01-03-05 Special Called City Council and La Porte Development Corporation Joint Meeting Minutes

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control programs, and programs to replace malfunctioning or leaking water lines and other water facilities, (a-1) A corporation may undertake a project under this section unless within 60 days after first publishing notice of a specific project or type of general project the governing body of the city receives a petition from more than 10 percent of the registered voters of the city where the petition requests that an election be held before that specific project or that general type of project is undertaken, An election is not required to be held after the submission of a petition if the qualified citizens of the city have previously approved the undertaking of a specific project or that general type of project at an election called for that purpose by the governing body of the city or in conjunction with another election required to be held under this section. (a-2) The costs of a publicly owned and operated project that is purchased or constructed under this section include the maintenance and operating costs of the project, and the proceeds of taxes may be used to pay the maintenance and operating costs of a project, unless within 60 days after first publishing notice of this specific use of the proceeds of the taxes the governing body of the city receives a petition from more than 10 percent of the registered voters of the city where the petition requests that an election be held before the proceeds of taxes imposed under this section may be used to pay the maintenance and operating costs of a project, An election is not required to be held after the submission of a petition if the qualified citizens of the city have previously approved that the costs of a publicly owned and operated project purchased or constructed under this section include the maintenance and operating costs of the project and that the proceeds of taxes may be used to pay the maintenance and operating costs of a project, at an election called for that purpose by the governing body of the city or in conjunction with another election required to be held under this section. The election in this subsection shall not be required in a municipality located in a county with a population in excess of 1.3 million that has held an election prior to February 1, 1993, under this section and at which election the additional sales tax was approved. (a-3)(1) A city that creates or has created a corporation governed by this section may submit to thevoters of the city, at a separate election to be held on a uniform election date or at an election held under another provision of this Actl including the election at which the proposition to initially authorize the collection of a sales and use tax for the benefit of the corporation is submitted, a ballot proposition that authorizes the corporation to use the sales and use tax, including any amount previously authorized and collected, for a specific sports venue project, including related infrastructure, or for a specific category of sports venue projects, including related infrastructure. Prior approval of a specific sports venue project at an election or completion of a specific sports venue project approved at an election does not prohibit a city from seeking voter approval of an additional project or category of projects under this subsection to be funded from the same sales and use tax that is used to fund the previously approved sports venue project, This subsection does not affect the authority of a municipality to call an election under this section to levy a sales and use tax for any purpose authorized by this section after the sales and use tax described by this subsection is no longer collected as provided by Subsection (i) of this section. (2) In the election to authorize the use of the sales or use tax for a specific sports venue project or for a specific category of sports venue projects, the project or category of projects must be clearly described on the ballot so that a voter will be able to discern the limits of the specific project or category of projects authorized by the proposition, If maintenance and operating costs of an otherwise authorized faCility are to be paid from the sales or use tax, the ballot language must clearly state that fact.