2001 SESSION

01-2227

09/10

HOUSE BILL 1322

COMMITTEE: Ways and Means

ANALYSIS

This bill requires a super majority vote by the general court for adoption of certain tax legislation.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-2227

09/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Subdivision; Super Majority Vote Required for Certain Tax Legislation. Amend RSA 14 by inserting after section 49 the following new subdivision:

Super Majority Vote Required for Certain Tax Legislation

14:50 Super Majority Vote Required. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, it shall require the approval of 2/3 of the entire membership of each house of the general court to pass and adopt:

I. Any new tax.

II. Any increase in an existing tax which exceeds:

(a) The rate of inflation, as determined by the most recent Consumer Price Index for the Boston metropolitan area published by the United States Department of Labor; plus

(b) The rate of state population growth, as determined by the decennial federal census or the office of state planning, whichever is most recent.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.