{"id":4479,"date":"2012-02-02T12:15:16","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T19:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=4479"},"modified":"2012-02-02T16:25:20","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T23:25:20","slug":"idaho-lawmaker-wants-to-make-it-tougher-to-raise-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/02\/02\/idaho-lawmaker-wants-to-make-it-tougher-to-raise-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho Lawmaker Wants to Make it Tougher to Raise Taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4480\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 214px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"Sen. Steve Vick is a Republican from Dalton Gardens, ID. \" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/02\/SenSteveVick_DaltonGardens.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4480\" title=\"SenSteveVick_DaltonGardens\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/02\/SenSteveVick_DaltonGardens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Idaho Legislature \/ State of Idaho<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Steve Vick is a Republican from Dalton Gardens, ID.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The Associated Press<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idahostatesman.com\/2012\/02\/02\/1978337\/idaho-lawmaker-make-it-even-tougher.html\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a> conservative Idaho lawmakers are pushing a constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds vote for fee or tax hikes passed by the Legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Steve Vick (R-Dalton Gardens) is a first term Idaho legislator.\u00a0 He previously served in the Montana Legislature for seven years.\u00a0 Vick wants Idaho to join about 16 other states that have adopted this supermajority requirement.<\/p>\n<p>The House State Affairs committee passed the measure 15-3 along party lines, with all Republicans supporting it and Democrats opposed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.idahoreporter.com\/2012\/sen-steve-vick-wants-to-make-it-harder-for-state-to-raise-taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vick told<\/a> <em>IdahoReporter.com<\/em> he\u2019s seen the idea in other states and thought it\u2019d be a good fit for Idaho. \u201cIt just seemed like a good idea,\u201d Vick said. \u201cThe primary motive is to control the growth of government.\u201d <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Some committee lawmakers expressed concern that the higher bar to approve tax hikes would mean the government couldn\u2019t be as nimble and responsive if revenues slump. Vick isn\u2019t buying that argument. \u201cWe still can (increase taxes), but we have to develop a broad consensus as to what taxes we\u2019re going to raise,\u201d Vick noted. \u201cIt just sets a higher standard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The north Idaho senator believes his bill could also prompt lawmakers to express more concern over reserve account levels when the state has extra revenue. With a higher bar for tax increases to get through the House and Senate, Vick says legislators would instead turn to reserves. \u201cI think there\u2019d be more concern about whether the rainy day funds are full,\u201d Vick said.\u00a0 &#8212; <em>IdahoReporter.com\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[legislator leg_id=IDL000033 align=left]<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s more from the AP:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Idaho&#8217;s Republican-controlled Legislature usually has opted to cut budgets, rather than hike tax revenue, to avoid deficits.<\/p>\n<p>But in rare instances, lawmakers have narrowly approved tax increases, including in 2003 to shore up public schools.<\/p>\n<p>That year, a temporary 1 percent sales tax hike passed 37-32 in the House and 19-16 in the Senate, meaning it would have failed had Vick&#8217;s amendment had been in place.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislature.idaho.gov\/legislation\/2012\/HJR001.htm\" target=\"_blank\">House Joint Resolution 1 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Associated Press reports conservative Idaho lawmakers are pushing a constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds vote for fee or tax hikes passed by the Legislature. Sen. Steve Vick (R-Dalton Gardens) is a first term Idaho legislator.\u00a0 He previously served in the Montana Legislature for seven years.\u00a0 Vick wants Idaho to join about 16 other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":4480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[121],"tags":[235,134],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4479"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4486,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4479\/revisions\/4486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}