Fixed-sum levy: form of ballot

# (A)

The form of the ballot to be used at the election provided for in section 5705.195 of the Revised Code shall be as follows:

"Shall a fixed-sum levy be imposed by the ____ (here insert name of school district) for the purpose of paying the current operating expenses of the district in the sum of $____ (here insert annual amount the levy is to produce) and a levy of taxes to be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to average ____ mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $____ for each $100,000 of the county auditor's market value, for a period of ____ (here insert the number of years the millage is to be imposed) years?

| | FOR THE TAX LEVY | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | AGAINST THE TAX LEVY | |

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If the tax is to be placed on the current tax list, the form of the ballot shall be modified by adding, after "years," the phrase ", commencing in ____ (first year the tax is to be levied), first due in calendar year ____ (first calendar year in which the tax shall be due)."

If the levy submitted is a proposal to renew all or a portion of an existing tax adopted under division (C) or (D) of section 5705.194 of the Revised Code, the form of the ballot specified in this section must be changed by adding the following at the beginning of the form, after the first instance of the term "levy":

(A) "Renewing an existing levy" in the case of a proposal to renew an existing tax in the same amount;

# (B)

"Renewing part of an existing levy, being a reduction of $____" in the case of a renewal of only part of an existing tax.

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