Center for Transportation Excellence
1030 15th Street NW
Suite 750 West
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 349-1037
Fax: (202) 318-1429
info@cfte.org
www.cfte.org
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Massachusetts
Capital: Boston
Population: 6,379,304
Major Metropolitan Areas: Barnstable, Boston, Springfield, Worcester
Federal Transportation Spending: $672,791,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)
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State Ballot Process
Massachusetts has allowed initiatives and referendums since 1918. The deadline for filing certified petitions with the Secretary of the Commonwealth for placement on the 2004 November ballot is December 3, 2003.
State Election Site: http://www.state.ma.us/sec/ele/eleidx.htm
County & City Information
Contact your county elections office for more information: http://www.state.ma.us/sec/ele//eleclk/clkidx.htm
Ballot measure information
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/Massachusetts.htm
Additional ballot measure information
http://www.ballot.org/states/ma.html
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| Initiative Year |
Community/Region
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Type Of Measure |
Ballot Date |
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| 2003 |
Statewide |
Legislative Action
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| Description |
| A one-cent increase in the gas tax would generate $28 million per year, with 30% set aside for local government road projects. A one percentage point increase in the vehicle sales tax would generate $130 million annually. The Commission on Maryland's Fiscal Structure will give a recommendation to the General Assembly by Dec. 15. |
| Initiative Year |
Community/Region
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Type Of Measure |
Ballot Date |
Result |
| 2000 |
Statewide |
Tax credit on road tolls |
11/7/2000 |
Failed 57% to 43% |
| Description |
| Measure Number 6 - This proposed law would allow a state personal income taxpayer a tax credit equal to the amount of tolls the taxpayer paid during the taxable year on all Massachusetts roads, highways, tunnels, and bridges, including the Massachusetts Turnpike and its Boston Extension, the Tobin Bridge, and the Sumner, Callahan, and Ted Williams Tunnels. Also, a corporation would be allowed a credit against its corporate excise tax in an amount equal to all such tolls paid during the taxable year by the corporation or by its employees in furtherance of the corporation's business.
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| STPP State Page: http://www.transact.org/states/default.asp?state=massachusetts
APTA State Page (Info. on transit
agencies): http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/ma.cfm
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