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Senator proposes asking voters to require supermajority for broad‑based taxes; committee questions municipal impacts and definition of 'broad‑based'
Summary
Sen. Tim Lang asked the committee to put CACR 12 to voters so the General Court would have to win a supermajority before enacting new broad‑based taxes; members questioned definitions, potential unfunded mandates, and whether fees are covered (answer: taxes only).
Sen. Tim Lang told the House Ways and Means committee on April 16 that CACR 12 is a simple question to take to voters: should a supermajority (two‑thirds) of the General Court be required before the legislature enacts any new broad‑based tax.
"We're asking the voter whether or not... a super majority bipartisan, bicameral solution is necessary to make this work on such a big scale," Lang said, framing the measure as returning a major fiscal test to the electorate.
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