WV HJR1 | 2016 | 1st Special Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on June 14 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-06-14 - To House Finance
Pending: House Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

The purpose of this bill is to propose a Constitutional amendment that would enact the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights; limiting annual growth in state and local government entity spending; limiting government entity revenue; establishing a formula for limits on government entity spending and revenue;Â requiring state and local government entities to issue refunds to taxpayers if state spending exceeds spending or revenue limits; exempting certain sources of revenue from spending limits; allowing a cause of action for enforcement of limits on government entity revenue; requiring a government entity, when revenue is refunded as the result of a lawsuit, to pay interest on revenue illegally kept for any period within four years before a suit was filed; defining terms; requiring a government entity to submit proposals for the following measures to popular vote before such measures may go into effect: new taxes, tax rate increases, mill levy increase, valuation for assessment ratio increase for a property class, extension of expiring tax, or any other tax policy change causing a net tax revenue gain; requiring a government entity, before entering into a financial obligation without adequate present cash reserves held irrevocably for future payments, to submit such proposed measures to popular vote; establishing election procedures for elections required by the new provisions; requiring a government entity to issue taxpayer refunds if an entity publishes incorrect estimates to voters regarding the fiscal impact of proposed measures; requiring government entities to reserve a percentage of funds for declared emergencies; establishing certain exemptions for emergency taxes; prohibiting emergency property taxes; establishing procedures for imposing emergency taxes; establishing revenue limits and restrictions; and allowing local government entities to end subsidies to any program required by state statutory law.

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Title

Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights

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History

DateChamberAction
2016-06-14HouseTo House Finance
2016-06-14HouseIntroduced in House
2016-06-14HouseTo Finance then Judiciary
2016-06-14HouseFiled for introduction

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