Local Governments
- Use of Public Facilities to Support or Oppose Ballot Proposition - Prepared by MRSC Legal Staff
- What Can and Can't Local Government Officials and Employees Do to Support or Oppose an Initiative Measure - Prepared by MRSC Legal Staff
- Statutory Limits On the Use of Public Funds/Facilities To Assist of Oppose Campaigns, Particularly Campaigns Involving Ballot Measures or Initiatives," (85 KB) Attorney General Memorandum, September 13, 2001
- Guidelines for Local Government Agencies in Election Campaigns (333KB) (September 28, 2004/April 26, 2005) (Supersedes 00-05)
- AGO 2005 No. 4 (455 KB) - Meaning of the term "elected legislative body" as used in RCW 42.17.130 (April 4, 2005)
MRSC, AWC, and WSAC Information
- AWC City Issues - Initiative Page
- AWC Fact Sheet - Initiative 912 (I-912): Motor Vehicle Fuel Taxes (65 KB)
State Agencies Information
News Articles, Editorials and Opinions
- Rumbling has begun on gas-tax initiative, by Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I, July 12, 2005
- Anti-gas tax initiative endangers our future, Opinion, Tri-City Herald, July 3, 2005
Initiative Proponents and Opponents
- Keep Washington Rolling
- NoNewGasTax.com
Local Government Resolutions Passed Opposing I-912
- City Council Resolutions Passed Opposing I-912 - Association of Washington Cities