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Except by later voter approval, if an increase in revenue exceeds
any estimate prepared under paragraph C for the same fiscal year,
the tax increase is thereafter reduced in proportion to the amount
of the excess, and the excess revenue that was collected must be
refunded in the next fiscal year.__Ballot questions for revenue
increases must begin:__"Shall (specify district) revenues be
increased (amount of first or, if phased in, full fiscal year
dollar increase) annually...?"

 
6.__Costs.__The State shall reimburse municipalities for the
following costs:

 
A.__The costs of any election under this section and
providing the notice required under subsection 5 if the
election provides for a state tax increase; and

 
B.__The cost of one local district election per year under
this section if that election occurs during a regular
election.

 
§1994.__Expenditure limitations

 
1.__State expenditure limitation.__Beginning with the first
fiscal year that begins after this section takes effect, the
maximum annual percentage change in state fiscal year spending in
the categories specified in this subsection equals the inflation
adjustment factor plus the population adjustment factor and any
increases attributable to measures approved under section 1993.__
This limitation must be calculated separately for the following
categories:

 
A.__General Fund;

 
B.__Highway Fund;

 
C.__Quasi-governmental agencies and Other Special Revenue
funds, for which separate individual limitations must be
applied.__For quasi-governmental agencies whose primary
purpose is providing educational programs, the limitation
must be calculated by substituting for the population
adjustment factor a factor based on changes in student
enrollment.

 
2.__Local expenditure limitation.__Beginning with the first
fiscal year that begins after the effective date of this section,
the maximum annual percentage change in fiscal year spending for
a local district that is a school administrative unit equals the
inflation adjustment factor plus the change in its student
enrollment and any increases attributable to measures approved


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