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RESOLUTION CALLING AN ELECTION REGARDING AN APPROVAL OF UTILITY USER TAX
WHEREAS, The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte has adopted
Ordinance Number 3229 levying a utility user tax in the unincorporated
area of the County pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code Section ?284.2;
WHEREAS, said utility user tax is subject to the voter approval
requirement specified in Government Code Section 53723 and may not be
imposed until it is submitted to the County electorate of the
unincorporated area of the County and approved by majority vote of the
those voters voting in an election on the issue; and
WHEREAS this Board wishes to submit said Utility User Tax measure to
the County electorate of the unincorporated area of the County at the
statewide primary election to be held on March 26, 1996.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Butte, State of California, as follows:
1. The Board hereby calls a special election to be held within the
County of Butte on March 26, 1996.
2. The question to be submitted to the County voters in the
unincorporated areas of the County at said election shall be:
In order to maintain the current level of County services,
including fire protection, law enforcement, criminal prosecution
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and library services, shall the Utility User Tax levied in the
unincorporated area of Butte County by Ordinance Number 3229 be
approved, thereby continuing the tax at its current rate until
the year 2000, at which time the tax shall expire? This
Ordinance is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated
herein by this reference.
Said election shall be consolidated with the statewide primary
election to be held on March 26, 1996.
Said election shall be held and conducted pursuant to the
procedures specified in Part 3 of Division 10 of tYie Elections
Code commencing at Section 10400.
For the purposes of this election, and Ordinance Number 3229, the
"County eaters" and the "County electorate" shall include only
the voters in the unincorporated area of the County.
In accordance with Elections Code Section 13247, the County
Clerk is authorized to abbreviate the above measure to be
submitted to the voters of the unincorporated areas of the
County, only, to read as follows:
UTILITY USER TAX
In order to maintain the current level of County
services, including fire protection, law enforcement,
criminal prosecution and library services, shall the
Utility User Tax levied in the unincorporated area of
Butte County by Ordinance Number 3229 be approved,
thereby continuing the tax at its current rate until
the year 2000, at which time the tax shall expire?
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YES [ ]
NO [ ]
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Butte, State of California, held on December 12, 1995, by
the following votes:
AYES: Supervisors Meyer, Houma, Thomas and Chair McLaughlin
NOES: Supervisor Dolan
ABSENT: None
NOT t70TING : None
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ED McLAUGHLIN, Ch 'r
Butte County Boar of Supervisors
ATTESTED:
JOHN BLACKLOCK
Chief Administrative Officer
and the Clerk of the Board
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version: 12-5-95
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