HB 2177 -- Taxation: Homeowners Protection Act Sponsor: Treadway This bill authorizes St. Louis County to levy an earnings/income tax in lieu of all real property taxes on owner-occupied property of taxpayers 62 years of age or older. The county's governing body may, by ordinance, submit to the voters a proposition to levy an earnings/income tax. If accepted by the voters, qualified taxpayers would be refunded the amount of property taxes on their homestead from the proceeds of the earnings/income tax.Copyright (c) Missouri House of Representatives