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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 140

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SCR140.............................................by WHEELER AND SCHROEDER
SALES TAX - ADVISORY VOTE - Stating findings of the Legislature and
providing for an advisory vote at the 2000 general election regarding an
increase in the sales tax and the dedication of the additional revenues for
the construction of elementary and secondary public school facilities.
                                                                        
01/26    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/27    Rpt prt - to Loc Gov

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 SCR140
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                            SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 140
                                                                        
                                  BY WHEELER AND SCHROEDER
                                                                        
  1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  2    STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE, INSTRUCTING THAT THE SECRETARY  OF  STATE
  3        MAKE  PROVISION TO SUBMIT A QUESTION TO THE ELECTORS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
  4        AT THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER 2000, FOR AN ADVISORY  VOTE  REGARDING
  5        AN  INCREASE  IN  THE SALES TAX AND DEDICATING THE ADDITIONAL REVENUES FOR
  6        CONSTRUCTION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  FACILITIES,  AND
  7        DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PUBLISH THE QUESTION.
                                                                        
  8    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  9        WHEREAS,  the Legislature finds it is necessary for the health, safety and
 10    general welfare of students that the state promote  adequate  and  appropriate
 11    educational facilities; and
 12        WHEREAS,  the Legislature recognizes the significant school facility needs
 13    documented to exist throughout the state; and
 14        WHEREAS, the Legislature recognizes the difficulties involved in approving
 15    local school district bond proposals, especially in small districts  with  new
 16    growth; and
 17        WHEREAS,  the  Legislature finds and declares that members of the Legisla-
 18    ture desire to be responsive and responsible to the citizens of the state.
 19        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second  Regular  Ses-
 20    sion  of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Repre-
 21    sentatives concurring therein, that we find it to be in  the  public  interest
 22    that  the  following  advisory  question be submitted to the electorate at the
 23    general election in November 2000:
 24        "Shall the Legislature of the State of Idaho increase the  sales  tax  and
 25    dedicate  the additional revenues for construction of elementary and secondary
 26    public school facilities?".
 27        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State is hereby  directed  to
 28    provide  that  the question be placed on the ballot at the general election in
 29    November 2000.
 30        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State is hereby  directed  to
 31    publish  this  question  as provided by law for publication of proposed amend-
 32    ments to the Constitution of the State of Idaho.