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Buckley Community School District Property Tax Levy Increase Proposal (November 2012)
A Buckley Community School District Property Tax Levy Increase proposal was on the November 6, 2012 election ballot in Grand Traverse County, which is in Michigan, where it was narrowly approved.[1]
Election results
Wexford County
| Buckley SD Tax Prop | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 407 | 55.98% | ||
| No | 320 | 44.02% | ||
Results via Wexford County, General Elections November 6, 2012 Election Results
Grand Traverse County
| Buckley SD Tax Prop | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 274 | 50.74% | ||
| No | 266 | 49.26% | ||
Results via Grand Traverse County, General Elections November 6, 2012 Election Results Official Summary
Text of measure
Language on the ballot:
| “ | This proposal will allow the school district to levy the statutory rate of 18 mills on all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, required for the school district to receive its revenue per pupil foundation allowance.
Shall the limiation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, in Buckley Community Schools, Wexford and Grand Traverse Counties, Michigan, be increased by 18.5 mills ($18.50 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 4 years, 2013 to 2016, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes (18 mills of the above is a renewal of millage which expired with the 2012 tax levy and .5 mill is an increase of millagae which will be levied only to the extend necessary to restore the millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Consitutuion of 1963); the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2013 is approximately $409,044?[1][2] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 SOS Public Ballot Veiwer, Grand Traverse County, 2012 General Election Samle Ballots
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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