By:  Kamel                                            H.J.R. No. 19
       73R385 CBH-F
                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  proposing a constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds vote
    1-2  of the membership of each house of the legislature to enact certain
    1-3  tax bills.
    1-4        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Article VIII of the Texas Constitution is amended
    1-6  by adding Section 24 to read as follows:
    1-7        Sec. 24.  (a)  The legislature may not impose a state tax,
    1-8  increase the rate of a state tax, or extend the application of a
    1-9  state tax to a new class of persons, property, transactions, or
   1-10  other items unless approved by a vote of two-thirds of the
   1-11  membership, including vacancies, of each house.
   1-12        (b)  This section does not apply to the repeal or amendment
   1-13  of an existing exemption or other exception expressly provided by
   1-14  statute.
   1-15        (c)  This section does not apply to the imposition, increase,
   1-16  or extension of a fee if the revenue from the fee is required to be
   1-17  used for purposes related to the activity for which the fee is
   1-18  imposed.
   1-19        SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   1-20  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1993.
   1-21  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
   1-22  the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to require a
   1-23  two-thirds vote of each house of the legislature for the
   1-24  imposition, increase, or extension of a state tax."