Proposed Initiatives to the People - 2002

The following is a list of proposed initiatives to the People filed to date with the Office of the Secretary of State. To be certified, a petition must contain the signatures of at least 197,734 registered voters. The deadline for filing petition signatures for the following initiatives is 5:00 p.m. July 5, 2002. Questions regarding the content of initiatives should be directed to the sponsor(s).

NOTE

Initiative numbers are not assigned until the proposal has been reviewed by the state Code Reviser and the sponsor has submitted the final language of the proposed initiative. The content of initiatives is described as general "subject matter" pending the issuance of an official ballot title and summary by the state Attorney General.

Assigned Number: 776 Filed: 01/07/2002 Sponsors Mr. Leo J. Fagan Mr. M.J. Fagan Mr. Ray D. Benham Mr. Tim D. Eyman Public Contact Information: P.O. Box 1641 Mukilteo, WA 98275 Phone: (425) 493-8707 Fax: (425) 493-1027 [email protected]	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 776 concerns state and local government charges on motor vehicles. This measure would require license tab fees to be $30 per year for motor vehicles, including light trucks. Certain local-option vehicle excise taxes and fees used for roads and transit would be repealed. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 777 Filed: 01/07/2002 Sponsors Mr. Jason C. Smosna Public Contact Information: 5416 20th Ave NE Seattle, WA 98105 Phone: (206) 234-1948	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 777 concerns employer-employee labor agreements. This measure would prohibit and employer from requiring employees to belong or not to belong to a labor organization or from requiring employees to pay union dues or representation costs instead of dues. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 778 Filed: 01/22/2002 Sponsors Mr. Ernest R. Lewis Public Contact Information: 9702 Hunter Pt Rd NW Olympia, WA 98502 Phone: (360) 866-7347	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 778 concerns repealing laws that authorize property forfeiture. This measure would repeal state laws that authorize the seizure and forfeiture of property relating to crimes such as illegal gambling, making or selling illegal drugs, child pornography, tax evasion, and money laundering. Withdrawn View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 779 Filed: 01/18/2002 Sponsors Mr. Donald D. Hansler Public Contact Information: 22711 66th Ave Ct E Spanaway, WA 98387 Phone: (253) 846-3354	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 779 concerns providing bonus compensation to teachers based on parent ratings. This measure would provide yearly bonus payments for public school teachers who are rated highly by students’ parents and guardians, calculated as a percentage of average teacher salary, and paid by the state. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 780 Filed: 01/09/2002 Sponsors Mr. David Marshak Public Contact Information: 2428 E Aloha St Seattle, WA 98102 Phone: (206) 329-1282	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 780 concerns testing requirements for candidates for public office. This measure would require candidates for most elective offices to complete the tenth grade Washington assessment of student learning before filing for office. Scores would be publicly available and in the voters’ pamphlet. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 781 Filed: 01/14/2002 Sponsors Mr. David A. Whitman Public Contact Information: 840 NE 79th St Seattle, WA 98115 Phone: (206) 524-2338	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 781 concerns penalties for officers who seek to weaken initiative measures. This measure would set penalties for any legislator or officer who attempts to overturn or weaken an initiative measure: immediate expulsion from office, five years’ imprisonment, and permanent ineligibility to hold public office. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 782 Filed: 01/14/2002 Sponsors Mr. David A. Whitman Public Contact Information: 840 NE 79th St Seattle, WA 98115 Phone: (206) 524-2338	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 782 concerns allocating tax shares according to wealth. This measure would declare that a tiny percentage of individuals and corporations possess 95% of the state’s money, and would require that this group pay 95% of all state, county, and city taxes. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 783 Filed: 01/28/2002 Sponsors Mr. Roger D. Whitten Public Contact Information: PO Box 138 Oakesdale, WA 99158 Phone: (509) 285-6039 Fax: (509) 285-6039 [email protected]	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 783 concerns limiting campaign contributions to those entitled to vote. This measure would prohibit any person from contributing to an election campaign except those entitled to vote in the election, prohibit corporate campaign contributions, and prohibit use of non-voter funds for political advertising View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 784 Filed: 02/08/2002 Sponsors Mr. Ernest R. Lewis Mr. Richard Shepard Public Contact Information: 9702 Hunter Pt Rd NW Fircrest, WA 98502 Phone: (253) 686-2239	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 784 concerns property forfeiture arising from controlled substances laws. This measure would make numerous changes to laws forfeiting property connected with drug crimes, including a requirement of conviction of all owners, additional hearings, and requiring sale, not government use, of forfeited property. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 785 Filed: 02/05/2002 Sponsors Mr. Brandon Scott Durham Public Contact Information: 729 23rd Ave Seattle, WA 98122 Phone: (206) 860-4340	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 785 concerns geographic limitations on distribution of transportation funds This measure would generally require that vehicle fuel taxes, vehicle licensing fees, fares, tolls, and voter-approved taxes be spent for roads, bridges, and mass transit systems in the county where they are collected. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 786 Filed: 02/15/2002 Sponsors Mr. Omer J. Lupien Public Contact Information: 1084 N Monroe Lndg Rd Oak Harbor, WA 98277 Phone: (360) 240-9472	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 786 concerns rights, activities or privileges afforded Washington tribes. This measure would declare that any right, activity or privilege afforded the tribes of Washington state would be shared equally and in common with the citizens of Washington state. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 787 Filed: 02/15/2002 Sponsors Mr. Alan C. Harvey Public Contact Information: 3213 W Wheeler St, #184 Seattle, WA 98199 Phone: (206) 282-5332 [email protected]	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 787 concerns extending the sales and use taxes to motor vehicle fuel. This measure would extend the sales and use taxes to fuels subject to motor vehicle or special fuel taxes, and to fuels used for public transportation or for transporting persons with special needs. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 788 Filed: 02/22/2002 Sponsors Mr. Michael J Thompson Public Contact Information: 9710 5th Ave NE #403 Seattle, WA 98115 Phone: (206) 522-8184	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 788 concerns limiting credit card interest. This measure would provide that the amount of interest charged for credit card balances could not exceed 12 percent per year. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 789 Filed: 02/27/2002 Sponsors Mr. Thomas G. Erickson Public Contact Information: 9801 St Helens Ave Vancouver, WA 98664 Phone: (360) 260-0929 [email protected]	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 789 concerns the operation of individual schools within public school districts. This measure would establish a system for funding public education through allocations to individual schools. Each school principal would develop and manage the school's budget, subject to school board approval and state audit. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 790 Filed: 03/05/2002 Sponsors Mr Harold W. Hanson Kelly L. Fox Public Contact Information: 4100 Amber Ct SE Olympia, WA 98501 Phone: (360) 754-2544	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 790 concerns law enforcement officers’ and fire fighters’ retirement system, plan 2. This measure would place management of the law enforcement officers’ and fire fighters’ retirement system, plan 2, in a board of trustees consisting of six plan participants, three employer representatives, and two legislators.` View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 791 Filed: 03/13/2002 Sponsors Stephanie A. Linklater Public Contact Information: 212 W 2nd St North Bend, WA 98045 Phone: (425) 888-6448	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 791 concerns the state expenditure limit. This measure would extend state expenditure limits to additional accounts and re-enact and expand the two-thirds legislative vote requirement to raise revenue. Reserve levels would be increased and excess amounts would be redistributed. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 792 Filed: 03/14/2002 Sponsors Mr. Allan Geoffrey Dyer Public Contact Information: 14623 SE 304th St Kent, WA 98042 Phone: (253) 631-5587	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 792 concerns vehicular assault while driving under the influence. This measure would make it a class A felony for anyone to operate or drive any vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, and cause bodily harm to another. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 793 Filed: 04/02/2002 Sponsors Mr. Thomas G. Erickson Public Contact Information: 9801 St Helens Ave Vancouver, WA 98664 Phone: (360) 260-0929	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 793 concerns the operation of individual schools within public school districts. This measure would establish a system for funding education, in larger school districts, through allocations to individual schools. District central administrative funding would be reduced. Each principal would manage the individual school’s budget. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 794 Filed: 03/29/2002 Sponsors Mr. Harry Abott Public Contact Information: PMB 107, 2625Colby Everett, WA 98201 Phone: [email protected]	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 794 concerns the creation of a state health benefits system. This measure would create a Washington health security trust. This agency would develop and administer a single health benefits package for state residents, funded by mandatory premiums, employer assessments, existing taxes, and co-payments. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 795 Filed: 04/03/2002 Sponsors Mr. David A. Thurman Kathleen L. Reim Mr. Monte E. Bianchi Public Contact Information: 1417 Mill Ave Bellingham, WA 98225 Phone: (360) 734-3116	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 795 concerns establishing a pension management board for Washington public employees. This measure would create a participant-elected pension management board to manage most state retirement systems, and would redefine the duties of agencies, including the state investment board and the department of retirement systems. Withdrawn View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 796 Filed: 04/04/2002 Sponsors Mr. David John Anderson Public Contact Information: 152 NW 72nd St Seattle, WA 98117 Phone: (206) 784-8067	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 796 concerns replacing “Washington” with “Cascadia” in the Revised Code of Washington. This measure would replace any reference to “Washington” in the Revised Code of Washington with “Cascadia”. Abbreviations for “Washington” would be replaced with abbreviations for “Cascadia”. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 797 Filed: 04/24/2002 Sponsors Mr. David A. Thurman Public Contact Information: 1417 Mill Ave Bellingham, WA 98225 Phone: (360) 734-3116 [email protected]	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 797 concerns establishing a pension management board for state retirement systems. This measure would create a participant-elected pension management board to manage most state retirement systems, and would redefine the duties of agencies, including the state investment board and the department of retirement systems. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 798 Filed: 04/26/2002 Sponsors Mr. Thomas G. Erickson Public Contact Information: 9801 St Helens Ave Vancouver, WA 98664 Phone: (360) 260-0929 [email protected]	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 798 concerns the operation of individual schools within public school districts. This measure would establish a system for funding education through allocations to individual schools and reductions in central administrative expenses. Each principal would manage the school’s budget, subject to audit and board approval. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: 799 Filed: 05/24/2002 Sponsors Mr. Thomas G. Erickson Public Contact Information: 9801 St Helens Ave Vancouver, WA 98664 Phone: (360) 260-0929 [email protected]	Ballot Title Initiative Measure No. 799 concerns the operation of individual schools within public school districts. This measure would establish a system for funding education through allocations to individual schools and reductions in central administrative expenses. Each principal would manage the school’s budget, subject to audit and board approval. View Complete Text
Assigned Number: Withdrawn Filed: 01/14/2002 Sponsors Mr. David A. Whitman Public Contact Information: 840 NE 79th St Seattle, WA 98115 Phone: (206) 524-2338	View Complete Text
Assigned Number: Withdrawn Filed: 04/10/2002 Sponsors Mr. John M. Newbury Public Contact Information: 2302 Stolp Rd Chewelah, WA 99109 Phone: (509) 935-4141 [email protected]	View Complete Text
Assigned Number: Inactive Filed: 02/04/2002 Sponsors Mr. Thomas G Erickson Public Contact Information: 9801 St Helens Ave Vancouver, WA 98664 Phone: (360) 260-3150 [email protected]
Assigned Number: Inactive Filed: 02/05/2002 Sponsors Mr. David A. Whitman Public Contact Information: 840 NE 79th St Seattle, WA 98115 Phone: (206) 524-2338
Assigned Number: Inactive Filed: 02/12/2002 Sponsors Mr. Kurt Keinreich Public Contact Information: 905 5th Ave SW Olympia, WA 98502 Phone: (360) 956-3742
Assigned Number: Inactive Filed: 03/01/2002 Sponsors Deana Knutsen Katrinka Gentile Mr. Lars Hennum Public Contact Information: 2608 2nd Ave, #113 Seattle, WA 98121 Phone: (206) 781-3938
Assigned Number: Inactive Filed: 03/26/2002 Sponsors Mr. Stephen D. Vaughn Public Contact Information: 10402 35th Ave NE Seattle, WA 98125 Phone: (206) 850-1864