December 9, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Amash, Lund, McMillin, Agema, Genetski, Calley, Haveman, Rick Jones, Green, Elsenheimer, Meekhof, Knollenberg, Haines, Hildenbrand, Marleau, Paul Scott, Kurtz, Meltzer, Bolger, Tyler, Kowall, Rogers, DeShazor and Daley and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.
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
impose or increase 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 impose or increase certain taxes, is
proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IV
Sec. 26. (1) 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 Except
as otherwise provided in this
constitution, no bill shall become a law without the concurrence of
a majority 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.
(2) No bill to impose or increase the rate of a state tax
shall become a law without the concurrence of 2/3 of the members
elected to and serving in each house.
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.