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1985: Special purpose local option sales tax is created by Georgia Legislature. It gives counties the option to impose a 1-cent sales tax with the money collected from the tax to be used for a list of capital improvement projects, but it must be approved by voters.

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Cross Creek High School was the biggest ticket item of Phase I of the special purpose local option sales tax, which was approved by Richmond County voters in 1997. Completed in 1999, the school cost $21.9 million.

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The construction of Grovetown Middle School, which was funded by SPLOST money.

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Cross Creek High School was the biggest ticket item of Phase I of the special purpose local option sales tax, which was approved by Richmond County voters in 1997. Completed in 1999, the school cost $21.9 million.

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The new elementary school on Mullikin Road, seen on February 9, 2005, was funded by school board SPLOST funds.

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A brief history of SPLOST