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Article XIIIB established the appropriations limit for most cities, counties, and special districts at the time Article XIIIB became law. Since the City of Elk Grove ("the City") was incorporated after Article XIIIB took effect, the City's appropriations limit is established differently.

Prior to the City's incorporation, the Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission ("LAFCO") set a provisional appropriations limit for the City at twenty-two million forty thousand dollars ($22,040,000). State law imposes on the City Council a duty to: (1) determine a proposed permanent appropriations limit to replace the provisional appropriations limit set by LAFCO; and (2) to submit the proposed permanent base-year appropriations limit to the voters at the first municipal election held after the City's first full fiscal year of operation.

State law requires the permanent base-year appropriations limit for a city incorporated after January 1, 1990, to be determined by calculating the actual tax proceeds received by the city during its first full fiscal year of operation and adjusting that amount by the estimated change in the cost of living and population growth in the next full fiscal year of incorporation, and by other applicable factors. The City Council proposes a permanent appropriations limit for the City in the amount of twenty-two million forty thousand dollars ($22,040,000).

The proposed permanent base year appropriations limit will replace the provisional appropriations limit set by LAFCO. The proposed permanent appropriations limit does not increase fees, taxes, or assessments nor does it authorize additional taxes paid by City residents or businesses. Rather, the proposed permanent base-year appropriations limit only establishes an upper limit on appropriations.

Commencing with fiscal year 2002-2003 and continuing thereafter for subsequent fiscal years, the City Council will set the City's appropriations limit using the permanent base-year appropriations limit set at this, the November 5, 2002, election. The City Council will adjust annually the appropriations limit by the factors specified in State law.