Prohibition on transfer taxes.

WORKING DRAFT
2008
STATE OF
WYOMING
08LSO-0385

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
NO.
HJ0011

Prohibition on transfer taxes.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Madden, Esquibel,
K
. and Miller and Senator(s) Bebout, Hastert and Meier

A BILL

for

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution
by prohibiting any tax upon the transfer of title to or an interest in real property.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
,
two-thirds of all the members of the two houses, voting separately, concurring therein:

Section 1.
The following proposal to amend Wyoming Constitution, Article
15
, Section
13
is proposed for submission to the electors of the State of
Wyoming
at the next general election for approval or rejection to become valid as a part of the Constitution if ratified by a majority of the electors at the election:

Article 15, Section 13.

Tax must be authorized by law; law to state object.

No tax shall be levied, except in pursuance of law, and every law imposing a tax shall state distinctly the object of the same, to which only it shall be applied.

No tax shall be levied upon the transfer of title to or an interest in real property.

Section 2.
That the Secretary of State shall endorse the following statement on the proposed amendment:

The adoption of th
is amendment would prohibit the state of
Wyoming
and local governments from imposing taxes on the sale or transfer of title to or an interest in real property.

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