HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION T

 

 

January 20, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Drolet, Hoogendyk, Palmer, Acciavatti, Steil, Milosch, Robertson, Sheen, Brandenburg, Pastor, Tabor, Bradstreet, Ruth Johnson, Garfield, LaJoy, Hummel, Voorhees, Rocca, DeRoche, Emmons, Wenke and Taub and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state                            

                                                                                

    constitution of 1963, by amending section 7 of article IX, to               

                                                                                

    limit the rate of the state income tax.                                     

                                                                                

        Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the                  

                                                                                

    state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state                

                                                                                

    constitution of 1963, to limit the rate of the state income tax,            

                                                                                

    is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the                  

                                                                                

    state:                                                                      

                                                                                

1                               ARTICLE IX                                      

                                                                                

2       Sec. 7.  No income tax graduated as to rate or base shall be                

                                                                                

3   imposed by the state or any of its subdivisions.  The state                 

                                                                                

4   income tax or its successor shall not be imposed at a rate higher           

                                                                                

5   than 3.90%.                                                                 

                                                                                

6       Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be                     

                                                                                

7   submitted to the people of the state at the next general election           

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   in the manner provided by law.