Issue 2Q - Sales and Use Tax Increase for Health and Hospital Services

Shall city and county of denver sales and use taxes be increased by $70 million annually, commencing in january 1, 2025, and by whatever additional amounts are raised annually thereafter, from a thirty-four one-hundredths of one percent (0.34%) sales and use tax rate (3.4 cents on a ten-dollar purchase), to be collected on tangible personal property, products, and services currently subject to sales and use tax, in order to maintain and expand denver health and hospital authority services, including: • emergency and trauma care; • primary medical care; • mental health care; • drug and alcohol use recovery; and • pediatric care. And, in connection therewith, shall no more than one percent (1%) of the total annual revenues derived from the increase in sales and use tax be spent on city administrative costs related to the administration of funds for the above purposes, and shall the monies derived from the increase in sales and use tax not be used as the sole basis for proposing a reduction in current revenue expenditures from the general fund; and shall the revenue and earnings on this sales and use tax be collected and spent as a voter-approved revenue change and an exception to the limits that may otherwise apply under article x, section 20 of the colorado constitution or any other law?