Bill Text: TX HJR61 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain tax bills to be approved by three-fourths of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-11 - Referred to Ways & Means [HJR61 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HJR61-Introduced.html
83R4028 ADM-D | ||
By: Laubenberg | H.J.R. No. 61 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain tax bills to | ||
be approved by three-fourths 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 29 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29. (a) An affirmative record vote of three-fourths 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; | ||
(2) extends the application of an existing state tax | ||
to a new class of persons, property, transactions, or other items; | ||
or | ||
(3) 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; or | ||
(2) the manner in which a state tax is administered or | ||
enforced. | ||
(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 5, 2013. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring a bill that | ||
imposes, extends the application of, or increases the rate of a | ||
state tax to be approved by three-fourths of all the members elected | ||
to each house of the legislature." |