Bill Text: IL HJRCA0029 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Amends a Section concerning limitations on income taxation. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-21 - Referred to Rules Committee [HJRCA0029 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HJRCA0029-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0029 Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. IX, Sec. 3
Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Amends a Section concerning limitations on income taxation. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of
this resolution a proposition to amend Section 3 of Article 9
of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
ARTICLE IX
REVENUE
(ILCON Art. IX, Sec. 3)
SECTION 3. LIMITATIONS ON INCOME TAXATION
No tax on or measured by income shall be imposed. (a) A tax
on or measured by income shall be at a non-graduated rate. At
any one time there may be no more than one such tax imposed by
the State for State purposes on individuals and one such tax so
imposed on corporations. In any such tax imposed upon
corporations the rate shall not exceed the rate imposed on
individuals by more than a ratio of 8 to 5.
(b) Laws imposing taxes on or measured by income may adopt
by reference provisions of the laws and regulations of the
United States, as they then exist or thereafter may be changed,

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for the purpose of arriving at the amount of income upon which
the tax is imposed.
(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
SCHEDULE
This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
Constitutional Amendment Act.