FIRST REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE COOPER (120).
Read 1st time February 13, 2007 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment to article X of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section relating to the taxing jurisdiction of local governments.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2008, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following amendment to article X of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A. Article X, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adding one new section, to be known as section 11(h), to read as follows:
Section 11(h). No county, city, or other political corporation or subdivision of the state shall tax the gross receipts of a provider of telecommunications services at a rate greater than the generally applicable business license tax rate imposed on the gross receipts of retail establishments operating within the boundaries of such county, city, or other political corporation or subdivision. This section shall not be construed to confer any authority on any county, city, or other political corporation or subdivision to impose any such tax and shall not apply to generally applicable sales and use taxes authorized by law.
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