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.
The Constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures. None of the 27 amendments to the Constitution have been proposed by constitutional convention.