Bill Text: GA HR1111 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Sales and use tax; lottery tickets; fund public education; provide - CA
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-14 - House Second Readers [HR1111 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HR1111-Introduced.html
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LC 18 8618
House
Resolution 1111
By:
Representative Sims of the
169th
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution so as to require that lottery tickets be
subject to sales and use tax and the proceeds from state sales and use tax
thereon be dedicated for the purpose of funding public education programs and
services for levels kindergarten through grade 12; to provide for the submission
of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
VII, Section I of the Constitution is amended by adding a new Paragraph to read
as follows:
"Paragraph
IV.
State
tax requirements for lottery
tickets.
The General
Assembly shall provide by general law that the sale or use of lottery tickets
for lotteries authorized under Article I, Section II, Paragraph VIII(c) shall be
subject to and not exempt from state sales and use tax. The requirements of
this Paragraph shall not apply to local sales and use taxes. The revenues from
such tax shall be dedicated to an education trust fund as provided for by law to
be used solely for the purpose of funding public education programs and services
for levels kindergarten through grade 12. Revenues from such tax deposited into
the education trust fund shall not lapse as otherwise required by Article III,
Section IX, Paragraph IV(c) and shall not be subject to the limitations of
Article VII, Section III, Paragraph
II."
SECTION
2.
The
above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot
submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the following:
|
"( ) YES
( ) NO
|
Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as require that lottery tickets be
subject to sales and use tax and the proceeds from state sales and use tax
thereon be dedicated for the purpose of funding public education programs and
services for levels kindergarten through grade 12?"
|
All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote "No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said
Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of
this state.
