| 1 | 1 | | 84R2821 TJB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Dutton H.J.R. No. 107 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the periodic review |
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| 7 | 7 | | of state and local tax preferences and the expiration of certain tax |
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| 8 | 8 | | preferences if not reauthorized by law. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Section 27 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 27. (a) The legislature by general law shall: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) require the periodic review of state and local tax |
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| 14 | 14 | | preferences; |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) define the term "tax preference" for the purposes |
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| 16 | 16 | | of this section; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | (3) prescribe the methods, timing, and administrative |
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| 18 | 18 | | procedures for implementing the requirements of this subsection. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) Unless reauthorized by law, a tax preference that first |
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| 20 | 20 | | takes effect on or after September 1, 2016, or a tax preference that |
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| 21 | 21 | | takes effect before September 1, 2016, that is reauthorized by law |
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| 22 | 22 | | on or after that date, expires six years after the date the law |
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| 23 | 23 | | enacting or reauthorizing the tax preference takes effect, except |
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| 24 | 24 | | that the legislature may provide for an earlier expiration date. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to |
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| 26 | 26 | | the Texas Constitution: |
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| 27 | 27 | | TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies |
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| 28 | 28 | | to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 84th Legislature, |
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| 29 | 29 | | Regular Session, 2015, requiring the legislature to provide for a |
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| 30 | 30 | | periodic review of state and local tax preferences and providing |
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| 31 | 31 | | for the expiration of certain tax preferences six years after the |
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| 32 | 32 | | effective dates of the laws enacting or reauthorizing the |
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| 33 | 33 | | preferences, or at another time prescribed by the legislature, |
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| 34 | 34 | | unless reauthorized by law. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) Section 27, Article VIII, of this constitution, as added |
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| 36 | 36 | | by the amendment, takes effect January 1, 2016. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (c) This temporary provision expires January 2, 2016. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 39 | 39 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. |
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| 40 | 40 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 41 | 41 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the |
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| 42 | 42 | | legislature to provide for a periodic review of state and local tax |
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| 43 | 43 | | preferences and providing for the expiration of certain tax |
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| 44 | 44 | | preferences six years after the effective dates of the laws |
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| 45 | 45 | | enacting or reauthorizing the preferences, or at another time |
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| 46 | 46 | | prescribed by the legislature, unless reauthorized by law." |
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