1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article X, by adding a 
1.3 	section; prohibiting imposition of tax on income; requiring a replacement tax.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
 1.6 	An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the 
1.7 	amendment is adopted, a section shall be added to article X, to read:

1.8 	Sec. 9. The legislature may not impose a tax on the income of a resident or nonresident 
1.9 	individual, corporation, partnership, estate, or trust, but must enact an alternative state tax 
1.10 	by January 1, 2013, which replaces at least 80 percent of the state income tax revenue 
1.11 	estimated for taxable year 2013, and thereafter adjusted annually for inflation. The 
1.12 	legislature may not propose an amendment to this section between the years beginning 
1.13 	after December 31, 2010, and ending before January 1, 2013.

1.14 	Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
 1.15 	The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2010 general 
1.16 	election. The question submitted must be:
1.17 	"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to prohibit the state from imposing 
1.18 	a tax on the income of a resident or nonresident individual, corporation, partnership, 
1.19 	estate, or trust, beginning with taxable years after December 31, 2013, and to require 
1.20 	an alternative state tax that replaces at least 80 percent of the state income tax revenue 
1.21 	estimated for taxable year 2013, and thereafter adjusted annually for inflation?

1.22		Yes 
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1.23		No ........"