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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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
§1993.__Approval of revenue increases

 
1.__Approval of increases.__The following forms of approval
are required to adopt an increase in revenue:

 
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

 
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.

 
2.__Exceptions.__Voter approval under subsection 1, paragraph
B is not required if:

 
A.__Annual state or local revenue is less than annual
payments on general obligation bonds, required payments
related to pensions and final court judgments;

 
B.__The measure is an emergency tax and the provisions of
section 1999 are followed; or

 
C.__The increase in revenue applies to a quasi-governmental
agency that does not have a body of voters.


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