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        January 29, 1999


Mr. President:

    The State and Local Affairs Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.J.R. 5, RESOLUTION AMENDING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONS, by Senator H. Nielson, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 10, Lines 286 - 296:    Delete lines 286 through 296 and insert:

            " Article XIV, Section 3 [Certain debt of counties, cities, towns, school districts, and other political subdivisions not to exceed revenue -- Exception.]
            No debt issued by a county, city, town, school district, or other political subdivision of the State and directly payable from and secured by ad valorem property taxes levied by the issuer of the debt may be created in excess of the taxes for the current year [ shall be created by any county or subdivision thereof, or by any school district therein, or by any city, town or village, or any subdivision thereof in this State; ] unless the proposition to create [ such ] the debt [ , shall have ] has been submitted to a vote of [ such ] qualified [ electors as shall have paid a property tax therein, in the year preceding such election ] voters at the time and in the manner provided by statute , and a majority of those voting thereon [ shall have ] has voted in favor of incurring [ such ] the debt."

2.     Page 7, Line 196:    After "shall" delete ",as prescribed by statute,"
    (Goldenrod, 1-26-99)


        Respectfully,



        R. Mont Evans
        Committee Chair



Voting: 3-2-1
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