Session of 1998
                   
House Concurrent Resolution No. 5033
         
By Committee on Taxation
         
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            9             A PROPOSITION to amend article 11 of the constitution of the state of
10             Kansas by adding a new section thereto, relating to the establishment
11             of a prohibition on the levy of property tax by the state.
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13       Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the
14             members elected (or appointed) and qualified to the House of Repre-
15             sentatives and two-thirds of the members elected (or appointed) and
16             qualified to the Senate concurring therein:
17                 Section 1. The following proposition to amend the constitution of the
18       state of Kansas shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the state
19       for their approval or rejection: Article 11 of the constitution of the state
20       of Kansas is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto to read as
21       follows:
22             ``§ 14. Prohibition against property tax levied by the
23             state. The levy of general property tax by, or on behalf of, the state
24             for any and all purposes in the year 2002, and any year thereafter,
25             shall be prohibited, and the authority to levy a permanent tax pur-
26             suant to section 6 of articles 6 and 7 of this constitution is hereby
27             declared null and void after the year 2001.''
28           Sec. 2. The following statement shall be printed on the ballot with
29       the amendment as a whole:
30             ``Explanatory statement. This amendment would establish a pro-
31             hibition against general property tax levies made by or on behalf of
32             the state.
33             ``A vote for this proposition would establish a prohibition against
34             general property tax which may be levied by or on behalf of the
35             state for any and all purposes in the year 2002, and all years there-
36             after.
37             ``A vote against this proposition would maintain the absence of
38             any aggregate general property tax levy rate limitation in the con-
39             stitution.''
40           Sec. 3. This resolution, if approved by two-thirds of the members
41       elected (or appointed) and qualified to the House of Representatives and
42       two-thirds of the members elected (or appointed) and qualified to the
43       Senate, shall be entered on the journals, together with the yeas and nays.

HCR 5033

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  1       The secretary of state shall cause this resolution to be published as pro-
  2       vided by law and shall cause the proposed amendment to be submitted
  3       to the electors of the state at the general election to be held on November
  4       3, 1998.
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