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1 1 Amend House Joint Resolution 14 as follows:
1 2 #1. By striking page 1, line 7, through page 6,
1 3 line 8, and inserting the following:
1 4 "STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE LIMITS.
1 5 Section 1. State government and each local government
1 6 is subject to a revenue limit for each fiscal year.
1 7 The revenue limit shall be increased from the previous
1 8 fiscal year using a generally accepted measure for
1 9 inflation and population growth. No revenue limit
1 10 shall be adjusted below the government's previous
1 11 year's revenue limit.
1 12 TEMPORARY REVENUE EXPANSION. Sec. 2. The general
1 13 assembly may at any time enact a measure to
1 14 temporarily increase a government's revenue limit.
1 15 The governing body of any local government may
1 16 temporarily increase the local government's budget for
1 17 a specific fiscal year by not more than ten percent,
1 18 after prominent notice and a public hearing, with a
1 19 vote of three-fourths of the membership in favor of
1 20 the temporary increase. The general assembly or the
1 21 governing body of the local government may submit to
1 22 the people a resolution to temporarily increase a
1 23 revenue limit for not more than five fiscal years in
1 24 an amount approved by a majority of the electors.
1 25 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING LIMITS. Sec.
1 26 3. State government and each local government is
1 27 subject to a spending limit for each fiscal year. The
1 28 spending limit is not to exceed the revenue limit set
1 29 for the government for the fiscal year.
1 30 UNFUNDED STATE MANDATES. Sec. 4. If a state law
1 31 or rule, or change in a state law or rule, that takes
1 32 effect after this Article becomes effective requires a
1 33 local government to incur a net cost increase, the
1 34 State shall pay to the local government the amount of
1 35 the necessary net cost increase. The local government
1 36 need not comply with the law, rule, or change until
1 37 the State has complied with this section."
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1 41 SHOULTZ of Black Hawk
1 42 HJR 14.514 76
1 43 sc/jw
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