| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEJOINT |
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| 3 | 3 | | RESOLUTION NO.29 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEKELLEY. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1583H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 7 | 7 | | JOINTRESOLUTION |
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| 8 | 8 | | SubmittingtothequalifiedvotersofMissourianamendmentrepealingSections1and22of |
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| 9 | 9 | | ArticleXoftheConstitutionofMissouri,andadoptingtwonewsectionsinlieu |
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| 10 | 10 | | thereofrelatingtolocalsalestaxincreases. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BeitresolvedbytheHouseofRepresentatives,theSenateconcurringtherein: |
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| 12 | 12 | | ThatatthenextgeneralelectiontobeheldinthestateofMissouri,onTuesdaynext |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2followingthefirstMondayinNovember,2026,orataspecialelectiontobecalledbythe |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3governorforthatpurpose,thereisherebysubmittedtothequalifiedvotersofthisstate,for |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4adoptionorrejection,thefollowingamendmenttoArticleXoftheConstitutionofthestateof |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5Missouri: |
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| 17 | 17 | | SectionA.Sections1and22,ArticleX,ConstitutionofMissouri,arerepealedand |
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| 18 | 18 | | 2twonewsectionsadoptedinlieuthereof,tobeknownasSections1and22,toreadas |
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| 19 | 19 | | 3follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | Section1.Thetaxingpowermaybeexercisedbythegeneralassemblyforstate |
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| 21 | 21 | | 2purposes,[and]bycountiesandotherpoliticalsubdivisionsunderpowergrantedtothemby |
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| 22 | 22 | | 3thegeneralassemblyforcounty,municipal, andothercorporatepurposes, andbycounties |
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| 23 | 23 | | 4andcitiesundersubsection3ofSection22ofthisarticle. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section22.[(a)]1.Countiesandotherpoliticalsubdivisionsareherebyprohibited |
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| 25 | 25 | | 2fromlevyinganytax,license, orfees[,] notauthorizedbylaw,charter, orself-enforcing |
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| 26 | 26 | | 3provisionsoftheconstitutionwhenthissectionisadoptedorfromincreasingthecurrentlevy |
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| 27 | 27 | | 4ofanexistingtax,license, orfees[,] abovethatcurrentlevyauthorizedbylaworcharterwhen |
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| 28 | 28 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 29 | 29 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 5thissectionisadoptedwithouttheapprovaloftherequiredmajorityofthequalifiedvotersof |
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| 30 | 30 | | 6thatcountyorotherpoliticalsubdivisionvotingthereon.Ifthedefinitionofthebaseofan |
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| 31 | 31 | | 7existingtax,license, orfees,isbroadened,themaximumauthorizedcurrentlevyoftaxation |
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| 32 | 32 | | 8onthenewbaseineachcountyorotherpoliticalsubdivisionshallbereducedtoyieldthe |
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| 33 | 33 | | 9sameestimatedgrossrevenueasonthepriorbase.Iftheassessedvaluationofpropertyas |
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| 34 | 34 | | 10finallyequalized,excludingthevalueofnewconstructionandimprovements,increasesbya |
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| 35 | 35 | | 11largerpercentagethantheincreaseinthegeneralpricelevelfromthepreviousyear,the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 12maximumauthorizedcurrentlevyappliedtheretoineachcountyorotherpoliticalsubdivision |
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| 37 | 37 | | 13shallbereducedtoyieldthesamegrossrevenuefromexistingproperty,adjustedforchanges |
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| 38 | 38 | | 14inthegeneralpricelevel,ascouldhavebeencollectedattheexistingauthorizedlevyonthe |
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| 39 | 39 | | 15priorassessedvalue. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 16 [(b)]2.Thelimitationsofthissectionshallnotapplytotaxesimposedforthe |
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| 41 | 41 | | 17paymentofprincipalandinterestonbondsorotherevidenceofindebtednessorforthe |
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| 42 | 42 | | 18paymentofassessmentsoncontractobligationsinanticipationofwhichbondsareissued |
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| 43 | 43 | | 19whichwereauthorizedpriortotheeffectivedateofthissection. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 20 3.(1)Beginningin2028,acountyoracitymayincreaseanysalestaxadopted |
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| 45 | 45 | | 21bysuchcountyorcitywithoutanauthorizationbythegeneralassemblyforsuch |
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| 46 | 46 | | 22increaseasfollows: |
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| 47 | 47 | | 23 (a)Suchincreaseshallnotbecomeeffectiveunlessthegoverningbodyofthe |
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| 48 | 48 | | 24countyorcitysubmitstothevotersofthecountyorcityatastategeneralpresidential |
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| 49 | 49 | | 25electionaproposaltoauthorizethegoverningbodyofthecountyorcitytoincreasea |
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| 50 | 50 | | 26salestaxunderthissection; |
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| 51 | 51 | | 27 (b)Thequestionsubmittedshallbeinsubstantiallythefollowingform:"Shall_ |
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| 52 | 52 | | 28_____(insertcountyorcityname)increasethe______(insertsalestaxname)imposed |
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| 53 | 53 | | 29for______(insertsalestaxpurpose)from______(insertexistingpercentage)percentto |
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| 54 | 54 | | 30______(insertproposedpercentage)percent?";and |
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| 55 | 55 | | 31 (c)Ifamajorityofthevotescastonthequestionbythequalifiedvotersvoting |
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| 56 | 56 | | 32thereonareinfavorofthequestion,theincreaseshallbecomeeffectiveonthefirstday |
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| 57 | 57 | | 33ofthecalendarquarterfollowingthecalendarquarterinwhichtheelectionwasheld.If |
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| 58 | 58 | | 34amajorityofthevotescastonthequestionbythequalifiedvotersvotingthereonare |
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| 59 | 59 | | 35opposedtothequestion,thegoverningbodyforthecountyorcityshallhavenopower |
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| 60 | 60 | | 36toincreasethetaxasauthorizedbythissubsectionunlessanduntilthegoverningbody |
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| 61 | 61 | | 37ofthecountyorcityagainsubmitsthequestiontothequalifiedvotersofthecountyor |
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| 62 | 62 | | 38cityandsuchquestionisapprovedbyamajorityofthequalifiedvotersvotingonthe |
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| 63 | 63 | | 39question. |
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| 64 | 64 | | 40 (2)Nosalestaxincreaseshallbeproposedunderthissubsectionatanyelection |
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| 65 | 65 | | 41otherthanageneralpresidentialelection. |
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| 66 | 66 | | HJR29 2 42 (3)Thissubsectionshallnotbeconstruedtoprohibitacountyoracityfrom |
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| 67 | 67 | | 43increasinganysalestaxadoptedbysuchcountyorcityunderpowergrantedandinthe |
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| 68 | 68 | | 44mannerprovidedbythegeneralassembly. |
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| 69 | 69 | | âś” |
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| 70 | 70 | | HJR29 3 |
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