Constitutional Amendment G - Constitutional Amendment on the Use of Property Taxes to Support Children and Individuals with Disabilities

Summary

This measure allows the State Legislature to expand the uses for revenue from income taxes and property taxes to include supporting children and to support individuals with a disability. Currently, under the Utah Constitution, tax revenue from income taxes and intangible property may only be used to fund education.

A "yes" vote on this amendment is a vote in favor of allowing the Utah State Legislature to use revenue from income taxes and intangible property taxes to support children and individuals with a disability.

A "no" vote on this amendment is a vote against allowing the Utah State Legislature to use revenue from income taxes and intangible property taxes to support children and individuals with a disability, thereby continuing to limit such tax revenue to support education.

Arguments

"Senate Joint Resolution 9 allows income tax revenue to be used to provide services for children and the disabled in addition to education, all worthy of our tax support. House Bill 357 statutorily obligates legislators to invest in public education and provides a safety net to protect education funding from situations like we saw during the recession in 2008 when there was not enough revenue to even fund student enrollment growth.", in support of Constitutional Amendment G (Learn more)

"There’s always that fear that if you open the door a little bit, it could go somewhere you don’t want it to go, but \[House Bill 357) also gives guarantees that have never been had before and we are choosing to support those and believe that it’s important for education to have that statutory funding in place.", in support of Constitutional Amendment G (Learn more)

"The Utah Constitution protects one of the state’s most important duties, providing a system of public and higher education, by mandating that every dime raised though the state income tax be spent for those functions. Lawmakers have long chafed at that restriction, and Amendment G would loosen the rules by adding programs for children and the disabled to the allowed uses of income tax revenue.", in opposition to Constitutional Amendment G (Learn more)

"How will we ensure that we’re investing responsibly in our children and our future by having more expenses come out of the same pot of money? Which, by the way, we're told every year by our state leaders is too small to help all the Utah families we advocate for.", in opposition to Constitutional Amendment G (Learn more)

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