PROPOSAL TO INCREASE LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX RATE TO FUND WELLNESS AND AQUATIC CENTER AND SPORTS FIELDS PROJECTS - Sales and Use Tax

Summary

A "Yes" Vote: If a majority of the votes cast upon such question shall be in favor of increasing such local sales and use tax rate by an additional one-half of one percent (½%) to a rate of two percent (2%), then the governing body of such incorporated municipality - the City of Ashland - shall be empowered as provided by Section 77-27,142 of the Nebraska Revised Statutes and shall forthwith proceed to increase the local sales and use tax rate from one and one-half percent (1½%) to two percent (2%), impose a sales and use tax at the increased rate upon the same transactions within such municipality on which the State of Nebraska is authorized to impose a tax pursuant to the Local Option Revenue Act, and use the revenues from the increased tax to pay the costs of constructing a wellness and aquatic center in the City and to pay the costs of improvements to the existing sports fields in the City.

A "No" Vote: If a majority of those voting on the question shall be opposed to such an increase of the local sales and use tax rate by an additional one-half of one percent (½%), then the governing body of the incorporated municipality – the City of Ashland - shall not impose such a tax increase and the local sales and use tax rate will remain unchanged at one and one-half percent (1½%).

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