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Senate Finance Committee hears proposal to require two-thirds vote for new broad-based taxes
Summary
A proponent told the committee that CACR 12 would ask voters whether the Legislature must use a two-thirds vote to create new broad-based taxes; senators pressed for clearer definitions of "broad-based" and "new" and raised concerns about ceding authority to the executive branch and about implementation details.
A hearing in the New Hampshire Senate Finance Committee on CACR 12 opened with a proponent explaining that the constitutional amendment would ask voters to require a two-thirds legislative vote before creating "new" broad-based taxes that affect every citizen.
Proponents told the committee the measure is intended to ensure that creation of major new revenue streams — for example, a statewide sales or income tax — would reflect a supermajority agreement rather than a simple 50% plus one…
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