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BALLOT QUESTIONS
IN THE GENERAL ELECTION
November 4, 2008
Election Department - Clark County, Nevada
Last updated on September 16, 2008 |
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STATE QUESTIONS |
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STATE QUESTION NO. 1
Amendment to the Nevada Constitution
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 10 of the 73rd Session
Shall the Nevada Constitution be amended to eliminate an unconstitutional requirement that a person must reside in Nevada for 6 months prior to an election in order to be eligible to vote in that election?
STATE QUESTION NO. 2
Amendment to the Nevada Constitution
Shall Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution be amended in order: to provide that the transfer of property from one private party to another private party is not considered a public use; to provide that property taken for a public use must be valued at its highest and best use; to provide that fair market value in eminent domain proceedings be defined as the “highest price the property would bring on the open market;” and to make certain other changes related to eminent domain proceedings?
STATE QUESTION NO. 3
Amendment to the Nevada Constitution
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 16 of the 73rd Session
Shall the Nevada Constitution be amended to require that, before it can enact an exemption from property tax or from sales and use tax, the Nevada Legislature must: (1) make certain findings regarding the social or economic purpose and benefits of the exemption; (2) ensure that similar classes of taxpayers must meet similar requirements for claiming exemptions; and (3) provide a specific date on which the exemption will expire?
STATE QUESTION NO. 4
Amendment to the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955
Senate Bill No. 502 of the 74th Session
Shall the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955 be amended to authorize the Legislature to amend or repeal any provision of this Act without an additional direct vote of the people whenever necessary to carry out any federal law or interstate agreement for the administration, collection or enforcement of sales and use taxes, and to repeal an exemption from the taxes imposed by this Act on certain aircraft and aircraft components?
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COUNTY QUESTIONS |
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CLARK COUNTY ADVISORY QUESTION NO. 5
Room Tax Question
This question is advisory only: Do you support the imposition of an additional hotel and motel room tax of not more than 3 percent to be used in the first 2 years after imposition to avoid large cuts in the funding of education and other state programs and to be used thereafter to increase the funding of K-12 Education, specifically to improve student achievement and for salaries of non-administrative educational personnel?
CLARK COUNTY ADVISORY QUESTION NO. 6
(Boulder City Residents Only)
Boulder City Hospital District Creation and Funding Question
This question is advisory only: Do you support Clark County seeking legislation to permit the County to create the Boulder City Hospital District to contract with the existing not-for-profit hospital in Boulder City and allow the District to impose a new property tax in the amount of 15 cents per 100 dollars of assessed valuation within the District, to fund capital improvements (updating or adding square footage to the physical plant and infrastructure, purchase of property, plant and equipment, as well as repayment of capital debt) and program expansions (i.e., financing the recruitment of needed physician specialties and adding new medical services not currently available within the District’s boundaries)? If approved, the County will seek legislation that would allow only the new rate to be outside the caps on a taxpayer’s liability for property taxes established by the Legislature in the 2005 session, but except for the effect of the increased tax rate, the taxes raised would not otherwise be outside these caps.
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CITY QUESTIONS |
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BOULDER CITY QUESTIONS |
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BOULDER CITY BALLOT QUESTION NO. 1
A question proposing to amend the Boulder City Charter
Shall the Boulder City Charter be amended to add the following language set forth in bold italic:
Throughout this document all references to the masculine also include the feminine, where the context so requires, and references to the singular also include the plural and vice versa, where the context so requires.
BOULDER CITY BALLOT QUESTION NO. 2
A question proposing to amend the Boulder City Charter
Shall Section 8, paragraph 1.B. of the Boulder City Charter be amended to entirely repeal paragraph 1.B. and add a new paragraph 1.B.(1) as follows (Old language to be removed is shown in strike through. New language to be added is shown in bold italic):
B. Any City officer may be temporarily suspended with full pay at any time by a majority vote of the Council, but no City officer may be removed from office unless he has first been given an opportunity for a hearing before the Council, at his request, with not less than seven days prior notice of the time and place of the hearing. Such hearing may be either public or private, as requested by the officer, and at the hearing the officer may be assisted by his own legal counsel. Any action of the Council following such hearing shall be considered final and conclusive.
B. Any City officer may be temporarily suspended with full pay at any time by a majority vote of the Council, but no City officer may be removed from office unless he has first been given an opportunity for a hearing before the Council. The Council shall not hold a closed meeting to consider terminating such officer or to consider the character, alleged misconduct, professional competence, or physical or mental health of such public officer. The public officer may be assisted by his own legal counsel at the hearing. Any action of the Council following such hearing shall be considered final and conclusive. Written notice of the meeting shall be given to such officer in the manner set forth in NRS 241.033.
BOULDER CITY BALLOT QUESTION NO. 3
An Advisory Question to the People of the City of Boulder City
Shall the City sell approximately 46 acres of certain commercial property located west of Yucca Street in the industrial area of Boulder City, from which the proceeds shall be placed into the Capital Improvement Fund to assist in funding the City’s share of the cost of constructing the 3rd intake for water from Lake Mead?
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NORTH LAS VEGAS QUESTIONS |
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CITY OF NORTH LAS VEGAS BALLOT QUESTION NO. 1
Shall Section 4.020 of the Charter of the City of North Las Vegas be amended to require a Municipal Judge who holds the office of Municipal Judge after January 1, 2009:
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To devote his full time to the duties of his office; and |
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Except for a Municipal Judge who holds the office of Municipal Judge on January 1, 2009, and continues to serve in uninterrupted terms, to be a duly licensed member, in good standing, of the State Bar of Nevada? |
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