Private Acts of 2000 Chapter 111

SECTION 1.  The County Legislative Body of DeKalb County may direct the county election commission to place the following questions on the ballot for the general election on November 7, 2000 to be submitted to the voters of DeKalb County, Tennessee, for the purpose of determining the will and wishes of a majority of qualified voters of DeKalb County, participating in such election on the question of whether or not the county should construct a multi-purpose recreational facility:

(1) Do you support plans to construct a multi-purpose recreational facility for DeKalb County using public funds?

YES______                NO______

(2) Would you support an increase in the county property tax rate if it were necessary in order to fund the construction of the proposed recreational facility?

YES______                NO______

Any such referendum shall be advisory and nonbinding.

SECTION 2.  The planning committee of DeKalb County is directed to perform a study and enter the approximate cost of the project to construct a multi-purpose recreational facility in the minutes of such committee’s meetings.  The planning committee is further directed to publish such cost of the project in a newspaper of general circulation in DeKalb County once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks prior to the November general election.

SECTION 3.  This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Legislative Body of DeKalb County.  Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of DeKalb County and certified to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 4.  For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.  For all other purposes, it shall become effective as provided in Section 3.

Passed: May 15, 2000.