Board of Elections of Taylor County v. Board of Education of the Campbellsville Independent School District

McDonald, Judge:

The Board of Education of Campbellsville Independent School District (hereinafter referred to as the “Board of Education”), on March 16, 1981, adopted a resolution levying within the Campbellsville Independent School District a 2 percent utility gross receipts license tax for schools, as authorized by K.R.S. 160.593 and 160.613. The tax was to be in effect for a period of six years and its proceeds were to be used for the construction of an addition to the present high school building.

A group known as the “We Care Committee” was formed in opposition to the tax. This group,…