3/5 VOTE FOR TAX INCREASE
House Joint Resolution N
Sponsor: Rep. Wayne Kuipers
Committee: Tax Policy
Complete to 8-13-01
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION N AS INTRODUCED 3-22-01
The joint resolution would amend Article IV, Section 26 of the state constitution so that it would take a three-fifths vote of the members elected to and serving in each house of the legislature to enact a law that would expand the base of, increase the rate of, or repeal an exemption allowed in the state income tax, state sales tax, state use tax, or single business tax, or any successor to those taxes.
The constitutional amendment would have to be submitted to the people of the state at the next general election.
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.