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Update on Key TBED Issues, Referenda from Around the Country

November 01, 2004
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The Oct. 25 issue of the SSTI Weekly Digest previewed ballot issues in six states that would have implications for their respective state efforts to grow a knowledge-based economy. The unofficial results at press time for each are provided below:

  • Arizona -- Proposition 102, allowing university tech transfer authority, failed with 527 percent voting against.
  • Arkansas -- Amendment Two, allowing state to issue $500 million in bonds for economic development, passed with 61.9 percent in favor.
  • California -- Proposition 71, $3 billion stem cell research, passed with 59 percent in favor
  • Maine -- Question 1, a property tax cap, failed with 63 percent against.
  • Rhode Island -- Question 13, authorizing $50 million in bonds for a biotechnology center, passed with 57.9 percent approving.
  • Utah -- Amendment Two, allowing university tech transfer authority, passed with 57.5 percent in favor.
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