Measure on the ballot in the 2016 Multistate 2016 General Election in Mississippi.
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Get StartedA "yes" vote supports increasing the debt of the Tree Haus Metropolitan District by $1,250,000 and increasing taxes by $106,000 annually (through special assessments or ad valorem property taxes) to improve the streets and roads
A "no" vote opposes increasing the debt of the Tree Haus Metropolitan District by $1,250,000 and opposes increasing taxes by $106,000 annually (through special assessments or ad valorem property taxes) to improve the streets and roads
Increasing the debt allows for additional funding of much-needed city services , in support of Referendum 5B (Learn more)
Debt increases saddle future generations with a sizable debt burden, in opposition to Referendum 5B (Learn more)
SHALL THE TREE HAUS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT DEBT BE INCREASED $1,250,000.00 WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF $2,189,837.50; AND SHALL THE TREE HAUS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $106,000.00 ANNUALLY, OR BY SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO PAY THE DISTRICT'S DEBT: SUCH DEBT TO CONSIST OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BONDS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING CONTRACTS, ISSUED OR INCURRED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING, FINANCING OR REIMBURSING ALL OR ANY PART OF THE COSTS OF DESIGNING, ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING, RELOCATING, INSTALLING, COMPLETING AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING, WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DISTRICT'S STREETS AND ROADS INCLUDING GUTTERS, OTHER DRAINAGE FACILITIES, INCLUDING DITCHES AND CULVERTS, PARKING FACILITIES, PAVING, GRADING, VALVES AND HYDRANTS AND THE APPURTENANCES THERETO, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PAVING AND RESURFACING SUCH STREETS AND ROADWAYS, TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY, INCIDENTAL AND APPURTENANT FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, LAND, EASEMENTS, AND EXTENSIONS OF AND IMPROVEMENTS TO SUCH FACILITIES, SUCH DEBT TO BEAR INTEREST AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT IN EXCESS OF 5.75% PER ANNUM, SUCH INTEREST TO BE PAYABLE AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES, AND WHICH MAY COMPOUND PERIODICALLY AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SUCH DEBT TO BE SOLD IN ONE SERIES OR MORE AT A PRICE, ABOVE, BELOW, OR EQUAL TO THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SUCH DEBT AND ON SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY DETERMINE, INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR REDEMPTION OF THE DEBT PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF PREMIUM IN AN AMOUNT DETERMINED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SUCH DEBT TO BE PAID FROM ANY LEGALLY AVAILABLE MONEYS OF THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS OR THE PROCEEDS OF AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES; SUCH TAXES TO CONSIST OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS OR AN AD VALOREM MILL LEVY IMPOSED ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY OF THE DISTRICT, WITHOUT LIMITATION OF RATE OR AMOUNT OR WITH SUCH LIMITATIONS AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND IN AMOUNTS SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE THE ANNUAL INCREASE SET FORTH ABOVE OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO BE USED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE PRINCIPAL OF, PREMIUM IF ANY, REFERENDUM 5B Continued in next column REFERENDUM 5B Continued: AND INTEREST ON THE DISTRICTS DEBT; AND SHALL THE PROCEEDS OF ANY SUCH DEBT AND THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH TAXES, ANY OTHER REVENUE USED TO PAY SUCH DEBT, AND INVESTMENT EARNINGS THEREON, BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT BY THE DISTRICT AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY SPENDING, REVENUE-RAISING, OR OTHER LIMITATION CONTAINED WITHIN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, OR ANY OTHER LAW WHICH PURPORTS TO LIMIT THE DISTRICT'S REVENUES OR EXPENDITURES AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS OR AS IT MAY BE AMENDED IN THE FUTURE, AND WITHOUT LIMITING IN ANY YEAR THE AMOUNT OF OTHER REVENUES THAT MAY BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT BY THE DISTRICT?
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