Read 1st time January 5, 2000, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 67.1360, RSMo Supp. 1999, relating to hotel and motel taxation in certain cities, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 67.1360, RSMo Supp. 1999, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 67.1360, to read as follows:
67.1360. The governing body of a city with a population of more than seven thousand and less than seven thousand five
hundred and a county with a population of over nine thousand six hundred and less than twelve thousand which has a total
assessed valuation of at least sixty-three million dollars, if the county submits the issue to the voters of such county prior to
January 1, 2003, or a third class city which is the county seat of a county of the third classification without a township form
of government with a population of at least twenty-five thousand but not more than thirty thousand inhabitants, or any
fourth class city having, according to the last federal decennial census, a population of more than one thousand eight
hundred fifty inhabitants but less than one thousand nine hundred fifty inhabitants in a county of the first classification with
a charter form of government and having a population of greater than six hundred thousand but less than nine hundred
thousand inhabitants, or any city having a population of more than three thousand but less than eight thousand inhabitants
in a county of the fourth classification having a population of greater than forty-eight thousand inhabitants, or any city
having a population of less than two hundred fifty inhabitants in a county of the fourth classification having a population of
greater than forty- eight thousand inhabitants, or any fourth class city having a population of more than two thousand five
hundred but less than three thousand inhabitants in a county of the third classification having a population of more than
twenty-five thousand but less than twenty-seven thousand inhabitants, or any fourth class city having a population of
more than two thousand eight hundred but less than three thousand one hundred inhabitants in a county of the
third classification with a township form of government having a population of more than eight thousand four
hundred but less than nine thousand inhabitants may impose a tax on the charges for all sleeping rooms paid by the
transient guests of hotels, motels, bed and breakfast inns and campgrounds and any docking facility which rents slips to
recreational boats which are used by transients for sleeping, which shall be at least two percent, but not more than five
percent per occupied room per night, except that such tax shall not become effective unless the governing body of the city
or county submits to the voters of the city or county at a state general, primary or special election, a proposal to authorize
the governing body of the city or county to impose a tax pursuant to the provisions of this section and section 67.1362. The
tax authorized by this section and section 67.1362 shall be in addition to any charge paid to the owner or operator and shall
be in addition to any and all taxes imposed by law and the proceeds of such tax shall be used by the city or county solely for
funding the promotion of tourism. Such tax shall be stated separately from all other charges and taxes.
Missouri House of Representatives