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| 5.__Population adjustment factor.__"Population adjustment factor" | | means the increase or decrease in population for the preceding | | calendar year over the prior calendar year as determined annually | | by the Executive Department, State Planning Office statewide and | | for each municipality based on federal census estimates. |
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| | | 6.__Quasi-governmental agency.__"Quasi-governmental agency" | | means any separate legal entity for which the State is | | financially accountable and that is included in the financial | | statements of the State for financial reporting purposes under | | guidelines established by generally accepted accounting | | principles mandated by a governmental accounting standards board. |
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| | | 7. Revenue.__"Revenue" means taxes and fees collected by the | | State, a quasi-governmental agency or a local district pursuant | | to the statutes of the State, including those collected under | | Title 36, Part 2.__It includes money received from the sale of | | goods and services only to the extent that the receipts exceed | | the cost of providing the goods or services. |
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| | | §1993.__Approval of revenue increases |
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| | | 1.__Approval of increases.__The following forms of approval | | are required to adopt an increase in revenue: |
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| | | A.__The measure must be approved by a vote of 2/3 of all the | | members of each House of the Legislature or 2/3 of the | | members of the legislative body of a quasi-municipal agency | | or a local district; and |
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| | | B.__Except as provided in subsection 2, the measure must be | | approved by a majority of the voters in the jurisdiction as | | described in subsection 3. |
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| | | 2.__Exceptions.__Voter approval under subsection 1, paragraph | | B is not required if: |
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| | | A.__Annual state or local revenue is less than annual | | payments on general obligation bonds, required payments | | related to pensions and final court judgments; |
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| | | B.__The measure is an emergency tax and the provisions of | | section 1999 are followed; or |
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| | | C.__The increase in revenue applies to a quasi-governmental | | agency that does not have a body of voters. |
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