[PERFECTED]
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2
89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Reported from the Committee on Local Government & Related Matters, September 9, 1997, with recommendation that the House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 2 Do Pass.
Taken up for Perfection September 9, 1997. House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 2 ordered Perfected and printed, as amended.
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
L1961.02P
AN ACT
Relating to sales taxation, with an emergency clause.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section 1. 1. The governing body of any city which has a population of at least thirty-five thousand and is located in a county with a population of at least sixty-three thousand but not in excess of eighty thousand may impose, by ordinance or order, an economic development sales tax on all retail sales which are subject to taxation pursuant to the provisions of sections 144.010 to 144.525, RSMo, for the purpose of funding economic development. For the purposes of this section, the term "economic development" shall mean the funding of the construction and debt financing of a civic and convention center, as determined by the city imposing the tax. The tax authorized by this section shall be in addition to any and all other sales taxes allowed by law. The ordinance or order shall become effective after the governing body of the city shall submit to the voters of that city a proposal to authorize the tax.
2. The ballot of submission shall contain, but need not be limited to, the following language:
Shall the city of .......... (name of city) impose a sales tax of .......... (insert rate) for the purpose of funding economic development in order to construct a convention center?
YES NO
If you are in favor of the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "YES". If you are
opposed to the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "NO".
If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal, then the ordinance or order shall be in effect, beginning the first day of the second calendar quarter following its adoption or a later date if authorized by the governing body. If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters voting are opposed to the proposal, then the governing body of the city shall have no power to impose the sales tax authorized in this section unless and until the governing body of the city shall again have submitted another such proposal and the proposal is approved by the requisite majority of the qualified voters voting thereon. However, in no event shall a proposal pursuant to this section be submitted to the voters sooner than twelve months from the date of the last proposal submitted pursuant to this section.
3. After the effective date of any tax imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section, the director of revenue shall perform all functions incident to the administration, collection, enforcement, and operation of the tax in the same manner as provided in sections 94.500 to 94.550, RSMo, and the director of revenue shall collect in addition to the sales tax for the state of Missouri the additional tax authorized pursuant to the authority of this section. The tax imposed pursuant to this section and the tax imposed pursuant to the sales tax law of the state of Missouri shall be collected together and reported upon such forms and pursuant to such administrative rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the director of revenue. Except as modified in this section, all provisions of sections 32.085 and 32.087, RSMo, shall apply to the tax imposed pursuant to this section.
4. The economic development sales tax may be approved at a rate of one-eighth of one percent, one-fourth of one percent, three-eighths of one percent, one-half of one percent, three-fourths of one percent or one percent of the receipts from the sale at retail of all tangible personal property and taxable services at retail within any city adopting such tax, if such property and services are subject to taxation by the state of Missouri pursuant to the provisions of sections 144.010 to 144.525, RSMo.
5. All revenue generated from the tax authorized pursuant to the provisions of this section, less one percent for the cost of collection which shall be deposited in the general revenue fund, shall be deposited into the "Local Economic Development Sales Tax Fund", which is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund moneys shall be distributed to the city from which the revenue was generated for the sole purpose of funding economic development, as that term is defined in this section. The tax authorized by this section is abolished or terminated when the original indebtedness for the civic and convention center is fully paid.
Section A. Because immediate action is necessary to stimulate the economy of the cities of this
state this act is deemed necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, welfare,
peace and safety, and is hereby declared to be an emergency act within the meaning of the
constitution, and this act shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and approval.
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