HB 48 -- Museum and Tourism-Related Sales Tax for the City of
Independence

Sponsor:  Dougherty

This bill authorizes the City of Independence, upon voter
approval, to impose a sales tax in increments of one-eighth of 1%
up to a maximum of 2% on all retail sales of food within the city
to be used for museums and tourism-related activities.  Museum
and tourism-related activities that will qualify for the tax
revenue are defined as well as the method of collecting the tax.
A procedure is established for the repeal of the tax.

The bill contains an emergency clause.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:18 pm