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1 1 Amend Senate Joint Resolution 2004 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 3, line 15, by inserting after the word
1 3 "proposed" the following: "as an alternative to, and
1 4 separate from, the proposed amendment in section 3 of
1 5 this resolution, and the voters shall only be able to
1 6 vote in the alternative for this amendment or for the
1 7 proposed amendment in section 3 of this resolution,
1 8 and this amendment shall be ratified only if a
1 9 majority of the electors voting on this amendment and
1 10 the proposed amendment in section 3 of this resolution
1 11 approves this amendment".
1 12 #2. Page 4, by inserting after line 11 the
1 13 following:
1 14 "Sec. 3. The following amendment to the
1 15 Constitution of the State of Iowa is proposed as an
1 16 alternative to, and separate from, the proposed
1 17 amendment in section 2 of this resolution, and the
1 18 voters shall only be able to vote in the alternative
1 19 for this amendment or for the proposed amendment in
1 20 section 2 of this resolution, and this amendment shall
1 21 be ratified only if a majority of the electors voting
1 22 on this amendment and the proposed amendment in
1 23 section 2 of this resolution approves this amendment:
1 24 The Constitution of the State of Iowa is amended by
1 25 adding the following new sections to new Article XIII:
1 26 ARTICLE XIII.
1 27 REQUIREMENTS FOR TAX LAW CHANGES.
1 28 REFERENDUM TO INCREASE TAXES. Section 1. The
1 29 people reserve to themselves the power to affirm or
1 30 reject at the polls any Act or a portion of any Act of
1 31 the General Assembly which raises the tax rates
1 32 imposed on the income of individuals or sales or use
1 33 tax rates.
1 34 A referendum to affirm or reject an Act or portion
1 35 of an Act which raises the tax rates imposed on the
1 36 income of individuals or sales or use tax rates shall
1 37 be held not later than ninety days after the final
1 38 adjournment of the session of the General Assembly
1 39 that passed the Act on which a referendum is required.
1 40 An Act or portion of an Act which raises the tax rates
1 41 imposed on the income of individuals or sales or use
1 42 tax rates shall not become effective until the
1 43 question is decided by the voters at the polls.
1 44 An Act or portion of an Act which raises the tax
1 45 rates imposed on the income of individuals or sales or
1 46 use tax rates is deemed rejected if a majority of the
1 47 votes cast are in favor of rejecting the Act. An Act
1 48 or portion of an Act rejected is repealed immediately
1 49 upon certification of the referendum results by the
1 50 Secretary of State.
2 1 THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY TO ENACT NEW STATE TAX. Sec.
2 2 2. A bill that establishes a new state tax to be
2 3 imposed by the state shall require the affirmative
2 4 votes of at least three-fifths of the whole membership
2 5 of each house of the General Assembly for passage.
2 6 ENFORCEMENT OF THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY REQUIREMENT.
2 7 Sec. 3. A lawsuit challenging the proper enactment of
2 8 a bill pursuant to section 1 shall be filed no later
2 9 than one year following the enactment. Failure to
2 10 file such a lawsuit within the one-year time limit
2 11 shall negate the three-fifths majority requirement as
2 12 it applies to the bill.
2 13 Each bill to which section 1 applies shall include
2 14 a separate provision describing the requirements for
2 15 enactment prescribed by section 1.
2 16 IMPLEMENTATION. Sec. 4. The General Assembly
2 17 shall enact laws to implement sections 1 through 3."
2 18
2 19
2 20
2 21 TOM VILSACK
2 22 SJR 2004.502 77
2 23 sc/jw/28
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