| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.171 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEBROWN(149). |
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| 5 | 5 | | 0459H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsection67.1018,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto |
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| 8 | 8 | | transientguesttaxes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Section67.1018,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2thereof,tobeknownassection67.1018,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 67.1018.1.Thegoverningbodyofthefollowingcountiesmayimposeataxas |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2providedinthissection: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3 (1)Anycountyofthethirdclassificationwithoutatownshipformofgovernmentand |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4withmorethanfivethousandninehundredbutfewerthansixthousandinhabitants; or |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5 (2)Anycountywithmorethanfifteenthousandsevenhundredbutfewerthan |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6seventeenthousandsixhundredinhabitantsandwithacountyseatwithmorethantwo |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7thousandbutfewerthanthreethousandinhabitants. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8 2.Thegoverningbodyofanycountylistedinsubsection1ofthissectionmay |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9imposeataxonthechargesforallsleepingroomspaidbythetransientguestsofhotelsor |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10motelssituatedinthecountyoraportionthereof,whichshallnotbemorethanfivepercent |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11peroccupiedroompernight,exceptthatsuchtaxshallnotbecomeeffectiveunlessthe |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12governingbodyofthecountysubmitstothevotersofthecountyatastategeneralorprimary |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13electionaproposaltoauthorizethegoverningbodyofthecountytoimposeataxunderthis |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14section.Thetaxauthorizedinthissectionshallbeinadditiontothechargeforthesleeping |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15roomandallothertaxesimposedbylaw,andfiftypercentoftheproceedsofsuchtaxshallbe |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16usedbythecountytofundlawenforcementwiththeremainingfiftypercentofsuchproceeds |
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| 28 | 28 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 29 | 29 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17tobeusedtofundthepromotionoftourism.Suchtaxshallbestatedseparatelyfromallother |
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| 30 | 30 | | 18chargesandtaxes. |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19 [2.]3.Theballotofsubmissionforthetaxauthorizedinthissectionshallbein |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20substantiallythefollowingform: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21 Shall______(insertthenameofthecounty)imposeataxonthe |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22 chargesforallsleepingroomspaidbythetransientguestsofhotelsand |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 motelssituatedin______(nameofcounty)atarateof______(insert |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24 rateofpercent)percentforthebenefitofthecounty? |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25☐Yes☐No |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27Ifamajorityofthevotescastonthequestionbythequalifiedvotersvotingthereonarein |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28favorofthequestion,thenthetaxshallbecomeeffectiveonthefirstdayofthesecond |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29calendarquarterfollowingthecalendarquarterinwhichtheelectionwasheld.Ifamajority |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30ofthevotescastonthequestionbythequalifiedvotersvotingthereonareopposedtothe |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31question,thenthetaxauthorizedbythissectionshallnotbecomeeffectiveunlessanduntil |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32thequestionisresubmittedunderthissectiontothequalifiedvotersofthecountyandsuch |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33questionisapprovedbyamajorityofthequalifiedvotersofthecountyvotingonthe |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34question. |
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| 47 | 47 | | ✔ |
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| 48 | 48 | | HB171 2 |
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