4 reports on this story
After signature withdrawals, petition drive to force vote on 34.25% tax hike in Roy fails
What happened
A petition drive to place a property tax increase on the ballot in Roy failed after signature withdrawals dropped the number of qualifying areas below the required threshold, allowing the tax hike to take effect without a public vote.
Timeline
- KSL After signature withdrawals, petition drive to force vote on 34.25% tax hike in Roy fails
- Fox 13 Once a go, Roy referendum on property tax increase removed from ballot
- KUTV 2News Signature withdrawals block Roy budget referendum from November ballot
- KJZZ Signature withdrawals block Roy budget referendum from November ballot
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Once a go, Roy referendum on property tax increase removed from ballot
— Roy City has removed a proposed property tax increase referendum from the ballot after a review found that many of the collected signatures did not meet validity criteria, including unreadable handwriting, unregistered…
Signature withdrawals block Roy budget referendum from November ballot
— Signature withdrawals blocked a referendum to place Roy's 2026-27 budget and tax rate before voters on the November ballot, as the petition failed to meet the required signature threshold after withdrawals.