September 24, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Opsommer and LaJoy and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 10 of article IX, to
dedicate a certain percentage of sales tax revenue to road
construction, maintenance, and repair.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to dedicate a certain percentage of sales tax
revenue to road construction, maintenance, and repair, is proposed,
agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IX
Sec.
10. Fifteen Seventeen percent of all taxes imposed
on
retailers on taxable sales at retail of tangible personal property
at a rate of not more than 4% shall be used exclusively for
assistance to townships, cities and villages, on a population basis
as provided by law. In determining population the legislature may
exclude any portion of the total number of persons who are wards,
patients or convicts in any tax supported institution.
Ten percent of all taxes imposed on retailers on taxable sales
at retail of tangible personal property at a rate of not more than
4% shall be used exclusively for road construction, maintenance,
and repair as provided by law.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted
to the people of the state at the next 2010 general
election in the manner provided by law.