S 0368 Joint Resolution, By Passailaigue and Martin
 A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 5, ARTICLE X OF THE
 CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO FINANCE AND TAXATION, BY
 AMENDING SECTION 5, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY TAX, SUBSIDY, OR CHARGE WHICH IS
 ESTABLISHED, FIXED, LAID, OR LEVIED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MUST BE APPLIED TO
 THE STATED PURPOSE AND THEREAFTER, THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH TAX SHALL BE APPLIED
 TO THE STATED PURPOSE.

   01/20/99  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-7
   01/20/99  Senate Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-7

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 5, ARTICLE X OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO FINANCE AND TAXATION, BY AMENDING SECTION 5, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY TAX, SUBSIDY, OR CHARGE WHICH IS ESTABLISHED, FIXED, LAID, OR LEVIED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MUST BE APPLIED TO THE STATED PURPOSE AND THEREAFTER, THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH TAX SHALL BE APPLIED TO THE STATED PURPOSE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. SECTION 1. It is proposed that Section 5, Article X of the Constitution of this State be amended to read:

"Section 5. No tax, subsidy, or charge shall be established, fixed, laid, or levied, under any pretext whatsoever, without the consent of the people or their representatives lawfully assembled. Any tax which shall be levied shall distinctly state the public purpose to which the proceeds of the tax shall be applied, and thereafter, the proceeds of such tax shall be applied to the stated purpose."

SECTION 2. The proposed amendment must be submitted to the qualified electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words printed or written on the ballot:

"Must Section 5, Article X of the Constitution of this State be amended to provide that no tax, subsidy, or charge may be established, fixed, laid, or levied, under any pretext whatsoever, without the consent of the people or their representatives lawfully assembled and to provide that when proceeds of the tax are applied to a specific purpose, the proceeds of that tax shall only be applied to the stated purpose?

_ Yes

_ No

Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square before the word `Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square before the word `No'."