[As Amended by House Committee of the
Whole]
Session of 2000
House Concurrent Resolution No. 5064
By Representatives P. Long and Dahl,
Faber, Farmer, Gregory, Hutch-
ins,
Landwehr, Mason, Mayans, Mays, McCreary, Merrick, Jim Mor-
rison, Judy
Morrison, Myers, O'Connor, Osborne, Palmer, Powers,
Shultz,
Toplikar and Vining
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14 A PROPOSITION to amend
article 11 of the constitution of the state of
15 Kansas by adding a new
section thereto, prohibiting the increase of
16 the rate of
certain taxes [exempting from property taxation a
por-
17 tion of the
valuation of property used for certain purposes].
18
19
20 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas, two-thirds of the
21 members elected (or
appointed) and qualified to the House of Repre-
22 sentatives and
two-thirds of the members elected (or appointed) and
23 qualified to the
Senate concurring therein:
24
Section 1. The following proposition to amend the
constitution of the
25 state of Kansas shall be submitted to the
qualified electors of the state
26 for their approval or rejection: Article 11
of the constitution of the state
27 of Kansas is hereby amended by adding a new
section thereto to read as
28 follows:
29 ``§
14. Prohibition against tax rate
increases. No
enactment
30 of the
legislature shall: (a) Increase the rate of any tax imposed
prior
31 to November
7, 2000; (b) impose a new tax after November 7,
2000;
32 or (c)
increase the rate of any tax described by clause (b),
without
33 the
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the House
of
34
Representatives and the Senate
[Exemption of property used for
35 certain purposes.
For all taxable years commencing after De-
36 cember 31, 2000,
property used for residential purposes, real
37 property used for
commercial and industrial purposes and
38 buildings and other
improvements located upon land devoted
39 to agricultural use
to the extent of $20,000 of its appraised
40 valuation shall be
and is hereby exempt from property taxa-
41 tion. Such
exemption amount may be increased by law.]
42 Sec. 2. The
following statement shall be printed on the ballot with
43 the amendment as a whole:
44 ``Explanatory
statement. This amendment would establish a
pro-
45 hibition
against general tax rate increases.
2
1
``A vote for this proposition would establish a
prohibition against
2
increases of the rate of any tax which was imposed prior
to Novem-
3 ber
7, 2000, or the imposition or the increase of the rate of a
tax
4 newly
imposed after November 7, 2000, without a two-thirds
affir-
5
mative vote of the members of the House of
Representatives and
6 the
Senate.
7
``A vote against this proposition would maintain
the absence of
8 any
tax levy rate increase limitation in the
constitution.'' [an ex-
9 emption from
property taxation of a portion of the appraised
10 valuation of
property used for residential purposes, real
11 property used for
commercial and industrial purposes and
12 buildings and other
improvements located upon land devoted
13 to agricultural
use.
14
[``A vote for the proposition would exempt from
property
15 taxation property
used for residential purposes, real property
16 used for commercial
and industrial purposes and buildings
17 and other
improvements located upon land devoted to agri-
18 cultural use to the
extent of $20,000 of its appraised valua-
19 tion. The
legislature could provide by law for an increase in
20 such exemption
amount.
21
[``A vote against this proposition would maintain the
ab-
22 sence of a
constitutional exemption for property used for res-
23 idential purposes,
real property used for commercial and in-
24 dustrial purposes
and buildings and other improvements
25 located upon land
devoted to agricultural use.'']
26 Sec.
3. This resolution, if approved by two-thirds of the
members
27 elected (or appointed) and qualified to the
House of Representatives and
28 two-thirds of the members elected (or
appointed) and qualified to the
29 Senate, shall be entered on the journals,
together with the yeas and nays.
30 The secretary of state shall cause this
resolution to be published as pro-
31 vided by law and shall cause the proposed
amendment to be submitted
32 to the electors of the state at the general
election to be held on November
33 7, 2000.
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