IN THE COUNTY COURT OF
CROSS COUNTY, ARKANSAS
IN THE MATTER OF THE LEVY OF A ONE )
PERCENT (1.0%) SALES AND USE TAX )
WITHIN CROSS COUNTY, ARKANSAS )
ORDER PROCLAIMING RESULTS OF SPECIAL ELECTION
HELD IN CROSS COUNTY, ARKANSAS ON MARCH 5, 2024
On this _11th_ day of March, 2024, being a day which this Court hereby determines and declares to be a day when it is duly and legally convened for the transaction of business, comes on for consideration the question of proclaiming the results of the special election held in Cross County, Arkansas (the “County”) on March 5, 2024, on the question of the levy of a one percent (1.0%) sales and use tax within the County (the “Tax”) for a period of 48 months, the net collections of which remaining after deduction of the administrative charges of the State of Arkansas and required rebates will be distributed to and used by the County to assist in operating and maintaining hospital and related health care and support facilities, including particularly, without limitation, the hospital facility known as CrossRidge Community Hospital Corporation d/b/a CrossRidge Community Hospital (“Hospital Facilities”), and the Court, being fully advised in the premises and after due consideration thereof, finds:
1.
There was held a special election in the County on March 5, 2024, on the question of the levy of the Tax within the County for a period of 48 months, the net collections of which remaining after deduction of the administrative charges of the State of Arkansas and required rebates will be distributed to and used by the County to assist in operating and maintaining Hospital Facilities.
2.
There has been presented to the Court, and the Court has examined, a Certificate of Election signed by the members of the Cross County Board of Election Commissioners certifying the vote at the special election held in the County on March 5, 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS CONSIDERED, ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:
Section 1. The results of the special election held in the County on March 5, 2024 on the question of the levy of the Tax for a period of 48 months, the net collections of which remaining after deduction of the administrative charges of the State of Arkansas and required rebates will be distributed to and used by the County to assist in operating and maintaining Hospital Facilities, are hereby proclaimed as follows:
Adoption of a one percent (1.0%) local sales and use tax within Cross County for a period of 48 months,, the net collections of which remaining after deduction of the administrative charges of the State of Arkansas and required rebates shall be distributed to and used by the County to assist in operating and maintaining hospital and related health care and support facilities, including particularly, without limitation, the hospital facility known as CrossRidge Community Hospital which is owned by the County and currently leased to St. Bernards Community Hospital Corporation d/b/a CrossRidge Community Hospital. Municipalities in the County will not receive a share of the tax collections. The levy of the sales and use tax shall commence on October 1, 2024 and expire on September 30, 2028.
FOR 1,994
AGAINST 678
Section 2. All persons are hereby notified that the results of the election on the levy of the Tax within the County for a period of 48 months, the net collections of which remaining after deduction of the administrative charges of the State of Arkansas and required rebates will be distributed to and used by the County to assist in operating and maintaining Hospital Facilities, shall be conclusive unless attacked in the Circuit Court of the County within 30 days after the publication hereof.
ENTERED as an Order of the County Court of Cross County, Arkansas, this 14th day of March, 2024.
___ _/s/ Lynn Blake______________
County Judge
CERTIFICATE
I, the undersigned, County Clerk of Cross County, Arkansas, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, correct and compared copy of an Order entered by the Cross County Court on the 14th day of March, 2024, which now appears of record in County Court records of Cross County, Arkansas.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Court this 14th day of March, 2024.
____/s/ Mary Beth Sanders_________
County Clerk
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