0001|                   SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 20
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                       LEONARD LEE RAWSON
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0011|                       A JOINT RESOLUTION
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0012|     PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 6 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW
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0013|     MEXICO TO PROHIBIT THE COURTS FROM ORDERING THE STATE OR ANY
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0014|     POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TO LEVY OR INCREASE TAXES.
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0016|     BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|       Section 1.  It is proposed to amend Article 6 of the
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0018|     constitution of New Mexico by adding a new Section 39 to read:
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0019|       "Neither the supreme court nor any inferior court of the
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0020|     state shall have the power to instruct or order the state or
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0021|     political subdivision or an official of the state or political
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0022|     subdivision to levy or increase taxes."
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0023|       Section 2.  The amendment proposed by the resolution shall
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0024|     be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection at
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0025|     the next general election or any special election prior to that
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0001|     date which may be called for that purpose.
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