Section 3000.3054 - Referenda levying additional taxes(a) The county board of elections of the central county and each contiguous county shall cause to be printed on the official ballot and ballot labels at the municipal election in November 1997 a referendum to determine the will of the electorate within the county with respect to levying the additional sales and use taxes provided for in sections 3051 through 3057. (b) The question as printed on the official ballot and ballot labels in the central county shall be in the following form:REGIONAL RENAISSANCE INITIATIVE
Do you favor supporting job creation projects in this county by temporarily increasing the sales tax by 0.5% for seven years, with 75% of the revenues used to fund not more than 1/2 the cost of expanding the Lawrence Convention Center, and constructing facilities in the cultural district, a baseball park and a football stadium; and with the remaining 25% of the revenues used for other economic development projects in Allegheny County?
(c) The question as printed on the official ballot and ballot labels in the contiguous counties shall be in the following form:REGIONAL RENAISSANCE INITIATIVE
Do you favor supporting job creation projects in this county by temporarily increasing the sales tax by 0.5% for seven years, with 75% of the revenues used for economic development, transportation and tourism projects in (name) County; and with 25% of the revenues used to fund not more than 1/2 the cost of expanding the Lawrence Convention Center and constructing facilities in the cultural district, a baseball park and a football stadium in Pittsburgh?
(d) The referenda required under this section shall be advertised and conducted in accordance with the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L. 1333, No. 320), known as the "Pennsylvania Election Code."(e) Except as provided in subsections (f), (g) and (h), upon certification that the referendum provided for in subsection (a) has been approved in any county, the authority shall be established as provided in section 3031. (f) If the referendum provided for in this section is not approved by the voters in the central county but is approved by the voters in at least one contiguous county: (1) The Regional Destination Facilities Fund shall not be established and all taxes collected by participating counties under section 3052 shall be deposited in the Regional Growth Fund.(2) Members of the board shall not be appointed pursuant to section 3032(b)(1) and (3) . (g) If the referendum provided for in this section is approved by the voters in at least one county but is not approved by the voters in a particular contiguous county, the defeat of the referendum in that contiguous county shall not affect the establishment of the authority or the operation of the provisions of this article, except that the additional taxes provided for in section 3052 shall not be collected in the contiguous county and the contiguous county shall not be a participating county.(h) If the referenda provided for in this section are defeated in the central county and all of the contiguous counties, sections 3021 through 3057, 3071 through 3081 and 3903 shall be of no further force and effect.(i) If the referendum provided for in this section is approved by the voters in the central county, the increase in the hotel tax in the central county provided for in section 3061 shall be reduced to one and one-half per centum during the period that the taxes imposed by section 3052 are collected in the central county.1955, August 9, P.L. 323, No. 130, § 3054, added 1997, June 18, P.L. 179, No. 18, § 4, imd. effective.