HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1998.04.23 - 25266April 23, 1998
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 198101
BY: David Moffitt, District #18; Donn L. Wolf, District #19;
Thomas A. Law, District #13
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - (SUPPORT) SJR A, Constitutional
Amendment to Require a Super-majority Vote on Tax Increases
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Governor, in his State of the Union Address,
called upon the legislature to place on the ballot the proposal to
amend the Constitution by requiring a super-majority of the
Michigan House of Representatives and the of the Senate in order to
pass any tax increase; and
WHEREAS currently before the legislature is SJR A, which
proposes such an amendment to the Michigan State Constitution to
provide for concurrence of 2/3 of the members of each house in
order to impose, expand, or increase the rate of a tax, or repeal
an exemption from a tax; and
WHEREAS this constitutional amendment will be placed before
the voters of Michigan on the November general election ballot, if
it is adopted by 2/3 of each house.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners supports SJR A, and urges both houses of the Michigan
Legislature to immediately adopt this measure so that the voters of
this State have the opportunity to address this constitutional
amendment in the November election.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
resolution be sent to all of Oakland County's State Legislators,
the Governor, the Michigan Association of Counties and the County's
legislative lobbyists.
Mr. Chairman, we move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
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. WOLF, DA.strPrt #19
TgOMAS A. LAWr, District #13
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Resolution #98101 April 23, 1998
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government and
Finance Committees. There were no objections.