The Amendment Process. There are essentially two ways spelled out in the Constitution for how to propose an amendment. One has never been used. The first method is for a bill to pass both houses of the legislature, by a two-thirds majority in each. Once the bill has passed both houses, it goes on to the states. This is the route taken by all current amendments.
Like other parts of the revenue structure, tax revenue setting by municipalities is restricted by state governments. States are not uniform in their approach to allowing municipalities to utilize the three major sources of tax revenue-property, sales and income taxes-usually permitting some combination.ince local governments are corporations of state government, local revenue structures are largely determined by state doctrine. While state governments generally aim to provide sufficient autonomy and support to local governments, there are fifty state-local revenue systems that even vary within states.
16 New York City received the largest share of statewide local sales tax revenue â 45 percent, or $6.1 billion â but this was only 8.6 percent of its total revenue in 2013. 17 This is partly due to the fact that New York City is one of only two cities in the State that has its own income tax.