FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.231
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEGALLICK.
0879H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter67,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtotransientguest
taxes.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter67,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection67.1013,toreadasfollows:
67.1013.1.Thegoverningbodyofanycitywithmorethantenthousandbut
2fewerthaneleventhousandinhabitantsandthatisthecountyseatofacountywithmore
3thanonehundredthousandbutfewerthanonehundredtwentythousandinhabitants
4mayimposeataxasprovidedinthissection.
5 2.Thegoverningbodyofanycitydescribedinsubsection1ofthissectionmay
6imposeataxonthechargesforallsleepingroomspaidbythetransientguestsofhotels
7ormotelssituatedinthecityoraportionthereof,whichshallbenotmorethansix
8percentperoccupiedroompernight.Suchtaxshallnotbecomeeffectiveunlessthe
9governingbodyofthecitysubmitstothevotersofthecityatastate,municipal,general,
10orprimaryelectionaproposaltoauthorizethegoverningbodyofthecitytoimposethe
11taxunderthissection.Thetaxauthorizedbythissectionshallbeinadditiontothe
12chargeforthesleepingroomandshallbeinadditiontoanyandallothertaxes.Such
13taxshallbestatedseparatelyfromallotherchargesandtaxes.
14 3.(1)Thequestionsubmittedforthetaxauthorizedinthissectionshallbein
15substantiallythefollowingform:"Shall______(insertcityname)imposeataxonthe
16chargesforallsleepingroomspaidbythetransientguestsofhotelsandmotelssituated
17in______(insertcityname)atarateof______(insertpercentage)percent?".
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (2)Ifamajorityofthevotescastonthequestionbythequalifiedvotersvoting
19thereonareinfavorofthequestion,thetaxshallbecomeeffectiveonthefirstdayofthe
20secondcalendarquarterfollowingthecalendarquarterinwhichtheelectionwasheld.
21Ifamajorityofthevotescastonthequestionbythequalifiedvotersvotingthereonare
22opposedtothequestion,thetaxshallnotbecomeeffectiveunlessanduntilthequestion
23isresubmittedunderthissectiontothequalifiedvotersofthecityandsuchquestionis
24approvedbyamajorityofthequalifiedvotersofthecityvotingonthequestion.
25 4.Asusedinthissection,"transientguests"meansapersonorpersonswho
26occupyaroomorroomsinahotelormotelforthirty-onedaysorlessduringany
27calendarquarter.
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