SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION Q

January 25, 2000, Introduced by Senators JOHNSON, JAYE, HAMMERSTROM, ROGERS,

MC COTTER, GOSCHKA, NORTH and SHUGARS 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

impose certain taxes or 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 con-

stitution of 1963, to provide for concurrence of 3/5 of the mem-

bers of each house to impose certain taxes or to make certain

modifications to certain taxes, is proposed, agreed to, and sub-

mitted 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

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

2 the final passage thereof OF THE BILL. No EXCEPT AS OTHER-

3 WISE PROVIDED IN THIS CONSTITUTION, NO bill shall become a law

4 without the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to

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

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

7 the journal.

8 (2) NO BILL TO IMPOSE, EXPAND THE BASE OF, INCREASE THE RATE

9 OF, OR REPEAL AN EXEMPTION FROM A TAX IMPOSED BY THIS STATE SHALL

10 BECOME LAW WITHOUT THE CONCURRENCE OF 3/5 OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED

11 TO AND SERVING IN EACH HOUSE.

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

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

14 the manner provided by law.

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