1992-11-03-State-Election-Warrant

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WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION Town of Lexington Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. To any of the Constables of the Town of Lexington, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lexington qualified to vote in Elections to meet in their respective voting places in said Town, PRECINC,1 ONE, HARRINGTON SCHOOL; PRECINCT TWO, BOWMAN SCHOOL; PRECINCT THREE, JONAS CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL; PRECINCT FOUR, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL; PRECINCT FIVE, CARY MEMORIAL BUILDING; PRECINCT SIX, WILLIAM DIAMOND MIDDLE SCHOOL; PRECINCT SEVEN, ESTABROOK SCHOOL; PRECINCT EIGHT, FIRE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING; PRECINCT NINE, MARIA HASTINGS SCHOOL. TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1992 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the following purpose: To cast their votes in the State Election for the candidates of political parties for the following offices: ELECTORS OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE COMMONWEALTH REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS Seventh Congressional District COUNCILLOR Sixth Councillor District SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT Fourth Middlesex Senatorial District REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT Fifteenth Middlesex Representative District COUNTY SHERIFF Middlesex County COUNTY COMMISSIONER Middlesex County And to take action on the following questions: QUESTION 1 TAX ON CIGARETTES AND SMOKELESS TOBACCO LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the YES House of Representatives before May 6, 1992? NO SUMMARY This proposed law would establish a Health Protection Fund to pay for health programs relating to tobacco use, including distribution of information about tobacco use, to be financed by a new excise tax on cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. The Health Protection fund would be used, subject to appropriation by the state Legislature, to supplement existing funding for the following purposes: school health education programs including information about the hazards of tobacco use; smoking prevention and smoking cessation programs in the workplace and community; tobacco-related public service advertising; drug education programs; support of prenatal and maternal care at community health centers which provide programs on smoking cessation and information on the harmful effects of smoking; and monitoring by the state Department of Public Health of illness and death associated with tobacco. The proposed law would establish a new excise tax of one and one-quarter cents per cigarette (twenty-five cents per pack of 20) and twenty-five percent of the wholesale price of smokeless tobacco. This excise would be in addition to the excise already imposed on cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. The new excise would be collected by the state Department of Revenue under the same procedures that apply to the existing tobacco excise. The proposed law would direct the State Comptroller to report annually on the revenues and expenditures of the Health Protection Fund. The proposed law states that if any of its provisions were found invalid, the other provisions would remain in effect. The proposed law would go into effect on January 1, 1993.