MEMBER PROPOSALS
Proposal Information
With expert testimony and input from the public hearings completed, the members of the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission have begun to submit individual and committee measures in the form of statutory recommendations or constitutional proposals for consideration and debate by one or more of the four substantive committees. During the months of December and January, the measures will be taken up at the committee level and will be reported out either favorably or unfavorably.
Below are listed the committee proposals in order of submission. Chairman Bense assigns each of the measures to a committee of reference: the Finance & Taxation Committee, the Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee, the Governmental Services Committee, or the Planning & Budgetary Processes Committee.
Proposal numbers are based on this key:
- SR: Statutory Recommendation
- ISR: Informal Statutory Recommendation
- CP: Constitutional Proposal
- ICP: Informal Constitutional Proposal
Proposals 41 - 50
| Proposal: | State and Local Revenue Limitations |
| Proposal number: | CP0041 (Adobe PDF - 34kb) |
| Staff Analysis: | CP0041 Staff Analysis |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing an amendment to Section 1 and the creation of a new Section 19 of Article VII of the State Constitution to specify limits on state and local revenues based on inflation and population changes. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Barney Barnett |
| Committees of reference: | Finance & Taxation Committee, Planning & Budgetary Processes Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Temporarily Postponed by the Finance & Taxation Committee |
| Proposal: | Presumption of Correctness/Property Appraisers |
| Proposal number: | CP0042 (Adobe PDF - 20kb) |
| Staff Analysis: | CP0042 Staff Analysis |
| Committee Substitute(s) | CS/CP0042 (Adobe PDF - 16kb) |
| Committee Substitute Staff Analysis | CS/CP0042 Staff Analysis (Adobe PDF - 164kb) |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing an amendment to Section 25 of Article I and the creation of a new section in Article XII of the State Constitution to provide for a taxpayer�s full and fair opportunity to challenge the assessment of property for ad valorem taxation. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Barney Barnett |
| Committees of reference: | Finance & Taxation Committee, Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Reported favorably as amended out of the Finance & Taxation Committee and the Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee. Failed at the Taxation & Budget Reform Commission. |
| Proposal: | Property Appraiser Burden of Proof |
| Proposal number: | CP0043 (Adobe PDF - 17kb) |
| Staff Analysis: | CP0043 Staff Analysis |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing an amendment to Section 25 of Article I of the State Constitution to provide for the burden of proof for valuation of real property. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Barney Barnett |
| Committees of reference: | Finance & Taxation Committee, Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Temporarily Postponed by the Finance & Taxation Committee |
| Proposal: | Innovative Educational Alternatives to Public Schools |
| Proposal number: | CP0044 (Adobe PDF - 21kb) |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing an amendment to Section 1 of Article IX of the State Constitution to permit the state to provide for innovative educational alternatives to public schools that allow students to obtain a high quality education. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Roberto Martinez |
| Committees of reference: | Governmental Services Committee, Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Failed in the Governmental Services Committee. |
| Proposal: | State and Local Revenue Limitations |
| Proposal number: | CP0045 (Adobe PDF - 44kb) |
| Staff Analysis: | CP0045 Staff Analysis |
| Committee Substitute(s) | CS/CP0045 (Adobe PDF - 36kb) CS/CS/CP0045 (Adobe PDF - 32kb) |
| Committee Substitute Staff Analysis | CS/CS/CP0045 Staff Analysis (Adobe PDF - 212kb) |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing an amendment to Section 1 of Article VII and the creation of a new Section 19 of Article VII of the State Constitution to limit the growth of government spending. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Mike Hogan |
| Committees of reference: | Finance & Taxation Committee, Planning & BudgetaryProcesses Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Reported favorably out of the Finance & Taxation Committee and the Planning & Budgetary Processes Committee. Failed at the Taxation & Budget Reform Commission. |
| Proposal: | Unfunded Mandates |
| Proposal number: | CP0046 (Adobe PDF - 28kb) |
| Staff Analysis: | CP0046 Staff Analysis |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing an amendment to Section 18 of Article VII of the State Constitution to provide a definition of an unfunded mandate, to provide a single subject requirement for unfunded mandate legislation, ... |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Mike Hogan |
| Committees of reference: | Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee, Planning & Budgetary Processes Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Temporarily Postponed by the Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee. |
| Proposal: | Reduction of Appropriations/Veto Authority |
| Proposal number: | CP0047 (Adobe PDF - 20kb) |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing an amendment to Section 8 of Article III of the State Constitution to permit the Governor to reduce any item of appropriations in a bill presented to the Governor for approval and to authorize the Legislature to restore the appropriations upon a supermajority vote of each house of the Legislature. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Greg Turbeville |
| Committees of reference: | Planning & Budgetary Processes Committee, Governmental Procedures & Structure Committee |
| Proposal: | Sales Tax Exemptions and Services Not Subject to Sales Tax/Review |
| Proposal number: | CP0048 (Adobe PDF - 16kb) |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing the creation of Section 19 of Article VII of the State Constitution to require the Legislature by general law create a process to review sales tax exemptions and services not subject to the sales tax. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Martha Barnett |
| Committee of reference: | Finance & Taxation Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Withdrawn from Further Consideration by the Sponsor. |
| Proposal: | Local Governmnent Budgets/Line-Item, Zero-Based |
| Proposal number: | SR0049 (Adobe PDF - 20kb) |
| Staff Analysis: | SR0049 Staff Analysis |
| Committee Substitute(s) | CS/SR0049 (Adobe PDF - 20kb) CS/SR0049, First Engrossed (Adobe PDF - 12kb) |
| Committee Substitute Staff Analysis | CS/SR0049 Staff Analysis (Adobe PDF - 132kb) CS/SR0049, First Engrossed Staff Analysis (Adobe PDF - 132kb) |
| Proposal subject: | An act relating to local governments; requiring certain constitutional officers, boards, or other taxing authorities to submit a specified budget to the county commission prior to the commission's budget meetings; providing an effective date. |
| Proposal type: | Statutory Recommendation |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Randy Miller |
| Committee of reference: | Finance and Taxation Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Reported favorably out of the Finance & Taxation Committee. Favorable by Taxation & Budget Reform Commission. Approved by Style & Drafting Committee. |
| Statutory Recommendation: | SR0049 Transmittal Letter (Adobe PDF - 120kb) |
| Proposal: | Elimination of RLE Property Taxes for Education |
| Proposal number: | CP0050 (Adobe PDF - 22kb) |
| Staff Analysis: | CP0050 Staff Analysis |
| Committee Substitute(s) | CS/CP0050 (Adobe PDF - 44kb) |
| Committee Substitute Staff Analysis | CS/CP0050 Staff Analysis (Adobe PDF - 172kb) |
| Proposal subject: | A resolution proposing an amendment to Section 9 and the creation of Section 19 of Article VII of the State Constitution to limit the ability of the Legislature to require school districts to levy an ad valorem tax as a condition for eligibility for state revenues, to require the replacement of required local effort, and to reduce the maximum millage rate for ad valorem taxation for school purposes. |
| Proposal type: | Constitutional Proposal |
| Proposal sponsor: | Commissioner Patricia Levesque |
| Committee of reference: | Finance and Taxation Committee |
| Action by Committee(s) of Reference: | Reported favorably as amended out of the Finance & Taxation Committee. Temporarily Postponed by Taxation & Budget Reform Commission. |