2016 General Election Info: When, Where, Candidates & Issues for Saline County

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2016 GENERAL ELECTION INFORMATION

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Where & When to Vote Early
Where & When to vote on Election Day
The Candidates
The Issues

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1. Where & When to Vote Early

Vote Early at the following 4 locations, days and times:

… at the “Vote Here” Center at 221 North Main in Benton at these times:

Mon, Oct 24 ‐ Fri, Oct 28 (8am ‐ 6pm)
Sat, Oct 29 (10am ‐ 4pm)
Mon, Oct 31 ‐ Fri, Nov 4 (8am ‐ 6pm)
Sat, Nov 5 (10am ‐ 4pm)
Mon, Nov 7 (8am ‐ 5pm)

… at Grace Church ‐ 4200 Hwy 5 North in Bryant, Bank of the Ozarks ‐ 24705 Hwy 5 in Lonsdale, or East Union Baptist Church ‐ 20422 North Springlake Road in Hensley at these times:

Sat, Oct 29 (10am ‐ 4pm)
Mon, Oct 31 ‐ Fri, Nov 4 (10am ‐ 6pm)
Sat, Nov 5 (10am ‐ 4pm)
Mon, Nov 7 Closed

2. Where & When to vote on Election Day

Tuesday, November 8, 2016 from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

… at a voting center below:

Vote Here Building 221 N Main in Benton
Grace Church, 4200 Hwy 5 N in Bryant

…or at your local polling place by finding your voting precinct number below:

1 – Avilla Community Center, 13383 Congo‐Ferndale, Alexander
2 & 35 – Balboa Baptist Church, 415 Ponce De Leon, Hot Spring Village
3 – Bauxite City Hall, 6005 Stanley Cir., Bauxite
4 & 36 – Bryant First Methodist Church, 508 North Reynolds Road, Bryant
5 – Calvary Baptist Church, 612 Valley View, Benton
6 – Central Arkansas Church of Christ, 8220 Hwy 5 North, Alexander
7 – Congo Road Baptist Church, 7193 Congo Road, Benton
8 – Crows Fire Department, 17484 Hwy 5, Lonsdale
9 & 37 – East End Baptist Church, 4701 East End Road, Hensley
10 – Fairplay Baptist Church, 8516 Fairplay Road, Benton
11 – First Baptist Family Life Center, 211 South Market, Benton
12 – First Christian Church, 16218 Hwy I‐30, Benton
13 & 38 – Grace Church, 4200 Hwy 5 North, Bryant
14 & 39 – First Southern Baptist Church, 604 South Reynolds Road, Bryant
15 & 40 – Centerpoint Church, 20383 Hwy I‐30, Benton
16 – Haskell Fire Department, 2520 Hwy 229, Benton
17 & 41 – Bob Herzfeld Memorial Library, 1800 Smithers Dr., Benton
18 – Ralph Bunche Community Center, 1600 Dixie St., Benton
19 – Kentucky Baptist Church, 7070 Hwy 5, Benton
20 – Mountainside Church, 301 Elcano Drive, Hot Spring Village
21 – Old Union Church, 12641 Hwy 298, Benton
22 – Olive Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 14514 Chicot Road, Mabelvale
23 – Paron Cafetorium, 22265 Hwy 9, Paron
24 & 42 – Salem United Methodist Church, 1647 Salem Road, Benton
25 – Sardis United Methodist Church, 10715 West Sardis Road, Bauxite
26 – Shannon Hills City Hall, 10401 High Road, Shannon Hills
27 – Sharon Baptist Church, 402 Shenandoah Road, Benton
28 – New Friendship Baptist Fellowship Hall, 7400 Friendship Road, Benton
29 – Ten Mile Baptist Church, 17511 Church Road, Lonsdale
30 – Traskwood City Hall, 10013 Hwy 229, Traskwood
31 – Trinity Baptist Church, 702 Church Street, Benton
32 – Turtle Creek Fire Department # 3, 1536 Mt. View Road, Benton
33 – Vimy Ridge Immanuel Baptist Church, 12214 Germania Road, Alexander
34 – Woodland Hills Water Department, 15250 Hwy 111, Alexander

3. The Candidates

U.S. President & Vice President

Lynn S. Kahn / Kathleen Monahan – Independent
Gary Johnson / Bill Weld – Libertarian
Jim Hedges / Bill Bayes – Independent
Donald J. Trump / Michael R. Pence – Republican
Evan McMullin / Nathan Johnson – Better For America
Hillary Clinton / Tim Kaine – Democratic
Jill Stein / Ajamu Baraka – Green
Darrell L. Castle / Scott N. Bradley – Constitution

U. S. Senate

Conner Eldridge – Democratic
Senator John Boozman – Republican
Frank Gilbert – Libertarian
Write – In

U. S. Congress – District 2

Dianne Curry – Democratic
Congressman French Hill – Republican
Chris Hayes – Libertarian
Write – In

State Representative – District 27

Melissa Larkan Fults – Democratic
Andy Mayberry – Republican

Circuit Clerk

Circuit Clerk Myka Bono Sample – Republican

Justice of the Peace – District 1

Doug Harris – Libertarian
Justice of the Peace Pat Bisbee – Republican

Justice of the Peace – District 2

Justice of the Peace Everette Hatcher – Republican
Rodney Goshien SR. – Democratic

Justice of the Peace – District 8

Justice of the Peace Edward A. Albares – Republican
Carl Wikstrom – Libertarian
Spencer Smith – Democratic

Alexander Alderman Ward 1 Position 1

Joe Pollard – Independent
Alderman Louis E. Hobbs – Independent

Alexander Alderman Ward 1 Position 2

Elizabeth Bland – Independent
Farren Wadley – Independent

Alexander Alderman – Ward 2 Position 1

Joy Gray – Independent
Alderman Stephanie Beck – Independent

Alexander Alderman – Ward 2 Position 2

Alderman Andy Mullins – Independent
Juanita Wilson – Independent

Alexander Alderman Ward 3 Position 1

Harold Timmerman – Independent
Alderman Andrea Bearden – Independent
Samuel D. Gregory – Independent

Alexander Alderman Ward 3 Position 2

Corliss Jerry Ball – Independent
Alderman Dan Church – Independent

Alexander Alderman Ward 4 Position 1

Alderman Melissa Ratliff – Independent
Tammy Pille – Independent

Alexander Alderman Ward 4 Position 2

Alderman Lonny Chapman – Independent
Jeffery Watson – Independent

Alexander Recorder

Sharon Bankhead – Independent
ReGina Watson – Independent

Alexander Treasurer

Kenneth Miller – Independent
Julia Ann Wilson – Independent

Bauxite Alderman Position 1

Jennifer Glover Luna – Independent
Alderman “Adam” Kampbell

Bauxite Alderman Position 2

Renee Chastain – Independent
Sarah Hoover – Independent
Michial Jones – Independent

Bauxite Alderman Position 5

Alderman Ronnie Ramsey – Independent
Eddie Jones – Independent

Benton Alderman Ward 3 Position 2

Alderman Jerry Ponder – Independent
Rick Holland – Independent

Bryant Alderman Ward 2 Position 1

Allen E. Scott – Independent
Alderman Jonathan Long – Independent

Shannon Hills Alderman Ward 1 Position 2

Toni Blackwell – Independent
Sue Skipper – Independent

Shannon Hills Alderman Ward 3 Position 1

Sean Massey – Independent
Addie Grigsby-Roshell – Independent

Alderman Scott Bennett – Independent

Shannon Hills Alderman Ward 3 Position 2

Alderman James Kandlbinder – Independent

Rex White – Independent

Shannon Hills Recorder

Beth Petz – Independent
Recorder Robin Baker – Independent

Shannon Hills Treasurer

Treasurer Mary Meyers – Independent
Billye Moore – Independent

Traskwood Alderman Ward 1 Position 1

Alderman Kimberly Schane – Independent
Alderman Mary Berryhill – Independent

Pulaski County Special School District Zone 1

Mike Kemp

Pulaski County Special School District Zone 2

Mildred C. Tatum
Tina Renee Ward

Pulaski County Special School District Zone 7

Jim Jolley
Brian Maune
Julian McMurray

4. The Issues

*Note: The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that Issues No. 4, 5 & 7 will not be counted.

For more about issues the whole state will be voting on (Issues 1-7), the University of Arkansas Extension has created a guide. http://www.uaex.edu/business-communities/voter-education/ArkansasBallotIssuesVoterGuide-2016-Final.pdf

Issue No. 1

Constitutional Amendment Referred to the People by the General Assembly

Popular Name

Proposing an Amendment to the Arkansas Constitution Concerning the Terms, Election, and Eligibility of Elected Officials

Ballot Title

Proposing an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution concerning elected officials; providing for terms of office for certain county officials for four (4) years; providing that certain county officers shall not be appointed or elected to a civil office during their elected term; allowing a candidate for an office to be certified as elected without appearing on the ballot when he or she is the only candidate for the office at the election; and defining the term “infamous crime” for the purpose of determining the eligibility of elected officials to hold office.

Issue No. 2

Constitutional Amendment Referred to the People by the General Assembly

Popular Name

A Constitutional Amendment to Allow the Governor to Retain His or Her Powers and Duties When Absent From the State.

Ballot Title

An Amendment to the Arkansas Constitution to Allow the Governor to Retain His Or Her Powers And Duties When Absent From the State.

Issue No. 3

Constitutional Amendment Referred to the People by the General Assembly

Popular Name

An Amendment to the Arkansas Constitution Concerning Job Creation, Job Expansion, and Economic Development

Ballot Title

An amendment to the Arkansas Constitution to encourage job creation, job expansion, and economic development; removing the limitation on the principal amount of general obligation bonds that may be issued under amendment 82 of the Arkansas Constitution to attract large economic development projects; authorizing a city, county, town, or other municipal corporation to obtain or appropriate money for any corporation, association, institution, or individual to finance economic development projects and to provide economic development services; authorizing the issuance of bonds under amendment 62 of the Arkansas Constitution for economic development projects; authorizing the taxes that may be pledged to retire bonds issued under amendment 62 of the Arkansas Constitution for economic development projects; removing the requirement of a public sale for bonds issued under amendment 62 of the Arkansas Constitution for economic development projects; and authorizing compacts for economic development projects among cities of the first and second class, incorporated towns, school districts, and counties.

Issue No. 4*

Constitutional Amendment Proposed by Petition of the People

Popular Name

An Amendment to Limit Attorney Contingency Fees and Non-Economic Damages in Medical Lawsuits

Ballot Title

An amendment to the Arkansas constitution providing that the practice of contracting for or charging excessive contingency fees in the course of legal representation of any person seeking damages in an action for medical injury against a health-care provider is hereby prohibited; providing that an excessive medical-injury contingency fee is greater than thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3%) of the amount recovered; providing that, for the purposes of calculating the amount recovered, the figure that shall be used is the net sum recovered after deducting any disbursements or costs incurred in connection with prosecution or settlement of the medical-injury claim; providing that this limitation shall apply whether the recovery is by settlement, arbitration, or judgment; providing that this limitation shall apply regardless of the age or mental capacity of the plaintiff; providing that the prohibition of excessive medical-injury fees does not apply to workers’ compensation cases; providing that the General Assembly may enact legislation which enforces this prohibition, and that it may also enact legislation that determines the relative values of time payments or periodic payments and governs the consequences and penalties for attorneys who contract for or charge excessive medical-injury contingency fees; providing that the General Assembly shall enact a measure which specifies a maximum dollar amount for a non-economic damage award in any action for medical injury against a health-care provider, but that such a measure may never be smaller than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000); providing that the General Assembly may, after such enactment, amend it by a vote of two-thirds of each house, but that no such amendment may reduce the maximum dollar amount for a non-economic damage award in any action for medical injury against any health-care provider to less than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000); providing that the Supreme Court shall adjust this figure for inflation or deflation on a biennial basis; and providing that this amendment does not supersede or amend the right to trial by jury.

Issue No. 5*

Constitutional Amendment Proposed by Petition of the People

Popular Name

An Amendment to Allow Three Casinos to Operate in Arkansas, One Each in the Following Counties: Boone County, Operated by Arkansas Gaming And Resorts, Llc; Miller County, Operated by Miller County Gaming, Llc; And Washington County, Operated by Washington County Gaming, Llc

Ballot Title

An amendment to the Arkansas Constitution authorizing three casinos to operate in Arkansas, one in Boone County, Arkansas, operated by Arkansas Gaming and Resorts, LLC, an Arkansas Limited Liability Company, one in Miller County, Arkansas, operated by Miller County Gaming, LLC, an Arkansas Limited Liability Company, and one in Washington County, Arkansas, operated by Washington County Gaming, LLC, an Arkansas Limited Liability Company, all being subject to the laws enacted by the General Assembly in accord with this amendment and regulations promulgated by the Arkansas Gaming Commission in accord with laws enacted by the General Assembly; defining casino gaming and gaming as dealing, operating, carrying on, conducting, maintaining, or exposing for play any game played with cards, dice, equipment, or any mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic device or machine for money, property, checks, credit, or any representative value, as well as accepting wagers on sporting events or other events, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any game, device, or type of wagering permitted at a casino operated within any one or more of the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, or Texas as of November 8, 2016, or as subsequently permitted thereafter; creating the Arkansas Gaming Commission to regulate casinos in accord with laws enacted by the General Assembly, with the Arkansas Gaming Commission comprised of five (5) commissioners, each appointed by the Governor for staggered 5-year terms; providing for the General Assembly to appropriate monies to or for the use of the Arkansas Gaming Commission; requiring each casino to pay to the Arkansas State Treasury as general revenues a net casino gaming receipts tax equal to eighteen percent (18%) of its annual net casino gaming receipts; requiring each casino to pay to the county in which the casino is located a net casino gaming receipts tax equal to one-half of one percent (0.5%) of its annual net casino gaming receipts; requiring each casino to pay to the city or town in which the casino is located a net casino gaming receipts tax equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%) of its annual net casino gaming receipts; defining annual net casino gaming receipts as gross receipts for a 12-month period from casino gaming less amounts paid out or reserved as winnings to casino patrons for that 12-month period; subjecting each casino to the same income, property, sales, use, employment and other taxation as any for-profit business located in the county and city or town in which the casino is located, except that the Arkansas Gross Receipts Act of 1941 and local gross receipts taxes shall not apply to casino gaming receipts; allowing a casino to operate any day for any portion or all of any day; allowing the selling or complimentary serving of alcoholic beverages in casinos during all hours the casino operates but otherwise subject to all applicable Arkansas laws involving the distribution and sale of alcohol; permitting the shipment into Boone, Miller, and Washington counties in Arkansas of gambling devices shipped and delivered in accordance with applicable federal law (15 USC §§ 1171-1178 and amendments and replacements thereto); rendering the provisions of this amendment severable; declaring inapplicable all constitutional provisions and laws to the extent they conflict with this amendment, but not otherwise repealing, superseding, amending, or otherwise affecting Amendment 84 (bingo or raffles) or Amendment 87 (state lottery) to the Arkansas Constitution, or Arkansas Act 1151 of 2005 (Electronic Games).

Issue No. 6

Constitutional Amendment Proposed by Petition of the People

Popular Name

The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016

Ballot Title

An amendment to the Arkansas constitution making the medical use of marijuana legal under state law, but acknowledging that marijuana use, possession, and distribution for any purpose remain illegal under federal law; establishing a system for the cultivation, acquisition, and distribution of marijuana for qualifying patients through licensed medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation facilities and granting those dispensaries and facilities limited immunity; providing that qualifying patients, as well as dispensary and cultivation facility agents, shall not be subject to criminal or civil penalties or other forms of discrimination for engaging in or assisting with the patients’ medical use of marijuana; requiring that in order to become a qualifying patient, a person submit to the state a written certification from a physician licensed in the state that he or she is suffering from a qualifying medical condition; establishing an initial list of qualifying medical conditions; directing the Department of Health to establish rules related to the processing of applications for registry identification cards and the addition of qualifying medical conditions if such additions will enable patients to derive therapeutic benefit from the medical use of marijuana; directing the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division to establish rules related to the operations of dispensaries and cultivation facilities; establishing a Medical Marijuana Commission of five members, two appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, two appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one appointed by the Governor; providing that the Medical Marijuana Commission shall administer and regulate the licensing of dispensaries and cultivation facilities; providing that there shall be at least 20 but not more than 40 dispensary licenses issued and that there shall be at least four but not more than eight cultivation facility licenses issued; setting initial maximum application fees for dispensaries and cultivation facilities; establishing qualifications for registry identification cards; establishing standards to ensure that qualifying patient registration information is treated as confidential; directing the Department of Health to provide the General Assembly annual quantitative reports about the medical marijuana program; setting certain limitations on the use of medical marijuana by qualifying patients; establishing an affirmative defense for the medical use of marijuana; establishing registration and operation requirements for dispensaries and cultivation facilities; setting limits on the amount of marijuana a dispensary may cultivate and the amount of marijuana a dispensary may dispense to a qualifying patient; providing that the Medical Marijuana Commission shall determine the amount of marijuana a cultivation facility may cultivate; prohibiting certain conduct by and imposing certain conditions and requirements on physicians, dispensaries, dispensary and cultivation facility agents, and qualifying patients; establishing a list of felony offenses which preclude certain types of participation in the medical marijuana program; providing that the sale of usable marijuana is subject to all state and local sales taxes; providing that the state sales tax revenue shall be distributed 5% to the Department of Health, 2% to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Administration Division, 2% to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division, 1% to the Medical Marijuana Commission, 10% to the Skills Development Fund, 50% to the Vocational and Technical Training Special Revenue Fund, and 30% to the General Revenue Fund; and permitting the General Assembly by two-thirds vote to amend sections of the amendment, except that the General Assembly may not amend the sections legalizing the medical use of marijuana and setting the number of dispensaries or cultivation facilities allowed.

Issue No. 7*

Act Proposed by Petition of the People

Popular Name

The Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act

Ballot Title

An act making the medical use of cannabis, commonly called marijuana, legal under Arkansas state law, but acknowledging that cannabis use, possession, and distribution for any purpose remain illegal under federal law; establishing a system for the cultivation and distribution of cannabis for qualifying patients through nonprofit cannabis care centers and for the testing for quality, safety, and potency of cannabis through cannabis testing labs; granting nonprofit cannabis care centers and cannabis testing labs limited immunity; allowing localities to limit the number of nonprofit cannabis care centers and to enact zoning regulations governing their operations; providing that qualifying patients, their designated caregivers, cannabis testing lab agents, and nonprofit cannabis care center agents shall not be subject to criminal or civil penalties or other forms of discrimination for engaging in or assisting with qualifying patients’ medical use of cannabis or for testing and labeling cannabis; allowing limited cultivation of cannabis by qualifying patients and designated caregivers if the qualifying patient lives more than twenty (20) miles from a nonprofit cannabis care center and obtains a hardship cultivation certificate from the Department of Health; allowing compensation for designated caregivers; requiring that in order to become a qualifying patient, a person submit to the state a written certification from a physician that he or she is suffering from a qualifying medical condition; establishing an initial list of qualifying medical conditions; directing the Department of Health to establish rules related to the processing of applications for registry identification cards and hardship cultivation certificates, the operations of nonprofit cannabis care centers and cannabis testing labs, and the addition of qualifying medical conditions if such additions will enable patients to derive therapeutic benefit from the medical use of cannabis; setting maximum application and renewal fees for nonprofit cannabis care centers and cannabis testing labs; directing the Department of Health to establish a system to provide affordable cannabis from nonprofit cannabis care centers to low income patients; establishing qualifications for registry identification cards; establishing qualifications for hardship cultivation certificates; establishing standards to ensure that qualifying patient and designated caregiver registration information is treated as confidential; directing the Department of Health to provide the legislature annual quantitative reports about the medical cannabis program; setting certain limitations on the use of medical cannabis by qualifying patients; establishing an affirmative defense for the medical use of cannabis; establishing registration and operation requirements for nonprofit cannabis care centers and cannabis testing labs; setting limits on the number of nonprofit cannabis care centers; setting limits on the amount of cannabis a nonprofit cannabis care center may cultivate and the amount of usable cannabis a nonprofit cannabis care center may dispense to a qualifying patient; prohibiting certain conduct by and imposing certain conditions and requirements on physicians, nonprofit cannabis care centers, nonprofit cannabis care center agents, cannabis testing labs, cannabis testing lab agents, qualifying patients, and designated caregivers; prohibiting felons from serving as designated caregivers, owners, board members, or officers of nonprofit cannabis care centers or cannabis testing labs, nonprofit cannabis care center agents, or cannabis testing lab agents; allowing visiting qualifying patients suffering from qualifying medical conditions to utilize the medical cannabis program; and prohibiting special taxes on the sale of medical cannabis and directing the state sales tax revenues received from the sale of cannabis to cover the costs to the Department of Health for administering the medical cannabis program and the remainder to aid low income qualifying patients through the affordability clause.

Issue No. 8

Ordinance 4 of 2016

An ordinance to submit to the voters of the town of Bauxite, Arkansas, and other affected persons, the question of annexation to said town of Bauxite, Arkansas certain contiguous territory

Section 1. That there shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the Town of Bauxite and the following described area: That part of the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 11 township 2 South, range 14 West of the Fifth Principle Meridian, Saline County, Arkansas, including West Sardis Road and including but not exclusive to following Saline County Arkansas parcels 001-05368-000, 001-05368-002, 001-05368-001, 001-05365-000.

Described as follows:

All that part of the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 11 lying South of the North Right of Way of West Sardis Road except that part already incorporated as the Town Bauxite, Arkansas and containing 24 acres, more or less.

Section 2. the question of annexation of the territory described above in Section 1 shall be submitted to the electors qualified to vote on this issue in the general election on the 8th day of November, 2016. the City Clerk shall immediately notify the County Election Commission by forwarding a certified copy of this ordinance.

Issue No. 9

Adoption of a new one percent (1%) local sales and use tax within the City of Haskell, Arkansas

Adoption of a new one percent (1%) local sales and use tax within the City of Haskell, Arkansas, the net collections of which remaining after deduction of the administrative charges of the State of Arkansas and required rebates shall be used by the City for the maintenance, operation and expenses of the Haskell Police and Parks Departments according to Ordinance 03 of 2016 and any amendments thereto. If approved, Net Collections of the Sales and Use Tax, after the State of Arkansas deducts its administrative charges, shall be used as follows: Three-fourths (3/4) of the Net Collections shall be placed in the General Fund of the City, in a separate account, and shall be used for maintenance, operation and expenses of the Police Department.

One-fourth (1/4) of the Net Collections shall be placed in the General Fund of the City, in a separate account, and shall be used for maintenance, operation, improvements and expenses of the Parks Department.

Issue No. 10

Initiated Ordinance

Popular Name

Second access to Emerald Mountain Subdivision ballot title of initiated ordinance

An ordinance to amend the code of ordinances for the City of Shannon Hills, Arkansas, by requiring the permanent opening of a second access point to the Emerald Mountain Subdivision for the purpose of providing additional access for emergency vehicles and the general public; prohibiting the closure of such second access point to the emerald mount subdivision; amending the code of ordinances accordingly; setting an effective date of December 1, 2016; and for other purposes.

Issue No. 11

Pulaski County Special School District

Millage Question

Tax of 40.7 Mills

The proposed tax levy has been adjusted from the rate approved at the annual school election in 1997 due to the effects and results of a countywide reappraisal of all taxable property in Pulaski County, Arkansas, conducted pursuant to the provision of Amendment No. 59 to the Arkansas Constitution. to provide for the foregoing proposed budget of expenditures, the Board of Directors proposes a total tax levy of 40.7 mills. This represents no change from the previous year. the proposed tax levy includes the Uniform Rate of 25.0 mills (the “Statewide Uniform Rate”) to be collected on all taxable property in the State and remitted to the State Treasurer pursuant to Amendment No. 74 to the Arkansas Constitution to be used solely for maintenance and operation of schools in the State. As provided in Amendment No. 74, the Statewide Uniform Rate replaces a portion of the existing rate of tax levied by this School District and available for maintenance and operation of schools in this District. the existing rate of tax levied by this School District is composed of 25.0 mills specifically voted for general maintenance and operation, .9 mills for current expenditures/dedicated maintenance and operation millage, and 14.8 mills for debt service previously voted as a continuing debt service tax pledged for the retirement of existing bonded indebtedness. Surplus revenues produced each year by debt service millage may be used by the district for other purposes.