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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 66 |
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| 5 | 5 | | August 29, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives BINSFELD, O'CONNOR, ALLEN, |
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| 6 | 6 | | ARMSTRONG, BODDEN, CALLAHAN, DALLMAN, DITTRICH, DONOVAN, DUCHOW, |
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| 7 | 7 | | EDMING, GOEBEN, GREEN, GUNDRUM, GUSTAFSON, HURD, S. JOHNSON, KATSMA, |
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| 8 | 8 | | KRUG, MACCO, MAGNAFICI, MAXEY, MELOTIK, MICHALSKI, MOSES, PENTERMAN, |
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| 9 | 9 | | PETERSEN, PETRYK, PLUMER, PRONSCHINSKE, RETTINGER, ROZAR, SAPIK, SCHMIDT, |
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| 10 | 10 | | SCHUTT, SNYDER, SPIROS, SORTWELL, STEFFEN, SWEARINGEN, SUMMERFIELD, |
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| 11 | 11 | | TITTL, TUSLER, VOS, WITTKE and ZIMMERMAN, cosponsored by Senator KNODL. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. |
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| 13 | 13 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 14 | 14 | | To renumber section 8 of article VIII; and to create section 8 (2) of article VIII of |
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| 15 | 15 | | the constitution; relating to: requiring a supermajority in each house of the |
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| 16 | 16 | | legislature for passage of tax increase legislation (first consideration). |
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| 17 | 17 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 18 | 18 | | This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2023 legislature on first |
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| 19 | 19 | | consideration, prohibits either house of the legislature from passing a bill that |
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| 20 | 20 | | increases the rate of the state sales tax or that increases any of the rates of the income |
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| 21 | 21 | | tax or franchise tax unless the bill is approved by two-thirds of all of the members |
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| 22 | 22 | | elected. |
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| 23 | 23 | | A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive |
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| 24 | 24 | | legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That: |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. Section 8 of article VIII of the constitution is renumbered section |
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| 27 | 27 | | 8 (1) of article VIII. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. Section 8 (2) of article VIII of the constitution is created to read: |
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| 29 | 29 | | [Article VIII] Section 8 (2) No house of the legislature may pass a bill that |
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| 30 | 30 | | increases the rate of the state sales tax or that increases any of the rates of the income |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2023 - 2024 Legislature |
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| 44 | 44 | | tax or franchise tax unless the bill is approved by two-thirds of all of the members |
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| 45 | 45 | | elected. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 3. Numbering of new provisions. If another constitutional |
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| 47 | 47 | | amendment ratified by the people creates the number of any provision created in this |
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| 48 | 48 | | joint resolution, the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall determine the |
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| 49 | 49 | | sequencing and the numbering of the provisions whose numbers conflict. |
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| 50 | 50 | | Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the |
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| 51 | 51 | | legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for three |
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| 52 | 52 | | months previous to the time of holding such election. |
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