| If General Fund revenues for any fiscal year, as determined by |
the State Controller at the close of the fiscal year following |
the end of that fiscal year, exceed those of the previous fiscal |
year by 8% 5% or more, on a base-to-base comparison excluding |
one-time revenue gains and losses, the tax on the sale of those |
tangible personal property and taxable services taxed at a rate |
of 6% 5 1/2% on the effective date of this paragraph shall |
January 1, 1999 must fall by 0.5% on the subsequent October 1st, |
unless the Legislature takes action to prevent the reduction. |