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1 1 Amend House Joint Resolution 14 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 10 through 22, and
1 3 inserting the following: "equal to its total revenue
1 4 in the base year, adjusted for the cumulative
1 5 percentage rate of price inflation or deflation since
1 6 the base year, and for any cumulative percentage
1 7 population increase since the base year. A school
1 8 district's "population" is its full-time equivalent
1 9 student enrollment. The "base year" is the last
1 10 fiscal year before this Article becomes".
1 11 #2. Page 1, by striking lines 25 through 32, and
1 12 inserting the following:
1 13 "SEC. 2. "Revenue" includes all amounts received
1 14 from all sources, except (1) amounts lawfully refunded
1 15 to the payors; (2) gifts from nongovernmental sources;
1 16 (3) federal research grants and contracts; (4) federal
1 17 disaster aid; (5) all receipts of a local government
1 18 enterprise which was operating in the base year and
1 19 receives no tax revenue; (6) amounts borrowed
1 20 lawfully, but this does not authorize any borrowing;
1 21 and (7) receipts applied to pay principal and interest
1 22 on bonds approved by vote of the electors, bonds
1 23 outstanding when this article become effective, and
1 24 revenue bonds on which no payment can be made from tax
1 25 revenue."
1 26 #3. Page 2, by striking lines 14 through 16, and
1 27 inserting the following: "or applied as tax credits
1 28 against local taxes."
1 29 #4. Page 2, by striking lines 22 through 27, and
1 30 inserting the following: "government's electors
1 31 voting in a referendum."
1 32 #5. Page 3, by striking line 5, and inserting the
1 33 following: "shall not exceed the sum".
1 34 #6. Page 3, by striking lines 7 through 20, and
1 35 inserting the following: "change under section 4, 5,
1 36 or 6, and (2) net unspent funds carried over from the
1 37 preceding year, but excluding trust funds for
1 38 unemployment, retirement, medical, or other benefits.
1 39 "Spending" includes payments into, and excludes
1 40 payments out of, these trust funds. "Spending"
1 41 includes all other outlays, except that amounts
1 42 excluded from revenue are also excluded from
1 43 spending."
1 44 #7. Page 3, line 22, by striking the word "date"
1 45 and inserting the following: "year".
1 46 #8. Page 3, by striking lines 32 and 33, and
1 47 inserting the following:
1 48 "SEC. 11. If a state law or rule adopted after
1 49 this Article becomes".
1 50 #9. Page 4, by striking lines 3 through 5, and
2 1 inserting the following: "by that amount."
2 2 #10. Page 4, by striking lines 11 through 22, and
2 3 inserting the following:
2 4 "SEC. . Any taxpayer has standing to sue to
2 5 enforce this Article and laws implementing it. If
2 6 successful, the taxpayer shall be reimbursed for all
2 7 reasonable expenses of the suit."
2 8 #11. Page 4, line 25, by striking the words "and
2 9 ratification".
2 10 #12. Page 4, by striking lines 26 through 28, and
2 11 inserting the following: "shall implement this
2 12 Article, adopt further restrictions and limits, and
2 13 shall require consistent accounting for all
2 14 governments in accordance with generally accepted
2 15 accounting principles."
2 16 #13. Page 4, line 35, by striking the words "does
2 17 not authorize any borrowing and".
2 18 #14. Page 5, by striking lines 2 through 17, and
2 19 inserting the following: "VII.
2 20 3. To make the adjustment for price inflation or
2 21 deflation, the most reliable index of general price
2 22 inflation in the United States shall be selected in
2 23 good faith as provided by law. The selection of index
2 24 shall not be changed if the change would have the
2 25 effect of weakening the limits."
2 26 #15. Page 5, by striking lines 22 through 24, and
2 27 inserting the following:
2 28 "4. "Revenue" includes, but is not limited to, all
2 29 taxes, fees, charges, assessments, receipts from the
2 30 federal government, and other receipts of the state
2 31 and local governments, except amounts expressly
2 32 excluded by section 2 or 3 of Article XIII. Amounts
2 33 transferred between governments are counted only
2 34 once."
2 35 #16. By striking page 5, line 29 through page 6,
2 36 line 2, and inserting the following: "included with
2 37 county governments. "Local government enterprise"
2 38 includes but is not limited to a hospital, airport,
2 39 transportation system, recreation facility, or public
2 40 utility owned or operated by a local government."
2 41 #17. Page 6, by striking lines 6 through 8 and
2 42 inserting the following: "Article XIII."
2 43 #18. Title page, by striking lines 3 through 6,
2 44 and inserting the following: "by limiting taxes,
2 45 revenue, and spending of the state and local
2 46 governments."
2 47 #19. By renumbering and correcting internal
2 48 references as necessary.
2 49
2 50
3 1
3 2 BERNAU of Story
3 3 HJR 14.317 76
3 4 sc/cf
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