SECOND REGULAR SESSION

SENATE BILL NO. 843

90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


INTRODUCED BY SENATOR DePASCO.

Read 1st time January 17, 2000, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.



TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.

3910S.01I


AN ACT

To amend chapter 144, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to sales tax on food.


Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:

Section A.  Chapter 144, RSMo, is amended, by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 144.013, to read as follows:

144.013.  The governing body of any city or county that imposed a sales tax on food, as defined in section 144.014 prior to October 1, 1997, may adopt an ordinance or order terminating the taxation of such food.  Such ordinance or order may be submitted at any municipal or state primary or general election, as defined in section 115.123, RSMo.  Such ordinance or order shall be submitted to the voters in substantially the following form:

Shall the (city/county) of (name of city/county) abolish the sales tax on food as defined by law?

Yes No

If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal, then the ordinance or order shall be in effect on the first day of the second quarter after the director of revenue receives notice of adoption of the tax.


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