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HJR 44, 80th R.S.
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a franchise tax rate to be approved by three-fourths of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.

Last action: Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

Author: Dan Branch
Joint Author: Ken Paxton | Charles "Doc" Anderson | Richard Raymond | Robert Cook
Coauthor: Jimmie Aycock | Leo Berman | Dwayne Bohac | Dennis Bonnen | Betty Brown | Fred Brown | Bill Callegari | Norma Chavez | Warren Chisum | Wayne Christian | Byron Cook | Frank Corte, Jr. | Joe Crabb | Brandon Creighton | Myra Crownover | Drew Darby | John Davis | Yvonne Davis | Joe Deshotel | Joe Driver | Harold V. Dutton, Jr. | Rob Eissler | Gary Elkins | Kirk England | David Farabee | Joe Farias | Kino Flores | Dan Flynn | Juan Garcia | Dan Gattis | Charlie Geren | Tony Goolsby | Ryan Guillen | Mike Hamilton | Kelly Hancock | Rick Hardcastle | Patricia Harless | Linda Harper-Brown | Joe Heflin | Harvey Hilderbran | Fred Hill | Mark Homer | Chuck Hopson | Charlie Howard | Bryan Hughes | Carl Isett | Jim Jackson | Delwin Jones | Jim Keffer | Phil King | Susan King | Lois Kolkhorst | Mike Krusee | Edmund Kuempel | Thomas Latham | Jodie Laubenberg | Eddie Lucio III | Nathan Macias | Jerry Madden | Barbara Mallory Caraway | Armando Martinez | Brian McCall | Ruth McClendon | Jim McReynolds | Tommy Merritt | Sid Miller | Geanie Morrison | Anna Mowery | Jim Murphy | Mike O'Day | Rob Orr | John Otto | Tan Parker | Diane Patrick | Aaron Peña | Larry Phillips | Joseph Pickett | Jim Pitts | Robert Puente | Debbie Riddle | Allan Ritter | Todd Smith | Wayne Smith | John Smithee | Burt Solomons | Joe Straus | David Swinford | Robert Talton | Larry Taylor | Vicki Truitt | Corbin Van Arsdale | Allen Vaught | Hubert Vo | George West | Beverly Woolley | Bill Zedler | John Zerwas

Bill Analyses:
Committee Report (House Research Organization)

Subjects:
Legislature
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments
Taxation--Franchise
Taxation--General

House Committee: Ways & Means (Jim Keffer, Dennis Bonnen, Yvonne Davis, Kino Flores, John Otto, Ken Paxton, Aaron Peña, Jim Pitts, Allan Ritter) Minutes: April 3 2007 | April 25 2007

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