HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION Y


     June 5, 2002, Introduced by Rep. Kolb and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, by amending section 9 of article IX, to pro-

   vide that the use of fuel taxes on vehicles and aircraft for

   transportation purposes be directed as provided by law.

        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 that the use of fuel taxes on vehi-

   cles and aircraft for transportation purposes be directed as pro-

   vided by law, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people

   of the state:

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                                    ARTICLE IX

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             Sec. 9.  All specific taxes, except general sales and use

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        taxes and regulatory fees, imposed directly or indirectly on

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        fuels sold or used to propel motor vehicles upon highways and to

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        propel aircraft and on registered motor vehicles and aircraft


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        shall, after the payment of necessary collection expenses, be

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        used exclusively for transportation purposes as  set forth in

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        this section  PROVIDED BY LAW.

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              Not less than 90 percent of the  THE specific taxes, except

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        general sales and use taxes and regulatory fees, imposed directly

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        or indirectly on fuels sold or used to propel motor vehicles upon

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        highways and on registered motor vehicles shall, after the pay-

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        ment of necessary collection expenses, be used  exclusively  for

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        the transportation purposes of planning, administering, con-

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        structing, reconstructing, financing, and maintaining state,

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        county, city, and village roads, streets, and bridges designed

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        primarily for the use of motor vehicles using tires, and reason-

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        able appurtenances to those state, county, city, and village

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        roads, streets, and bridges AND FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES

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        OF COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES AS DEFINED AND PROVIDED

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        BY LAW.

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              The balance, if any, of the specific taxes, except general

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        sales and use taxes and regulatory fees, imposed directly or

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        indirectly on fuels sold or used to propel motor vehicles upon

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        highways and on registered motor vehicles, after the payment of

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        necessary collection expenses; 100  ONE HUNDRED percent of the

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        specific taxes, except general sales and use taxes and regulatory

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        fees, imposed directly or indirectly on fuels sold or used to

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        propel aircraft and on registered aircraft, after the payment of

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        necessary collection expenses; and not more than 25 percent of

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        the general sales taxes, imposed directly or indirectly on fuels

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        sold to propel motor vehicles upon highways, on the sale of motor



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        vehicles, and on the sale of the parts and accessories of motor

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        vehicles, after the payment of necessary collection expenses;

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        shall be used exclusively for the transportation purposes of com-

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        prehensive transportation purposes as defined AND PROVIDED by

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        law.

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             The legislature may authorize the incurrence of indebtedness

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        and the issuance of obligations pledging the taxes allocated or

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        authorized to be allocated by this section, which obligations

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        shall not be construed to be evidences of state indebtedness

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        under this constitution.

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             Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be sub-

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

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        the manner provided by law.































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