SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 11
(By Senators Edgell, Kessler and Hunter)
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[Introduced February 13, 2006; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West
Virginia, amending article X thereof, by adding thereto a new
section, designated section eleven-a, relating to county and
municipal excess levies; allowing excess levies of county
commissions and municipalities to be approved by a majority of
the votes cast for and against the excess levies; numbering
and designating such proposed amendment; and providing a
summarized statement of the purpose of such proposed
amendment.
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two thirds of
the members elected to each house agreeing thereto:
That the question of ratification or rejection of an amendment
to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be submitted to
the voters of the State at the next general election to be held in
the year two thousand six, which proposed amendment is that
article X thereof be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section eleven-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE X. TAXATION AND FINANCE.
§11a. County and municipal excess levy amendment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Constitution to the
contrary, the maximum rates authorized and allocated by law for tax
levies on the several classes of property by county commissions and
municipalities may be increased in any county or municipality, as
provided in section one of this article, by a majority of the votes
cast for and against the excess levy.
Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of
article eleven, chapter three of the Code of West Virginia, 1931,
as amended, the proposed amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment
No. 1" and designated as the "Allowing County and Municipal Excess
Levies to be Adopted by a Simple Majority Amendment" and the
purpose of the proposed amendment is summarized as follows: "The
purpose of this amendment is to allow excess levies of county
commissions and municipalities to be approved by a majority of the
votes cast for or against the excess levy."
NOTE: The purpose of this joint resolution is to amend the
Constitution to allow excess levies of county commissions and
municipalities to be approved by a majority of the votes cast for
and against the excess levy.
This joint resolution adds a new section to the Constitution,
therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.