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 9  A PROPOSITION to amend article 11 of the constitution of the state of
10    Kansas by adding a new section thereto, relating to the establishment
11    of a prohibition on the levy of property tax by the state.
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13  Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the
14  members elected (or appointed) and qualified to the House of Repre-
15  sentatives and two-thirds of the members elected (or appointed) and
16  qualified to the Senate concurring therein:
17    Section 1.  The following proposition to amend the constitution of the
18  state of Kansas shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the state
19  for their approval or rejection: Article 11 of the constitution of the state
20  of Kansas is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto to read as
21  follows:
22    ``(section) 14.  Prohibition against property tax levied by the state.
23  The levy of general property tax by, or on behalf of, the state for
24  any and all purposes in the year 2002, and any year thereafter, shall
25  be prohibited, and the authority to levy a permanent tax pursuant
26  to section 6 of articles 6 and 7 of this constitution is hereby declared
27  null and void after the year 2001.''
28    Sec. 2.  The following statement shall be printed on the ballot with
29  the amendment as a whole:
30    ``Explanatory statement. This amendment would establish a pro-
31  hibition against general property tax levies made by or on behalf of
32  the state.
33    ``A vote for this proposition would establish a prohibition against
34  general property tax which may be levied by or on behalf of the
35  state for any and all purposes in the year 2002, and all years there-
36  after.
37    ``A vote against this proposition would maintain the absence of
38  any aggregate general property tax levy rate limitation in the con-
39  stitution.''
40    Sec. 3.  This resolution, if approved by two-thirds of the members
41  elected (or appointed) and qualified to the House of Representatives and
42  two-thirds of the members elected (or appointed) and qualified to the
43  Senate, shall be entered on the journals, together with the yeas and nays.
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 1  The secretary of state shall cause this resolution to be published as pro-
 2  vided by law and shall cause the proposed amendment to be submitted
 3  to the electors of the state at the general election to be held on November
 4  3, 1998.