8212 AMS WEST HOOV 004

SJR 8212 - S AMD - 011

    By Senators West and Swecker

                         NOT ADOPTED 1/19/00; ROLL CALL VOTE 21-26

    On page 1, after line 7, strike everything and insert the following:

    "Article VII, section ....  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, there shall be a credit against property taxes levied for state purposes on owner-occupied residential property.  The amount of the credit shall be two hundred dollars for taxes payable in 2001.  The credit shall increase each year thereafter by the change in state personal income for the previous fiscal year.  The credit is in addition to any tax relief under Article VII, section 10.  No credit may exceed the amount of state tax due.

    (2) Unless otherwise provided by statute, and to the extent applicable, the definitions, qualifications, application procedures, and other administrative provisions provided by the legislature for property tax relief under Article VII, section 10 apply to the credit under this section.  No income or age requirements shall apply to the credit under this section.  Any notice to a taxpayer of property taxes due shall indicate the amount of the credit and the tax payable after application of the credit.

    (3) The legislature may, by statute, increase the amount of the credit that is otherwise provided in subsection (1) of this section.

    (4) The legislature shall phase out the state property tax by 2010.

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause notice of this constitutional amendment to be published at least four times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state."

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EFFECT: Implements the $200 credit and requires that the Legislature phase out the state property tax by 2010.