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House Amendment 3274

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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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