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| | | D.__Two summaries, up to 500 words each, one in support of | | and one in opposition to each proposal, of written comments | | filed with the election officer by 45 days before the | | election.__A summary may not mention names of persons or | | private groups, nor any endorsements of or resolutions | | against the proposal.__Measure representatives following | | these rules shall write this summary for their proposal.__ | | The election officer shall maintain and accurately summarize | | all other relevant written comments. |
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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...?" |
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| | | 6.__Costs.__The State shall reimburse municipalities for the | | following costs: |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | B.__The cost of one local district election per year under | | this section if that election occurs during a regular | | election. |
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| | | §2044.__Expenditure limitations |
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| | | 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 2043.__ | | This limitation must be calculated separately for the following | | categories: |
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| | | C.__Quasi-governmental agencies and Other Special Revenue | | funds, for which separate individual limitations must be |
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