HF 1185

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution; 
  1.3             adding a section to article IV; requiring a special 
  1.4             vote on new taxes, tax increases, and tax extensions. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.] 
  1.7      An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution adding a new 
  1.8   section to article IV, is proposed to the people.  If the 
  1.9   amendment is adopted, the section shall read: 
  1.10     Sec. 27.  Passage of a law that imposes a new tax, 
  1.11  increases the rate of a tax, or extends the application of a tax 
  1.12  requires the vote of two-thirds of the members of each house of 
  1.13  the legislature or approval by the voters of the state by a 
  1.14  majority of those voting on the question at an election.  
  1.15  Adoption of a new tax, an increase in the rate of a tax or an 
  1.16  extension of the application of a tax by a unit of local 
  1.17  government requires the vote of two-thirds of the members of the 
  1.18  unit's governing body or approval by the unit's voters by a 
  1.19  majority of those voting on the question at an election.  
  1.20     Sec. 2.  [QUESTION.] 
  1.21     The proposed amendment shall be submitted to the people at 
  1.22  the 1998 general election.  The question submitted shall be: 
  1.23     "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require a 
  1.24  two-thirds vote of the legislature or the governing body of a 
  1.25  unit of local government or the voters to pass new taxes, tax 
  2.1   increases, or tax extensions? 
  2.2                                      Yes .......
  2.3                                      No ........"