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General Assembly Proposed House Joint
Resolution No. 38
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 896
Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
Introduced by:
REP. HALL, 59th Dist.
RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE
CONSTITUTION REQUIRING A TWO -THIRDS VOTE TO ENACT NEW
UNFUNDED MANDATES.
Resolved by this Assembly:
That article third of the Constitution of the state be amended to 1
require the approval by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of 2
each house of the General Assembly to enact any new state mandate for 3
which no state reimbursement is provided to local governments for 4
costs resulting from such new mandate. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To require the vote of two-thirds of both chambers of the General
Assembly to enact a new unfunded state mandate.