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 levying a tax on certain leases having known resources of natural gas, conditionally repealing the levy of that tax, and authorizing a credit for payments of that tax against amounts due under the oil and gas properties production (severance) tax if requirements relating to the sale or shipment of the natural gas are met; and providing for an effective date. Initiative Id: 05GAS2 | AG File Number: 663-06-0014 State: Inactive Petition Status: Proposition appeared on ballot Primary Sponsors David Guttenberg, Harry T. Crawford Jr., Eric Croft Date Petition Application Filed July 20, 2005 Application Certified August 29, 2005 Petitions Booklets Issued September 2, 2005 Petitions Booklets Filed with Elections July 6, 2006 The initiative appeared on the November 4, 2008 election ballot and was rejected by a vote of: YES – 80,909 NO – 152,889 Sponsors Proposed Bill Language PDF Download HTML version Ballot Information 05GAS2 ballot language (pdf) Petition Details Application was received in the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on July 20, 2005. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on July 22, 2005.The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of sponsor signatures on July 29, 2005. The application was certified on August 29, 2005. Petition booklets were issued to the initiative committee on September 2, 2005. Petition booklets were submitted to the Division of Elections on January 6, 2006. Lieutenant Governor Leman certified the petition for this initiative as properly filed on March 6, 2006.