Senate Joint Resolution 4 - Introduced





                                  SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION       
                                  BY  HAMERLINCK


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                 Approved                            

                                SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

  1 A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
  2    the State of Iowa restricting the expenditure of revenues
  3    resulting from the state sales and use tax rate increase for
  4    school infrastructure purposes.
  5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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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 adopting the following new section:
  1  5    SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE REVENUES.  SEC. 10.  All revenue
  1  6 derived from the increase in the state sales or use tax rate,
  1  7 which was increased for school infrastructure or school
  1  8 property tax relief purposes, shall be used solely for
  1  9 purposes of funding school district infrastructure needs or
  1 10 for providing school district property tax relief as provided
  1 11 in laws enacted by the general assembly.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION.  The foregoing proposed
  1 13 amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred
  1 14 to the General Assembly to be chosen at the next general
  1 15 election for members of the General Assembly and the Secretary
  1 16 of State is directed to cause the proposed amendment to be
  1 17 published for three consecutive months previous to the date of
  1 18 the election as provided by law.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
  1 21 Constitution of the State of Iowa.  The amendment provides
  1 22 that the revenues derived from the increase in the state sales
  1 23 and use tax rates which were increased for school
  1 24 infrastructure or school property tax relief purposes shall
  1 25 only be used for funding school district infrastructure needs
  1 26 or for providing school district property tax relief as
  1 27 provided in laws enacted by the general assembly.
  1 28    The resolution, if adopted, will be referred to the next
  1 29 general assembly.  If the next general assembly adopts the
  1 30 resolution, the amendment will be submitted to the voters for
  1 31 ratification.
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