REPORT TITLE:
Constitutional Amendment


DESCRIPTION:
Proposes a constitutional amendment to prohibit any taxation of
schools, educational facility or day care facilities, or their
associated activities.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.1571       
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION,
   TO PROHIBIT TAXATION OF ANY SCHOOL, EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, OR
   DAY CARE CENTER.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to propose an
 
 2 amendment to article VII, Constitution of the State of Hawaii, by
 
 3 adding a new section that prohibits the taxation of any school,
 
 4 educational facility or day care facility, or their associated
 
 5 activities.
 
 6      SECTION 2.  Article VII of the Constitution of the State of
 
 7 Hawaii is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately
 
 8 designated and to read as follows:
 
 9      "Section   .  No tax shall be levied by the State or any
 
10 political subdivision on any school, educational facility or day
 
11 care center, or associated activities of a school, educational
 
12 facility or day care center."
 
13      SECTION 3.  The question to be printed on the ballot shall
 
14 be as follows:
 
15      "Shall the State and counties be prohibited from any
 
16      taxation of any school, educational facility, or day care
 
17      center, or their associated activities?"
 
18      SECTION 4.  New constitutional material is underscored.
 

 
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 1      SECTION 5.  This amendment shall take effect upon compliance
 
 2 with article XVII, section 3 of the Constitution of the State of
 
 3 Hawaii.
 
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 5                              INTRODUCED BY:______________________