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 must 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 that imposes a new tax of statewide applicability requires 
1.11 	the vote of three-fifths of the members of each house of the legislature. This section does 
1.12 	not apply to a law that increases income or sales tax or imposes a new tax, if the law also 
1.13 	decreases taxes and does not, on a permanent basis, increase the total amount of revenues 
1.14 	estimated to be raised from state taxes.

1.15 	Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
 1.16 	The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2016 general 
1.17 	election. The question submitted must be:
1.18 	"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to prevent the legislature from 
1.19 	increasing state income or sales taxes or imposing new state taxes unless approved by a 
1.20 	three-fifths (60 percent) vote of both the House of Representatives and the Senate?

1.21		Yes 
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1.22		No ........	"