SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION V

May 29, 2002, Introduced by Senators EMMONS, GARCIA and GOSCHKA and referred to the

Committee on Finance.

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 the rate or base of the state income tax.

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 the rate or base of the state

income tax, 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

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

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1 the final passage thereof OF THE BILL. No EXCEPT AS

2 OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS CONSTITUTION, NO bill shall become a

3 law without the concurrence of a majority of the members elected

4 to and serving in each house. On the final passage of bills, the

5 votes and names of the members voting thereon shall be entered in

6 the journal.

7 (2) NO BILL TO INCREASE THE BASE OR RATE OF THE STATE INCOME

8 TAX OR ANY SUCCESSOR TO THE STATE INCOME TAX SHALL BECOME LAW

9 WITHOUT THE CONCURRENCE OF 3/5 OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO AND

10 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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