(i1/2) The local appropriating authority of any city or town may, by a two-thirds vote, seek voter approval to assess taxes in excess of the levy limitation for certain capital outlay expenditures. Amounts for such capital outlay expenditures or for the city’s or town’s apportioned share for certain capital outlay expenditures by a regional governmental unit shall be assessed only after approval by a separate vote of the people taken at a regular or special election held before the setting of the annual tax rate; provided, however, that the question submitted shall be worded as follows: “Shall the (city/town) of ___ be allowed to assess an additional $___ in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of (state the purpose(s) for which the monies from this assessment will be used) for the fiscal year beginning July first, two thousand and ___?
YES____ NO____
and provided, further, that said question shall be deemed approved if a majority of the persons voting thereon shall vote “yes”.
(k) The local appropriating authority of any city or town may, by two-thirds vote, seek voter approval at a regular or special election to assess taxes in excess of the amount allowed pursuant to this section for the payment of principal and interest on bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness, excluding tax revenue anticipation notes, issued by the city or town and for the city’s or town’s apportioned share of the principal and interest on such bonds or notes issued by a regional governmental unit which were not outstanding as of November fourth, nineteen hundred and eighty; provided, however, that the question submitted shall be as follows:—
(k) The local appropriating authority of any city or town may, by two-thirds vote, seek voter approval at a regular or special election to assess taxes in excess of the amount allowed pursuant to this section for the payment of principal and interest on bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness, excluding tax revenue anticipation notes, issued by the city or town and for the city’s or town’s apportioned share of the principal and interest on such bonds or notes issued by a regional governmental unit which were not outstanding as of November fourth, nineteen hundred and eighty; provided, however, that the question submitted shall be as follows:—
“Shall the (city/town) of ___ be allowed to exempt from the provisions of proposition two and one-half, so-called, the amounts required to pay for the bond issued in order to (state the purpose or purposes for which the monies from the local issue will be used)?
YES____ NO____
and provided, further, that said question shall be deemed approved if a majority of the persons voting thereon shall vote “yes”.
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ReplyDeleteThe Selectmen in our Town can not legally raise your taxes unless you do not vote. Sorry as it is, if more people vote for a article, and you sit home glued to the television, you give up your right to have any say about the issue. Special Town meetings are not the place for important issues to be decided, but that is my opinion. To much can be slid by, from special interest groups, but that is their right. I guess the whole thing boils down to attend Special and Annual Town Meetings, or shut up if you do not agree with what was decided. That is your right as a American !!
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