HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION BB


     September 30, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Palamara and Profit and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.


        A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, by adding section 40 to article IX, to provide

   for revenue sharing distributions to counties, cities, villages,

   and townships.

        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 revenue sharing distributions

   to counties, cities, villages, and townships, is proposed, agreed

   to, and submitted to the people of the state:

 1                                ARTICLE IX

 2         SEC. 40.  BEGINNING IN THE 1999-2000 STATE FISCAL YEAR, AND

 3    FOR EACH STATE FISCAL YEAR AFTER 1999-2000, THE STATE SHALL GUAR-

 4    ANTEE THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT DISTRIBUTED BY LAW TO ASSIST

 5    COUNTIES, CITIES, VILLAGES, AND TOWNSHIPS INCREASES, AS COMPARED

 6    TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY APPROPRIATED FOR THOSE PURPOSES FOR


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 1    THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING STATE FISCAL YEAR, BY AT LEAST THE SAME

 2    PERCENTAGE AS THE INCREASE IN THE COMBINED TOTAL GROSS STATE

 3    SCHOOL AID FUND REVENUE AND GROSS GENERAL FUND/GENERAL PURPOSE

 4    REVENUE FROM THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING STATE FISCAL YEAR, AS

 5    ADJUSTED FOR CHANGES IN STATE OR FEDERAL LAW OR ADMINISTRATIVE

 6    PROCEDURES.  DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER THIS SECTION ARE IN ADDITION TO

 7    THE DISTRIBUTIONS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 10.  FOR THE PURPOSE OF

 8    DETERMINING DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER THIS SECTION AND SECTION 10 TO

 9    ASSIST COUNTIES, CITIES, VILLAGES, AND TOWNSHIPS, THE CALCULA-

10    TIONS UNDER THIS SECTION AND SECTION 10 SHALL BE MADE USING

11    $1,490,000,000.00 AS THE TOTAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT FOR THE

12    1998-1999 STATE FISCAL YEAR.

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

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

15    the manner provided by law.



























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