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AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE
CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS ON THE QUESTION OF
LEVYING A PERMANENT ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT
(0.5%) SALES AND USE TAX WITHIN THE CITY OF
BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS; AND PRESCRIBING OTHER
MATTERS PERTAINING THERETO.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Batesville, Arkansas (the "City") has
passed on December 27, 2011, Ordinance No. 2011-12-03 providing for the levy of a new one-
half of one percent (0.5%) sales and use tax within the City (the "Sales and Use Tax") for one or
more of the following: (a) to pay and secure the repayment of bonds approved by the voters and
issued by the City from time to time to finance capital improvements, (b) for park and
recreational,purposes, (c) for public safety purposes, including particularly, without limitation,
police and fire and (d) for street purposes; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this Ordinance is to call a special election on the
question of the levy of the Sales and Use Tax;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Batesville, Arkansas:
Section 1. There is hereby called a special election to be held on March 13,
2012, at which election there shall be submitted to the electors of the City the question of the
levy of the Sales and Use Tax.
Section 2. The question of levying the Sales and Use Tax shall be placed on
the ballot for the election in substantially the following form:
0.5% SALES AND USE TAX
(PERMANENT)
Vote FOR or AGAINST adoption of a new 0.5% local sales and use tax within
the City of Batesville for one or more of the following: (a) to pay and secure the
repayment of bonds approved by the voters and issued by the City from time to
time to finance capital improvements, (b) for park and recreational purposes, (c)
for public safety purposes, including particularly, without limitation, police and
fire and (d) for street purposes.
The collections of the tax remaining after deduction of the administrative charges
of the State of Arkansas and required rebates shall be used for the purposes set
forth above. The levy of the tax is not dependent on any bonds being approved or
issued.
FOR................................................................................................................................ ❑
AGAINST...................................................................................................................... ❑
Section 3. The election shall be held and conducted and the vote canvassed
and the results declared under the law and in the manner now provided for municipal elections
unless otherwise provided in Title 26, Chapter 75, Subchapter 2 of the Arkansas Code of 1987
Annotated and only qualified voters of the City shall have the right to vote at the election.
Section 4. The results of the election shall be proclaimed by the Mayor, and
his Proclamation shall be published one time in a newspaper having a general circulation in the
City, which Proclamation shall advise that the results as proclaimed shall be conclusive unless
attacked in the courts within thirty days after the date of publication.
Section 5. A copy of this Ordinance shall be (a) filed with the Independence
County Clerk at least 60 days prior to the election date and (b) given to the Independence County
Board of Election Commissioners so that the necessary election officials and supplies may be
provided. A certified copy of this Ordinance shall also be provided to the Commissioner of
Revenues of the State of Arkansas as soon as practical.
Section 6. The Mayor and City Clerk, for and on behalf of the City, are
hereby authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary to call and hold the special
• election as herein provided and to perform all acts of whatever nature necessary to carry out the
authority conferred by this Ordinance.
Section 7. All ordinances and parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict.
PASSED: December 27, 2011
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
Mayor
City Clerk
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CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, City Clerk of Batesville, Arkansas, hereby certifies that the
foregoing pages are a true and perfect copy of Ordinance No. 2011-12-04, passed at a regular
session of the City Council of Batesville, Arkansas, held at the regular meeting place of the City
Council at 5:30 o'clock p.m., on the 27P day of December, 2011, and that the Ordinance is of
record in Ordinance Record Book No. , Page ( , now in my possession.
GIVEN under my hand and seal this ')� —day of December, 2011.
City CIVrk
(SEAL)
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