Amendment SA1-SJR63

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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2005 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 63

May 4, 2006 - Offered by Senator Carpenter.

SJR63-SA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the joint resolution as follows:

SJR63-SA1,1,2 1. Page 10, line 11: delete lines 11 to 17 and substitute:

SJR63-SA1,1,8 "(9) (a) A local governmental unit need not comply with any state law or administrative rule that requires the expenditure of money by the local governmental unit unless the state provides for the payment to the local governmental unit of an amount that is equal to the reasonable costs incurred by the local governmental unit to comply with the law or rule, as determined by the governing body of the local governmental unit.".

SJR63-SA1,1,9 2. Page 10, line 18: delete "subsection" and substitute "paragraph".

SJR63-SA1,1,10 3. Page 10, line 20: after that line insert:

SJR63-SA1,2,3 "(b) No sales or use tax exemption may be enacted after the ratification of this paragraph unless the state pays to each local governmental unit, for each year in which the exemption is in effect, an amount that is equal to the difference between the amount of sales and use tax revenue that the local governmental unit collected and the amount of sales and use tax revenue that the local governmental unit would have collected if the exemption had not been in effect.

SJR63-SA1,2,9 (c) No property tax exemption may be enacted after the ratification of this paragraph unless the state pays to each local governmental unit, for each year in which the exemption is in effect, an amount that is equal to the amount of property tax revenue that the local governmental unit would have collected from every taxpayer located within the jurisdiction of the local governmental unit, for property tax purposes, who is subject to the exemption if the exemption had not been in effect.

SJR63-SA1,2,14 (d) In each fiscal year, beginning in 2010, the state shall pay two-thirds of the public education costs for students in kindergarten through the 12th grade, including the costs of providing a voucher program for students to attend private schools. Amounts paid under this paragraph are excluded from the calculation of the state's revenue limit.

SJR63-SA1,2,17 (e) In each fiscal year, beginning in 2010, the state shall pay one-third of the cost of operating technical colleges in this state. Amounts paid under this paragraph are excluded from the calculation of the state's revenue limit.".

SJR63-SA1,2,18 (End)