New Jersey ACR21 proposes a constitutional amendment requiring tax bills to pass with a three-fifths majority in both legislative houses.
New Jersey ACR21 proposes an amendment to the state constitution, requiring that any bill or joint resolution levying a new state tax or proposing to increase an existing state tax must pass with a three-fifths majority vote in both houses of the Legislature. This change would apply to bills introduced starting from January 9, 2007. The amendment, if approved by voters, would be submitted at the next general election and would require the yeas and nays of the members voting on final passage to be entered on the journal.
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