1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to 
1.3 	article IV; requiring a three-fifths vote to enact a law imposing or increasing 
1.4 	certain taxes.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
 1.7 	An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the 
1.8 	amendment is adopted, a section shall be added to article IV to read:

1.9 	Sec. 27. Passage of a law that increases the general rate or expands the taxable base of 
1.10 	a state tax on income or sales or increases property taxes requires the vote of three-fifths 
1.11 	of the members of each house of the legislature. A law increases property taxes if the law:
1.12 	(1) increases a property tax rate or levy set or mandated under state law; or
1.13 	(2) authorizes a governmental unit to impose or increase a property tax rate or levy 
1.14 	without voter approval.
1.15 	Passage of a law that creates a new tax of statewide applicability also requires the 
1.16 	vote of three-fifths of the members of each house of the legislature.
1.17 	This section does not apply to a single law that increases income, sales, or property 
1.18 	taxes or imposes a new tax, if the law also decreases taxes and does not, on a permanent 
1.19 	basis, increase the total amount of revenues estimated to be raised from state taxes and 
1.20 	property taxes.

1.21 	Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
 1.22 	The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2012 general 
1.23 	election. The question submitted must be:
2.1 	"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to prevent the legislature from 
2.2 	increasing state income, state sales, or property taxes unless approved by a three-fifths 
2.3 	(60%) vote in each House?

2.4		Yes 
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2.5		No ........"