The Livingston Sales Tax is collected by the merchant on all qualifying sales made within Livingston Groceries are exempt from the Livingston and Texas state sales taxes Livingston collects a 0% local sales tax, the maximum local sales tax allowed under Texas law Livingston has a lower sales tax than 99.9% of Texas' other cities and counties
Inasmuch as Article V of the Federal Constitution specifies that. amendments shall become effective ââwhen ratified by legislatures of three-fourths of the several. States or by conventions in three-fourths thereof,ââ it has been generally believed that an ap-. proval or veto by a governor is without significance.
Article Five of the United States Constitution detailed the two-step process for amending the nation's frame of government. Amendments must be properly Proposed and Ratified before becoming operative. This process was designed to strike a balance between the excesses of constant change and inflexibility. An amendment may be proposed and sent to the states for ratification by either: The United States Congress, whenever a two-thirds majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives deem it necessary;