Petition Status Find information about active and inactive petitions, including initiative, referendum, and recall petitions. Search Petitions Petition Type (Required) * Initiative Recall Referendum Status (Optional) Petition Year (Optional) Petition Year (Optional) Petition Topic Petition Topic All Petition IDs Your request returned multiple entries, please select an ID to view * Your request returned multiple entries, please select an ID to view * Petition Topic (Short Title) Submit Reset form If you are human, leave this field blank. Your search returned 1 results. Return to Petitions page. An Act providing for taxation of certain commercial ship vessels, pertaining to certain vessel activities and related to ship vessel operations taking place in the marine waters of the State of Alaska. Initiative Id: 03CTAX | AG File Number: 663-03-0179 State: Inactive Petition Status: Proposition appeared on ballot Primary Sponsors Joseph W. Geldhof, Gershon Cohen, Norman Sarabia Contact Sponsors Joseph Geldhof, 586-8193, joeg@alaska.com Date Petition Application Filed August 21, 2003 Application Certified October 8, 2003 Petitions Booklets Issued October 20, 2003 Petitions Booklets Filed with Elections October 19, 2004 The initiative appeared on the November 2, 2004 election ballot and was approved by a vote of: YES – 81,963 NO – 75,432 Sponsors Proposed Bill Language PDF Download HTML version Ballot Information 03CTAX ballot language (pdf) Petition Details Application was received in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on August 21, 2003. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on August 22, 2003. The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of sponsor signatures on September 30, 2003. The application was certified on October 8, 2003. Petition booklets were issued to the initiative committee on October 20, 2003. Petition booklets were submitted to the Division of Elections on October 19, 2004. Lieutenant Governor Leman certified the petition for this initiative as properly filed on December 17, 2004. A lawsuit was filed in the Alaska Superior Court on January 18, 2005 and a decision was issued on February 6, 2006 upholding the Lieutenant Governor’s decision to place the initiative on the 2006 Primary ballot. The plaintiffs filed an appeal with the Alaska Supreme Court on February 17, 2006. The Alaska Supreme Court issued an order affirming the Superior Court’s decision on May 11, 2006.