Mr. Barry Emigh 1720 Arrowhead Road, Apt. O North Little Rock, AR 72118
Dear Mr. Emigh:
This is in response to your request for certification, pursuant to A.C.A. § 7-9-107 (Repl. 1993), of a popular name and ballot title for a proposed initiated act. You have previously asked for certification of four separate submissions, each proposing a popular name and ballot title for a similar measure. I rejected those submissions in Opinions 99-298, 99-336, 99-380 and 99-381 due to a number of unresolved ambiguities arising from the text of the measure. You have made changes to the text of your proposal, have restyled it as an initiated act and now submit the following proposed popular name and ballot title for my certification:
POPULAR NAME DEALER INFORMATION AND TAX DEDUCTIONS ON THE COST OF A VEHICLE BI FUEL CARBURETOR SYSTEM
BALLOT TITLE ACT TO REQUIRE DEALERS TO INFORM A CUSTOMER PURCHASING A VEHICLE WITH INFORMATION ON THE AVAILABLE VEHICLE MODELS WITH A FACTORY INSTALLED BI FUEL CARBURETOR AND POST FACTORY INSTALLATION OF A BI FUEL CARBURETOR ON APPLICABLE NEW AND USED VEHICLE MODELS BY ALL MANUFACTURERS TO USE BOTH NATURAL GAS OR GASOLINE, FEDERAL AND STATE SUBSIDIES AND TAX DEDUCTIONS, TAX DEDUCTIONS ON THE PURCHASE PRICE OF NATURAL GAS VEHICLE FUEL EQUIPMENT, COMPARISONS OF NATURAL GAS AND GASOLINE VEHICLE EXHAUST EMMISSIONS [SIC], COMPARITIVE [SIC] COST OF NATURAL GAS AND GASOLINE PER GALLON BEFORE A CUSTOMER PURCHASES A NEW OR USED VEHICLE WITH TWENTY THOUSAND MILES AND LESS ON THE ODOMETER: TO PROVIDE THE DEALER PLACES A PLACARD ON APPLICABLE VEHICLES TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF AN AVAILABLE BI FUEL VEHICLE: TO PROVIDE THE STATE ISSUES THE NECESSARY PUBLICATIONS FOR THE DEALERS: TO PROVIDE A FINE FOR NON COMPLIANCE OF DEALERS NOT INFORMING A BUYER OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INFORMATION: TO PROVIDE A DEDUCTION ON THE FACTORY AND POST FACTORY INSTALLATION COST OF A BI FUEL CARBURETOR SYSTEM FROM THE SALES TAX: TO PROVIDE A DEDUCTION OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF A NEW AND USED VEHICLE WITH A BI FUEL CARBURETOR SYSTEM FROM THE STATE INCOME TAX: TO PROVIDE A DEDUCTION OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF A NATURAL GAS VEHICLE FUELING EQUIPMENT FROM THE SALES TAX AND STATE INCOME TAX OVER FIVE YEARS: TO PROVIDE THE STATE, COUNTY, FIRST AND SECOND CLASS CITIES ARE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE VEHICLES WITH BI FUEL CARBURETOR SYSTEMS WITH AN EXCEPTION ON PURCHASING VEHICLES WITH A SPECIFIC USE NOT AVAILABLE WITH A FACTORY INSTALLED AND POST FACTORY INSTALLATION OF A BI FUEL CARBURETOR SYSTEM:
The Attorney General is required, pursuant to A.C.A. § 7-9-107, to approve and certify the popular name and ballot title of all proposed initiative and referendum acts or amendments before the petitions are circulated for signature. The law provides that the Attorney General may substitute and certify a more suitable and correct popular name and ballot title, if he can do so, or if the proposed popular name and ballot title are sufficiently misleading, may reject the entire petition.
A.C.A. § 7-9-107 neither requires