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House Amendment 3277

Amendment Text

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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, or if higher, in any of the three
  1  5 preceding fiscal years.  This limit is adjusted
  1  6 annually for the cumulative percentage rate of price
  1  7 inflation or deflation since the base year, and for
  1  8 any cumulative percentage population increase since
  1  9 the base year.  A school district's "population" is
  1 10 its full-time equivalent student enrollment.  The
  1 11 "base year" is the last fiscal year before this
  1 12 Article becomes".
  1 13    #2.  Page 1, by striking lines 26 through 28 and
  1 14 inserting the following:  "sources, except (1) amounts
  1 15 refunded to the payors; (2)".
  1 16    #3.  Page 1, line 29, by striking the word
  1 17 "receipts" and inserting the following:  "amounts
  1 18 received".
  1 19    #4.  Page 1, line 31, by striking the words
  1 20 "hospital or public utility" and inserting the
  1 21 following:  "specific".
  1 22    #5.  Page 1, line 32, by inserting before the word
  1 23 "service" the following:  "specific".
  1 24    #6.  Page 2, by striking lines 2 through 11 and
  1 25 inserting the following:  "federal funds; (6) amounts
  1 26 borrowed after approval by vote of the electors; (7)
  1 27 amounts borrowed by issuing revenue bonds on which no
  1 28 payment can be made from tax revenue; and (8) receipts
  1 29 applied to repay money borrowed lawfully, including
  1 30 interest."
  1 31    #7.  Page 2, by striking lines 14 through 16 and
  1 32 inserting the following:  "or applied as tax credits
  1 33 against local taxes."
  1 34    #8.  Page 2, by striking lines 22 through 27 and
  1 35 inserting the following:  "government's electors
  1 36 voting in a referendum."
  1 37    #9.  Page 3, by striking line 5 and inserting the
  1 38 following:  "shall not exceed the sum".
  1 39    #10.  Page 3, line 9, by striking the word and
  1 40 figure "or 3".
  1 41    #11.  Page 3, by striking lines 10 through 12, and
  1 42 inserting the following:  "carried over from the
  1 43 preceding year."
  1 44    #12.  Page 3, by striking lines 15 through 20 and
  1 45 inserting the following:  "benefits, but does not
  1 46 include earnings of these trust funds.  "Spending"
  1 47 includes all payments and transfers into, and excludes
  1 48 payments out of, these trust funds.  "Net unspent
  1 49 funds" excludes these trust funds."
  1 50    #13.  Page 3, line 22, by striking the word "date"
  2  1 and inserting the following:  "year".
  2  2    #14.  Page 3, by striking lines 32 and 33 and
  2  3 inserting the following:
  2  4    "SEC. 11.  If a state law or rule adopted after
  2  5 this Article becomes".
  2  6    #15.  Page 4, by striking lines 3 through 5 and
  2  7 inserting the following:  "by that amount."
  2  8    #16.  Page 4, by striking lines 14 through 22 and
  2  9 inserting the following:
  2 10    "SEC. 14.  Any taxpayer has standing to sue to
  2 11 enforce this Article and laws implementing it.  If
  2 12 successful, the taxpayer shall be reimbursed for all
  2 13 reasonable expenses of the suit."
  2 14    #17.  Page 4, line 25, by striking the words "and
  2 15 ratification".
  2 16    #18.  Page 4, by striking lines 27 and 28 and
  2 17 inserting the following:  "restrictions and limits."
  2 18    #19.  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.  Except for school
  2 26 districts, the adjustment for population shall be made
  2 27 by using the most recent federal census, but use of
  2 28 the most recent federal census estimate may be
  2 29 permitted by law."
  2 30    #20.  Page 5, by inserting after line 21 the
  2 31 following:
  2 32    "   .  "Revenue" includes, but is not limited to,
  2 33 all taxes, fees, charges, assessments, and other
  2 34 receipts of the state and local governments, except
  2 35 amounts expressly excluded by section 2, 3, or 9 of
  2 36 Article XIII.  Amounts transferred between governments
  2 37 are counted as revenue only once."
  2 38    #21.  Page 5, by striking lines 29 through 34 and
  2 39 inserting the following:  "included with county
  2 40 governments."
  2 41    #22.  Title page, by striking lines 3 through 6 and
  2 42 inserting the following:  "by limiting taxes, revenue,
  2 43 and spending of the state and local governments."
  2 44    #23.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  2 45 
  2 46 
  2 47                              
  2 48 BERNAU of Story
  2 49 HJR 14.208 76
  2 50 sc/jj
     

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