Topeka ? One of the nation’s leading proponents of Colorado’s so-called Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights today pushed for a similar proposal for Kansas.

Barry Poulson, an economics professor, said if Kansas had implemented a Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights in 1992, taxpayers would have received in $1.1 billion in tax rebates and reductions.

Poulson said the amendment, called TABOR for short, would limit government growth to the rate of inflation plus population. It would also require voter approval of tax increases.

Critics say such a proposed constitutional amendment would hamper government’s ability to respond to emergencies and provide needed services.

To be implemented, TABOR would require a two-thirds majority in the House and Senate, and then a majority vote in a statewide election.