The Committee on Ways and Means proposes the following Amendment No. to S. 152 (COUNCIL\SA\152C001.JN.SA22):

Reference is to Printer's Date 5/13/21-S.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 4-10-1020(A) and inserting:

/ Section 4-10-1020.(A) A county governing body may impose a sales and use tax up to one percent authorized by this article, by ordinance, subject to a referendum. An enacting ordinance must specify:

(1) the purpose for which the proceeds of the tax are to be used, which may include preservation procurements located within or without, or both within and without, the boundaries of the local governmental entities, including the county, municipalities, and special purpose districts located in the county area;

(2) if the county proposes to issue bonds to provide for the payment of any costs of the preservation procurements, the maximum amount of bonds to be issued, whether the sales tax proceeds are to be pledged to the payment of the bonds and, if other sources of funds are to be used for the preservation procurements, a list of the other sources;

(3) the maximum cost of the preservation procurements, to be funded from the proceeds of the tax or bonds issued as provided in this article and the maximum amount of net proceeds expected to be used to pay the cost or debt service on the bonds, as the case may be; and

(4) the fact that preservation procurements may pertain to real property situated outside of the boundaries of the taxing jurisdiction. /

Amend the bill further, SECTION 1, by striking Section 4-10-1020(C) and inserting:

/(C) The referendum question to be on the ballot must read substantially as follows:

'Must a special [percent] sales and use tax be imposed in [county] for not more than [time] to raise the amounts specified for preservation procurements for the purpose of procuring open lands and green space by and through the acquisition of interests in real property, such interests to include:

(a) the acquisition of fee simple titles;

(b) conservation easements;

(c) development rights;

(d) rights of first refusal;

(e) options;

(f) leases with options to purchase; or

(g) any other interests in real property?

Yes []

No []'

If the referendum includes the issuance of bonds, then the question must be revised to include the principal amount of bonds proposed to be authorized by the referendum and the sources of payment of the bonds if the sales tax approved in the referendum is inadequate for the payment of the bonds. /