(A) Whenever a proposed tax levy, whether a continuing fixed levy, continuing levy or levy for a single year, is submitted to a vote of the people by the city, the measure submitted shall state the total amount of money to be raised by the proposed levy in dollars and cents.
(B) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) below, in any election requesting authorization to levy taxes over the amount limited by the constitution except on vote of the people, if the total taxes which would be levied if the voters approve the request will differ from the total taxes levied in the prior year, the measure shall state the dollar amount by which that portion of the operating budget to be financed wholly by the levy of property taxes for the fiscal year beginning July 1 of the current calendar year is increased or decreased over the dollar amount for the preceding year in substantially the following form:
If this measure is approved, the operating budget to be financed by local taxes for the year 20 - 20 will be $ greater (or less) than the operating budget financed by local taxes for the preceding year. |
(C) Division (B) above has no application to budgets for serial levies or for levies for bonds, nor shall these budgets be included in the computation of the dollar amounts under division (B) above.
(D) If more than one measure to levy taxes over the amount limited by the constitution except on a vote of the people referred to in division (B) above is submitted to the voters in a manner that the voters may accept or reject one or more of the measures, each measure shall show the dollar amount required by division (B) above computed on the basis of the operating budget for the same purpose for the preceding year.
(E) This section has no application to elections and levies with respect to bonds for which provision is made in O.R.S. Chapter 287A or other laws.
(F) The statement required by this section shall be added to and made a part of the 150-word explanation required by § 32.05, but the number of words contained in the statement required by this section shall not be included in the 150-word limitation.
(Prior Code, § 33.31) (Ord. 836, passed 5-19-1975)