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S 0923 Joint Resolution, By Lander, O'Dell, M.T. Rose, Thomas and Wilson
A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to Article X of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, relating to finance and taxation, by adding an appropriately numbered Section so as to provide that state taxes may not be increased and new state taxes may not be imposed except upon a favorable vote of the qualified electors of the State in a referendum, to limit increases in state spending to the increase in the consumer price index and provide exceptions, to authorize the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency that suspends the limitations imposed by this Section for the duration of the emergency and establish how the limitations are reimposed and to provide that the General Assembly shall provide by law for the implementation of these limitations.
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A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to Article X of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, relating to finance and taxation, by adding an appropriately numbered Section so as to provide that state taxes may not be increased and new state taxes may not be imposed except upon a favorable vote of the qualified electors of the State in a referendum, to limit increases in state spending to the increase in the consumer price index and provide exceptions, to authorize the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency that suspends the limitations imposed by this Section for the duration of the emergency and establish how the limitations are reimposed and to provide that the General Assembly shall provide by law for the implementation of these limitations.
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| 12/06/93 | Senate | Prefiled |
| 12/06/93 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Finance |
| 01/11/94 | Senate | Introduced and read first time SJ-39 |
| 01/11/94 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-39 |