SB 156 - This act sets the sales tax rate at 1% for food bought at retail establishments which are authorized as participants in the federal food stamp program. "Food" is defined as articles which can be purchased with food stamps. With the 1/8th of one percent conservation tax and the 1/10th of one percent parks and soils tax, the state sales tax rate on food will be 1.225%.

Retailers affected by the provisions of this act shall be entitled to retain an additional 2% of the collections of the sales tax on food.

This act has an emergency clause.

This act is similar to SB 7 (1997), SB 35 (1997) and SB 110 (1997).

TOM CRAWFORD