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. e ORIGINAL ORDINANCE NO. 98-2297 AN ORDINANCE CALLING AN ELECTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF A SECTION 4B SALES AND USE TAX AT THE RATE OF ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT (.5%) TO UNDERTAKE PROJECTS AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4B OF ARTICLE 5190.6, REVISED CIVIL STATUTES, AS ENUMERATED; DESIGNATING ELECTION PRECINCTS AND POLLING PLACES; PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF VOTING MACHINES; APPOINTING ELECTION OFFICIALS; PROVIDING FOR METHOD AND DATES OF EARLY VOTING; PROVIDING FOR AN EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOARD; PROVIDING FOR RETURN AND CANVASS OF VOTES OF SAID ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. An election for the adoption of a Section 4B sales and use tax at the rate of one-half of one percent (.5%) to undertake designated projects as described in Section 4B of Article 5190.6, Revised civil Statutes, shall be held within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte, Texas, on the 16th day of January, 1999, such day being the third Saturday in January, 1999, between seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. The wording of the proposition that is to appear on the ballot shall be as follows: "BALLOT TITLE" The Adoption of a Section 4B sales and use tax at the rate of one- half of one percent (.s%) to undertake projects as described in Section 4B of Article 5190.6, inclUding but not limited to projects for the promotion of amateur athletics and sports including ball parks, auditoriums, projects related to entertainment, convention, tourist, and exhibition facilities, amphitheaters, concert halls, and public parks, park facilities and events, open space improvements, learning centers, municipal buildings, museums and related stores, restaurant, concession, and automobile parking facilities, related area transportation facilities, and related roads, streets, and water and sewer facilities, recycling facilities and projects to promote new or expanded business enterprises including pUblic safety facilities, streets and roads, drainage, and related improvements, demolition of existing structures, and general improvements that are municipally owned, development and expansion of affordable housing, as well as any other improvements or facilities that are related to any of the above projects and any other project that the board determines will promote new or expanded business enterprises, and the maintenance and operations expenses for any of the above described projects.