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Private Acts of 1999 Chapter 1

Tennessee Code Annotated
Tennessee Attorney General Opinions

SECTION 1. The county legislative body of Lincoln County, Tennessee, by resolution is authorized to direct the county election commission to call an election for an advisory referendum, to be held in the regular election or in a special election, for the purpose of determining the will and wishes of a majority of the qualified voters of Lincoln County, Tennessee, participating in such election on the question of whether or not the Industrial Development Board of the City of Fayetteville and Lincoln County and the county government of Lincoln County should proceed with the building and equipping of a new hospital to be located in Lincoln County on real estate owned by Lincoln County, Tennessee and purchased for this purpose.

SECTION 2. The Lincoln County Election Commission shall hold such election at the earliest possible date in conformity with the general election laws of the State of Tennessee. The single issue shall be presented on the ballot as follows:

For the building and equipping of a new hospital_____

Against the building and equipping of a new hospital_____

SECTION 3. The ballots used in the advisory referendum election shall have printed on them the text required in Section 2 and the voters shall vote for or against its approval. The votes cast on the question shall be canvassed and the results proclaimed by the county election commissioners and certified by them to the Secretary of State as provided by law in the case of general elections. The qualifications of voters voting on the question shall be the same as those required for participation in general elections. All laws applicable to general elections shall apply to the determination of the approval or rejection of this act. The cost of the election shall be paid by Lincoln County.

SECTION 4. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the legislative body of Lincoln County. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of Lincoln County and certified to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 5. 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.

Passed: January 16, 1999.