But the voters passed Amendment 64 by a clear majority.
Voters in Oregon may well pass a similar measure by 2006.
To pay the $68,000 bill, voters passed a bond measure.
The state's voters have passed hundreds of laws by initiative over the last 90 years.
Voters passed the proposition in 1994, but a federal court later rejected it.
By law, once voters have passed a library budget, that amount cannot be eliminated, she said.
The voters defeated it and passed Proposition 13 by 65 percent.
The cities, whose voters had passed bond issues to pay for the site, turned around and donated it to the state.
In 2002, voters passed Measure 25, which again increased the minimum wage.
Voters passed the bond act almost 2 to 1.