REPORT TITLE:
Constitutional Amendment


DESCRIPTION:
Proposes a constitutional amendment to prohibit any taxation of
churches.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.1572       
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION,
   TO PROHIBIT TAXATION OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS AND ACTIVITIES.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to propose an
 
 2 amendment to article VII of the Constitution of the State of
 
 3 Hawaii, by adding a new section that prohibits the taxation of
 
 4 any religious order and its associated activity.
 
 5      SECTION 2.  Article VII of the Constitution of the State of
 
 6 Hawaii is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately
 
 7 designated and to read as follows:
 
 8      "Section    .  No tax shall be levied by the State or any
 
 9 political subdivision on any religious order and its associated
 
10 activities."
 
11      SECTION 3.  The question to be printed on the ballot shall
 
12 be as follows:
 
13      "Shall the State and counties be prohibited from any
 
14      taxation of a religious group and the group's associated
 
15      activities?"
 
16      SECTION 4.  New constitutional material is underscored.
 
17      SECTION 5.  This amendment shall take effect upon compliance
 

 
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 1 with article XVII, section 3 of the Constitution of the State of
 
 2 Hawaii.
 
 3 
 
 4                           INTRODUCED BY:_________________________