Hamilton County, OH Ballot

Issue 1 To adopt Section 2p of Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Ohio -- State of Ohio (Proposed Constitutional Amendment (Proposed by Resolution of the General Assembly of Ohio) - A majority yes vote is necessary for passage): This proposed amendment would:
1. Be for the purpose of creating jobs and stimulating economic growth in Ohio.
2. Authorize state and local governments to issue bonds and provide other financial assistance to support "science and technology based research and development purposes," including new product development and commercialization, capital formation, operating costs, public and private institutions of higher education, research organizations, institutions or facilities, and private sector business and industry, as may be provided for by state or local law.
3. Limit to five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) the total principal amount of state general obligations issued under this amendment, and limit the amount that can be borrowed in any one fiscal year to no more than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) plus the principal amount of those obligations that in any prior fiscal year could have been but were not issued, except that not more than one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) of principal amount of those obligations may be issued in the first fiscal year of issuance.
4. Authorize the state to participate or to assist in the financing of "science and technology based research and development purposes" undertaken by local governmental or private sector entities; authorize state-supported and state-assisted institutions of higher education and local public agencies to issue bonds or other obligations to pay their costs of participating in and implementing those purposes; and specify that these activities would be public purposes not subject to the Ohio Constitution's prohibitions regarding lending aid and credit.
5. Require that these obligations mature no later than December 31 of the twentieth calendar year after issuance, except that obligations issued to refund or retire other obligations must mature no later than December 31 of the twentieth calendar year after the year in which the original obligation to pay was issued or entered into.
6. Authorize the General Assembly to pass laws providing for its implementation. If adopted, this amendment shall take immediate effect. Shall the proposed amendment be adopted? Yes No
Issue 17 Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal And Decrease) -- County of Hamilton (Zoo Levy - A majority yes vote is necessary for passage)
114,829 / 65.52% Yes votes ...... 60,419 / 34.48% No votes: A renewal of a part of an existing levy, being a reduction of 0.02 mill to constitute a tax for the benefit of the County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of SUPPLEMENTING THE GENERAL FUND OF THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE OR MAINTAIN ZOOLOGICAL PARK SERVICES AND FACILITIES at a rate not exceeding four tenths (0.4) mill for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to four cents ($0.04) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five (5) years, commencing in 2003, first due in calendar year 2004. For The Tax Levy Against The Tax Levy

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