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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting a tax on the sale |
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or purchase of water at wholesale. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 31 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 31. A tax may not be imposed on the sale or purchase of |
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water at wholesale. |
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SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to |
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the Texas Constitution: |
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TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies |
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to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 85th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2017, prohibiting the imposition of a tax on the |
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sale or purchase of water at wholesale. |
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(b) If the 85th Legislature, during the regular or a special |
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session, enacts a law imposing or authorizing a tax prohibited by |
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Section 31, Article VIII, of this constitution, the portion of the |
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law that violates that section expires January 1, 2019. |
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(c) This temporary provision expires December 31, 2019. |
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SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting a tax on the |
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sale or purchase of water at wholesale." |