Question 2: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
Question 1: Citizen Initiative
An Act to Decrease the Automobile Excise Tax and Promote Energy
"Do you want to cut the rate of the municipal excise tax by an average of 55% on motor vehicles less than six years old and exempt hybrid and other alternative-energy and highly fuel-efficient motor vehicles from sales tax and three years of excise tax?"
The proponent of this citizen initiative is Roy W. Lenardson of Scarborough.
The following have voiced their support for this measure:
Linda Higgins, Belgrade resident
The following have voiced their opposition to this measure:
Maine Council of Senior Citizens ARA
The League of Young Voters
Maine Affordable Housing Coalition
Maine Association of Mental Health Services
Family Crisis Services
Maine Center for Economic Policy
Engage Maine
Engage Maine Votes
American Council of Engineering Companies - Maine
Maine Better Transportation Association (MBTA)
Maine Children's Alliance
Maine Municipal Association
Maine Education Association
Maine Women's Lobby
Citizens Who Support Maine's Public Schools
Advocacy Initiative Network of Maine
AFSCME Council 93
Bangor Area Homeless Shelter
Child and Family Opportunities, Inc.
Disability Rights Center
Emergency Shelter Assessment Committee (ESAC)
Maine AFL-CIO
Maine Association of Nonprofits
Maine Coalition for Housing and Quality Services
Maine Library Association
Maine People's Alliance
Maine People's Resource Center
Maine Section ASCE
Maine Workforce Housing
MSEA-SEIU Local 1989
Natural Resources Council of Maine
Penquis
Pike Industries
Professional Firefighters of Maine
Region 3 Homeless Council
Shalom House, Inc.
Southern Maine Labor Council
State Homeless Council
Washington Hancock Community Agency
Western Maine Labor Council
Skowhegan
Brewer
Bangor
Anson
Portland
South Portland
Bar Harbor
Brewer
Saco
Belgrade
Etna
Farmington
Fayette
Machanic Falls
Norway
Oakland
Oakland
Turner
Winterport
Woolwich
Professional Fire Fighters of Maine
Amalgamated Transit Union 714
Empower Lewiston
Maine Asphalt Pavement Assocation (MAPA)
Maine Primary Care Association
Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Androscoggin Chamber of Commerce
Maine State Green Party
Maine State Building and Construction Trades Council
Bangor Regional Chamber of Commerce
Town of Orono
Maine Airport Managers Association
Cape Elizabeth
Houlton
Maine Transit Association
Maine Sheriffs' Association
Maine Prosecutors Association
Town of Gray
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Maine Rep. Jim Martin, D-Orono
Robert G. Yandow, York Town Manager
Arundel Selectman Mark Paulin
If you would like to have your name or organization added to the list above, email Election@Exceptionmag.com. Please reference the question number and whether you support or oppose the measure in the subject line. We will still publish guest editorials on each measure up until Election Day as well.
FULL TEXT OF LEGISLATION BELOW
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §1482, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 2001, c. 671, §32, is further amended to read:
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