Bill Text: TX SJR12 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain tax bills to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-25 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SJR12 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SJR12-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Patrick, Carona, Birdwell | S.J.R. No. 12 | |
| (In the Senate - Filed December 2, 2010; February 2, 2011, | ||
| read first time and referred to Committee on Finance; | ||
| April 5, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, | ||
| Nays 4; April 5, 2011, sent to printer.) | ||
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| proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain tax bills to | ||
| be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house | ||
| of the legislature. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 25 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 25. (a) An affirmative record vote of two-thirds of | ||
| all the members elected to each house of the legislature on final | ||
| consideration in each house is required for passage of a bill that: | ||
| (1) imposes a new state tax; or | ||
| (2) increases the rate of an existing state tax above | ||
| the rate in effect on the date the bill was filed. | ||
| (b) This section does not apply to a bill that amends: | ||
| (1) the manner in which a state tax is computed; | ||
| (2) the manner in which a state tax is administered or | ||
| enforced; or | ||
| (3) the applicability of a state tax. | ||
| (c) In this section, "state tax" does not include: | ||
| (1) a tax or other levy imposed by a political | ||
| subdivision of this state; | ||
| (2) a fine, penalty, or interest charge; | ||
| (3) a charge for a specific service, property, or | ||
| other item in an amount that reasonably relates to the value of the | ||
| service, property, or item; or | ||
| (4) a fee, including a filing fee, license or | ||
| registration fee, or application fee. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring a bill that | ||
| imposes or increases the rate of a state tax to be approved by | ||
| two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the | ||
| legislature." | ||
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