Text: HJR02001 Text: HJR02003 Text: HJR02000 - HJR02099 Text: HJR Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 That the Congress of the United States is hereby petitioned 1 2 to propose and submit to the several states for ratification 1 3 an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to add a 1 4 new article providing as follows: "Neither the Supreme Court 1 5 nor any inferior court of the United States shall have the 1 6 power to instruct or order a state or a political subdivision 1 7 thereof, or an official of such a state or political 1 8 subdivision, to levy or increase taxes"; and 1 9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a 1 10 continuing application in accordance with Article V of the 1 11 Constitution of the United States; and 1 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the General Assembly of the 1 13 State of Iowa also proposes that the legislatures of each of 1 14 the several states comprising the United States that have not 1 15 yet made a similar request petition the United States Congress 1 16 to propose such an amendment to the Constitution of the United 1 17 States; and 1 18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon passage, the Secretary 1 19 of the Senate transmit copies of this Resolution to the 1 20 President and Vice President of the United States, the Speaker 1 21 of the United States House of Representatives, the presiding 1 22 officer in each house of the legislature in each of the states 1 23 in the union, and to each member of the Iowa congressional 1 24 delegation. 1 25 EXPLANATION 1 26 This joint resolution constitutes a petition requesting the 1 27 United States Congress to propose an amendment to the United 1 28 States Constitution and submit it to the states specifying 1 29 that no court has the power to order a state or political 1 30 subdivision to levy or increase taxes. 1 31 LSB 5623YH 78 1 32 jj/gg/8
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