SF 2444

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

1.1      A joint resolution
1.2      proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, by adding 
1.3      sections 12 and 13.
1.4      BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that the following 
1.5      amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, is proposed to the people. If the 
1.6      amendment is adopted, the sections will be added to article XIV to read: 
1.7      Sec. 12. Beginning with the fiscal year starting July 1, 2007, 63.75 percent of the revenue 
1.8      from a tax imposed by the state on the sale of a new or used motor vehicle must be apportioned for 
1.9      the transportation purposes described in section 13, then the revenue apportioned for transportation 
1.10     purposes must be increased by ten percent for each subsequent fiscal year through June 30, 2011, 
1.11     and then the revenue must be apportioned 100 percent for transportation purposes after June 30, 
1.12     2011.
1.13     Sec. 13. The revenue apportioned in section 12 must be allocated for the following 
1.14     transportation purposes: 60 percent must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund, 
1.15     and 40 percent must be deposited in a fund dedicated solely to public transit assistance as defined 
1.16     by law.
1.17     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the constitutional amendment proposed in this joint 
1.18     resolution must be presented to the people at the 2006 general election. The question submitted 
1.19     must be:
1.20     "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to dedicate revenue from a tax on the sale of 
1.21     new and used motor vehicles over a five-year period, so that after June 30, 2011, all of the revenue 
1.22     is dedicated 40 percent for public transit assistance and 60 percent for highway purposes?
1.23     Yes ....... 
1.24     No ........"
2.1      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, proposed 
2.2      by the Legislature in 2005, as stated in Laws 2005, chapter 88, is withdrawn, and must not be 
2.3      submitted to the people.