HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION K


     February 12, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Oxender, Perricone, Hammerstrom and Jelinek and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.


        A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, by amending section 26 of article IV, to pro-

   vide for concurrence of 3/5 of the members of each house to

   increase a tax base or a tax rate for certain taxes.

        Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

   state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, to provide for concurrence of 3/5 of the mem-

   bers of each house to increase a tax base or a tax rate for cer-

   tain taxes, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people

   of the state:

 1                                ARTICLE IV

 2         Sec. 26.  (1) No bill shall be passed or become a law at any

 3    regular session of the legislature until it has been printed or

 4    reproduced and in the possession of each house for at least five



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 1    days.  Every bill shall be read three times in each house before

 2    the final passage thereof.  No  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN

 3    THIS CONSTITUTION, NO bill shall become a law without the concur-

 4    rence of a majority of the members elected to and serving in each

 5    house.  On the final passage of bills, the votes and names of the

 6    members voting thereon shall be entered in the journal.

 7         (2) NO BILL TO INCREASE A TAX BASE OR A TAX RATE OF AN

 8    INCOME TAX, SALES TAX, USE TAX, OR THE SINGLE BUSINESS TAX OR

 9    SUCCESSOR TO THAT TAX SHALL BECOME LAW WITHOUT THE CONCURRENCE OF

10    3/5 OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO AND SERVING IN EACH HOUSE.

11         Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be sub-

12    mitted to the people of the state at the next general election in

13    the manner provided by law.































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