Texas Prohibit Sales Tax on Water Amendment, SJR 36 (2017)
| Texas Prohibit Sales Tax on Water Amendment | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 7, 2017 | |
| Topic Taxes and Water | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Texas Prohibit Sales Tax on Water Amendment, also known as SJR 36, was not on the ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 7, 2017.
The measure would have prohibited the state from levying a tax on the sale or purchase of water at wholesale.[1]
As of 2017, Texas did not levy a sales tax on water.[2]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title would have been as follows:[1]
| “ | The constitutional amendment prohibiting a tax on the sale or purchase of water at wholesale.[3] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article 8, Texas Constitution
The measure would have added a Section 31 to Article 8 of the Texas Constitution. The following language would have been added:[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Texas Constitution
In Texas, a two-thirds vote in both chambers of the Texas State Legislature during one legislative session is required to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot. Texas is one of 16 states that require a two-thirds supermajority vote in both chambers.
Sen. Charles Perry (R-28) filed the amendment in the state legislature as Senate Joint Resolution 36 (SJR 36) on January 30, 2017. The Senate approved the amendment on April 20, 2017. All 31 members of the Senate voted in favor of the bill. The measure was referred to the House Ways & Means Committee, where it did not receive a vote.[4]
Senate vote
April 20, 2017[4]
| Texas SJR 36 Senate Vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 31 | 100.00% | ||
| No | 0 | 0.00% | ||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Texas Legislature, "Senate Joint Resolution 36," accessed April 20, 2017
- ↑ Texas Legislature, "Senate Research Center Analysis," accessed April 20, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Texas Legislature, "SJR 36 Overview," accessed April 20, 2017
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