April 15, 2008, Introduced by Senators KAHN, PAPPAGEORGE, RICHARDVILLE, CASSIS, KUIPERS, BIRKHOLZ, CROPSEY, JANSEN, BISHOP, GILBERT, BROWN, McMANUS and ANDERSON and referred to the Committee of the Whole.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 26 of article IV, to
provide for concurrence of 2/3 of the members of each house to make
certain modifications to certain taxes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to provide for concurrence of 2/3 of the
members of each house to make certain modifications to certain
taxes, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the
state:
ARTICLE IV
Sec. 26. No bill shall be passed or become a law at any
regular session of the legislature until it has been printed or
reproduced and in the possession of each house for at least five
days. Every bill shall be read three times in each house before the
final passage thereof. No bill shall become a law without the
concurrence of a majority of the members elected to and serving in
each house. However, a bill to expand the base of services subject
to a tax imposed on the proceeds of those services shall not become
law without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members elected to
and serving in each house. On the final passage of bills, the votes
and names of the members voting thereon shall be entered in the
journal.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.