Prowers County Ballot Issue 1A:
SHALL PROWERS COUNTY TAXES BE INCREASED BY APPROXIMATELY $400,000 ANNUALLY BEGINNING IN 2019 AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE RECEIVED ANY YEAR THEREAFTER BY THE IMPOSITION OF AN INCREASE IN THE COUNTY’S SALES AND USE TAX BY TWENTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS (0.0025) OF ONE CENT PER DOLLAR PURSUANT TO PART 1 OF ARTICLE 2 OF TITLE 29, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES TO BE EXCLUSIVELY USED FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES; SHALL SUCH SALES AND USE TAX INCREASE COMMENCE ON JANUARY 1, 2019 AND BE IMPOSED AS FOLLOWS: A SALES TAX INCREASE OF TWENTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS (0.0025) OF ONE CENT PER DOLLAR ON THE SALE OF TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY AT RETAIL AND THE FURNISHING OF SERVICES IN THE COUNTY; A USE TAX INCREASE OF TWENTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS (0.0025) OF ONE CENT PER DOLLAR ON THE STORAGE, USE OR CONSUMPTION IN THE COUNTY OF ANY CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS PURCHASED AT RETAIL AND MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES PURCHASED AT RETAIL ON WHICH REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED; PROVIDED THAT THIS QUESTION DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY TO INCREASE ANY OTHER FEE OR TAX, INCLUDING PROPERTY TAXES; AND SHALL THIS TAX INCREASE CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS THAT OTHERWISE WOULD APPLY TO THE COUNTY UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION; COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE TAXPAYER’S BILL OF RIGHTS OR “TABOR”; ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PROWERS COUNTY AND SET FORTH IN RESOLUTION NO. 2018-7, AS AMENDED AND REENACTED BY RESOLUTION NO. 2018-11?
