SF 640

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 02/10/2015 08:55am

A bill for an act
proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to
article IV; requiring a three-fifths vote to enact a law imposing or increasing
certain taxes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
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new text begin An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the
amendment is adopted, a section must be added to article IV to read:
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new text begin Sec. 27. new text end

new text begin Passage of a law that increases the general rate or expands the taxable base of
a state tax on income or sales or that imposes a new tax of statewide applicability requires
the vote of three-fifths of the members of each house of the legislature. This section does
not apply to a law that increases income or sales tax or imposes a new tax, if the law also
decreases taxes and does not, on a permanent basis, increase the total amount of revenues
estimated to be raised from state taxes.
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Sec. 2. new text begin SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
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new text begin The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2016 general
election. The question submitted must be:
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new text begin "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to prevent the legislature from
increasing state income or sales taxes or imposing new state taxes unless approved by a
three-fifths (60 percent) vote of both the House of Representatives and the Senate?
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	new text begin Yes . new text end
	new text begin No . new text end	new text begin " new text end