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.
No matter which method is used for the proposal of a constitutional amendment, Congress retains the power to decide what method will be used for ratification: approval of three-fourths (38) of the state legislatures, or approval of three-fourths (38) of special state conventions.he rest have been ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures. The process for amending the Constitution is deliberately difficult. Even when an amendment is proposed by Congress, it has taken, on average, two-and-a-half years for it to be ratified.