Snohomish County, WA Ballot

Initiative 688 Minimum Wage: Shall the state minimum wage be increased from $4.90 to $5.70 in 1999 and to $6.50 in 2000, and afterwards be annually adjusted for inflation?
Initiative 692 Medical Marijuana: Shall the medical use of marijuana for certain terminal or debilitating conditions be permitted, and physicians authorized to advise patients about medical use of marijuana?
Initiative 694 Termination of a Fetus' Life: Shall the termination of a fetus' life during the process of birth be a felony crime except when necessary to prevent the pregnant woman's death?
Initiative 200 Discrimination/Preferential Treatment: Shall government be prohibited from discriminating or granting preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, education, and contracting?
Referendum 49 Transportation Funding: Shall motor vehicle excise taxes be reduced and state revenues reallocated; $1.9 billion in bonds for state and local highways approved; and spending limits modified?

Local Measures

ASCENT 21 Proposition 1 Local Road and Street Improvements: To finance a program of local highway, street and road improvements to enhance the efficient and safe transport of people and goods throughout Snohomish County, shall Snohomish County issue $345,000,000 of general obligation bonds, maturing within a maximum of 10 years, and be authorized to levy property taxes annually in excess of regular taxes to repay such bonds, all as provided in County Ordinance No. 98-041?
ASCENT 21 Proposition 2 Local Highway, Street and Road Improvements: To fund local highway, street and road improvements throughout Snohomish County, shall Snohomish County levy an additional excise tax on motor vehicle fuel of 2.3 cents ($.023) per gallon for ten years to collect an estimated $60,000,000 for distribution to the County and the cities within the County, as provided in County Ordinance No. 98-040?
ASCENT 21 Proposition 3 Acquisition of Parks and Recreations Facilities: To fund the acquisition, construction, equipping and maintenance of park and recreation facilities throughout Snohomish County, shall Snohomish County increase its regular property tax levy for a period of ten consecutive years beginning in 1 998 (for collection beginning in 1999) in excess of the statutory limitation in chapter 84.55 RCW by not more than $.10 per thousand dollars assessed valuation ($10.00 for house assessed at $100,000) all as specified in County Ordinance No. 98-043?
ASCENT 21 Proposition 4 Conservation Area Program Real Estate Excise Tax: To fund the acquisition and maintenance of conservation areas throughout Snohomish County, shall Snohomish County levy for ten years and additional excise tax of forty-one one-hundredths of one percent (.41%) on each sale of real property, to be paid by the purchaser, to collect an estimated $130,000,000, as provided in County Ordinance No. 98-039?
ASCENT 21 Proposition 5 Water and Sewer Improvements: To fund the construction of water and sewer improvements, shall Snohomish County increase its regular property tax levy for a period of ten consecutive years beginning in 1998 (for collection beginning in 1999) in excess of the statutory limitation in Chapter 84.55 RCW by not more than $.06 per thousand dollars assessed valuation ($6 for a house assessed at $100,000), all as specified in County Ordinance No. 98-042?

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