HCS SB 81 -- PROMOTION OF LOCAL TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SPONSOR:  Griesheimer (Schlottach)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Local
Government by a vote of 11 to 0.

Currently, the City of Sullivan is authorized to levy a transient
guest tax between 2% and 5% per room per night to be used for the
promotion of tourism.  This substitute allows Franklin County to
impose the same tax, upon voter approval, in the Sullivan C-II
School District which is partially located in both the city and
the county.

The City of Gladstone is also authorized to impose, upon voter
approval, a transient guest tax of up to 5% on hotel and motel
rooms to be used for the promotion of tourism.

Currently, only St. Charles County and its municipalities are
allowed to form a theater, cultural arts, and entertainment
district.  The substitute allows the governing body of any county
or city that has adopted transect-based zoning under Chapter 89,
RSMo, and the counties of Franklin, Clay, Jackson, Boone, or
Jasper and their municipalities to form a district.

The substitute also:

(1)  Allows the district to fund infrastructure projects;

(2)  Reduces the number of contiguous acres the district must
include from 50 to 25;

(3)  Requires, instead of allows, the governing body of the city
or county in which a district is proposed to pass a resolution
describing the district when a petition for its creation is
filed;

(4)  Defines the term "transect-based zoning"; and

(5)  Repeals the duplicate of Section 67.2505.

FISCAL NOTE:  Estimated Income on General Revenue Fund of $0 to
Unknown in FY 2008, FY 2009, and FY 2010.  No impact on Other
State Funds in FY 2008, FY 2009, and FY 2010.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill will help provide
revenue to promote tourism.

Testifying for the bill were Senator Griesheimer; and Whittaker
Builders, Incorporated.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:21 am