Bill Text: MI HJRT | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Individual income tax; other; imposition of state income taxes on individuals and businesses; prohibit. Amends sec. 7, art. IX of the state constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-18 - Printed Joint Resolution Filed 06/18/2015 [HJRT Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HJRT-Introduced.html
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION T
June 17, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Gamrat and Courser and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 7 of article IX and by
adding 7a to article IX, to prohibit the imposition of a state
income tax on individuals and to prohibit the imposition of a tax
on businesses.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to prohibit the imposition of a state income
tax on individuals and to prohibit the imposition of a tax on
businesses, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of
the state:
ARTICLE IX
Sec. 7. No income tax graduated as to rate or base shall be
imposed by the state or any of its subdivisions. Beginning January
1, 2016, no income tax shall be imposed by this state, but a
subdivision of this state may impose an income tax.
Sec. 7a. This state shall not impose a business tax.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.