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SR 0756 - Appropriations Acts; provide for prioritized funding requirements; procedures, conditions, and limitations-CA

Tracking Level: Watch
Sponsor: Hill, Judson 32nd
Last Action: 3/7/2016 - House Second Readers
Senate Committee: FIN
House Committee: App
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

SUMMARY:  LC 34 4750 LC 34 4902S (SCS)  Proposes a constitutional amendment to:

  • decrease individual income tax on all taxpayers by 0.2 percent if the net amount of revenue deposited in the state general fund the previous fiscal year exceeds $23 billion and the general reserves fund holds at least 7 percent of that amount
  • decrease individual income tax on all taxpayers by an additional 0.2 percent (to a maximum of 5 percent) if the net amount of revenue deposited in the state general fund the previous fiscal year exceeds $23.6 billion and the general reserves fund holds at least 7 percent of that amount
  • allow the General Assembly to appropriate revenues in excess of the above  only after the adoption of a joint resolution of the General Assembly by 3/5 majority on a roll-call vote

EFFECTIVE DATE:  January 1, 2017 if passed by 2/3 majority of both the House and Senate and approved by the voters.

 


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