HJR 5 (LSB 2047YH (6) 86)

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 5

BY  ROGERS, HOLT, LANDON, FISHER, WATTS, VANDER LINDEN, FRY, PETTENGILL, WILLS, HEARTSILL, SALMON, KLEIN, BACON, HIGHFILL, HANUSA, RIZER, NUNN, HAGENOW, L. MILLER, SHEETS, and BALTIMORE

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to funding for the construction, maintenance, and supervision of the public highways.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  The following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is proposed:

   Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is amended by adding the following new section:

   Sales tax.  SEC. 11.  The fund created by the general assembly for the construction, maintenance, and supervision of the public highways exclusively within the state as provided in section 8 of this article shall be annually credited with the amount generated by a sales tax rate of one-half of one percent as may be imposed by the state upon the retail sales price of tangible personal property and the furnishing of enumerated services sold in this state that remain after any transfers of sales tax revenues required by law of this state in effect on the date of ratification of this amendment to local school districts to be used solely for school infrastructure purposes or school district property tax relief and that remain after any transfers of sales tax revenues required by law of this state in effect on the date of ratification of this amendment to the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund created under section 10 of this article.
    Sec. 2.
  REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION.
  The foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred to the general assembly to be chosen at the next general election for members of the general assembly, and the secretary of state is directed to cause the proposed amendment to be published for three consecutive months previous to the date of that election as provided by law. 
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to funding for the construction, maintenance, and supervision of the public highways.
   The joint resolution provides that the amount generated by a sales tax rate of one-half of 1 percent as may be imposed by the state shall be deposited in the fund created by the general assembly for the construction, maintenance, and supervision of the public highways, as provided in article VII, section 8 of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, after any transfers of state sales tax revenues required by law in effect on the date of ratification of the amendment to local school districts to be used solely for school infrastructure purposes or school district property tax relief and after any transfers of sales tax revenues required by law in effect on the date of ratification of this amendment to the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund created under Article VII, section 10 of the Constitution of the State of Iowa.
   The joint resolution, if adopted, would be published and then referred to the next general assembly (87th) for adoption a second time, before being submitted to the electorate for ratification.