Constitution, Art. IV, Pt. Third, §24 is enacted to read:

Section 24.__Enactment of or increase in any tax or license fee.__After the effective date of this section:

1.__Enactment.__Except as provided in subsection 4, a tax may not be imposed or levied unless the tax was enacted by vote of 2/3 of all members of each House of the Legislature;

2.__Increase.__Except as provided in subsection 4, the effective rate of any tax may not be increased except by enactment of legislation approved by 2/3 of all members of each House of the Legislature;

3.__Repeal.__Except as provided in subsection 4, a tax exemption may not be eliminated unless repealed by vote of 2/3 of all members of each House of the Legislature; and

4.__Exception; debt payment.__To the extent necessary to make up for General Fund revenues set apart by the Treasurer of State to pay interest and principal on bonded debt as provided under Article V, Part Third, Section 5, the Legislature may eliminate a tax exemption without application of subsection 3 or enact a tax or increase the rate of a tax without application of subsections 1 and 2.

This section does not apply to enactment of or increase in a tax or elimination of a tax exemption that is required to receive a vote of more than 2/3 of all members of each House of the Legislature under another provision of this Constitution.

; and be it further

Constitutional referendum procedure; form of question; effective date. Resolved: That the municipal officers of this State shall notify the inhabitants of their respective cities, towns and plantations to meet, in the manner prescribed by law for holding a statewide election, at a statewide election, on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November following the passage of this resolution, to vote upon the ratification of the amendment proposed in this resolution by voting upon the following question:

"Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to require a 2/3 vote of all the members of each House of the Legislature to enact or increase taxes or to eliminate tax