House Joint Resolution 2004 - Introduced



                                  HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION       
                                  BY  JACOBS


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                 Approved                            

                                HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  1 A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
  2    the State of Iowa relating to cigarette and tobacco product
  3    taxes.
  4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5075YH 82
  6 pf/rj/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  The following amendment to the Constitution of
  1  2 the State of Iowa is proposed:
  1  3    Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is
  1  4 amended by adding the following new section:
  1  5    CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PRODUCT REVENUES.  SEC. 10.  All
  1  6 revenues derived from state taxes on cigarettes and tobacco
  1  7 products shall be used exclusively for the purposes of health
  1  8 care.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION.  The foregoing amendment
  1 10 to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred to the
  1 11 General Assembly to be chosen at the next general election for
  1 12 members of the General Assembly and the Secretary of State is
  1 13 directed to cause the same to be published for three
  1 14 consecutive months previous to the date of that election as
  1 15 provided by law.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
  1 18 Constitution of the State of Iowa regarding state taxes on
  1 19 cigarettes and tobacco products to require that all revenue
  1 20 derived from such taxes be used exclusively for the purposes
  1 21 of health care.
  1 22    The joint resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the
  1 23 next general assembly for adoption a second time before being
  1 24 submitted to the electorate for ratification.
  1 25 LSB 5075YH 82
  1 26 pf/rj/24