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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0008 Introduced 1/23/2015, by Rep. Christian L. Mitchell SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| | Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Removes a provision that provides that a tax on income shall be measured at a non-graduated rate. Provides that there may be one tax on the income of individuals and corporations, that this may be a fair tax where lower rates apply to lower income levels and higher rates apply to higher income levels, and that no government other than the State may impose a tax on or measured by income. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
4 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
5 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the |
6 | | electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general |
7 | | election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of |
8 | | this resolution a proposition to amend Section 3 of Article IX |
9 | | of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
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10 | | ARTICLE IX
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11 | | REVENUE
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12 | | (ILCON Art. IX, Sec. 3)
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13 | | SECTION 3. LIMITATIONS ON INCOME TAXATION
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14 | | (a) There may be one tax on the income of individuals and |
15 | | corporations. This may be a fair tax where lower rates apply to |
16 | | lower income levels and higher rates apply to higher income |
17 | | levels. No government other than the State may impose a tax on |
18 | | or measured by income. A tax on or measured by income shall be |
19 | | at a non-graduated rate. At
any one time there may be no more |
20 | | than one such tax imposed by the State
for State purposes on |
21 | | individuals and one such tax so imposed on
corporations. In any |
22 | | such tax imposed upon corporations the rate shall
not exceed |
23 | | the rate imposed on individuals by more than a ratio of 8 to
5.
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