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Senate Bill 2; Regular Session 1997-1998

[History]

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Short Title:
An Act authorizing counties to impose sales, use, occupancy, personal income or earned income and net profits taxes; authorizing municipalities to impose personal income, earned income and net profits and municipal service taxes; empowering municipalities and school districts to require county sales and use taxes; authorizing school districts to impose taxes on personal income, earned income and net profits; providing for the levying, assessment and collection of such taxes; providing for the powers and duties of the Department of Community and Economic Development, the Department of Revenue and the State Treasurer; providing an additional exemption from the tax on intangible personal property; providing for limitations on debt of school districts; exempting political subdivisions from compliance with certain laws that require counties, municipalities and school districts to spend funds or that limit the ability of counties, municipalities and school districts to raise revenue; limiting reassessments in counties of the second class; restricting the taxing authority of certain political subdivisions; and providing for home rule school district tax charters.
Actions:
Referred to FINANCE, Jan. 29, 1997
(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 76), Jan. 29, 1997
Reported as committed, Feb. 4, 1997
First consideration, Feb. 4, 1997
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, Feb. 4, 1997
Re-reported as committed, Feb. 5, 1997
Second consideration, Feb. 5, 1997
(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 106), Feb. 5, 1997
Amended on third consideration, Feb. 10, 1997
Third consideration and final passage, Feb. 10, 1997 (37-10)
(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 126), Feb. 10, 1997
(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1691), March 25, 1998
(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1710), March 30, 1998
(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1887), April 29, 1998
In the House
Referred to FINANCE, Feb. 12, 1997
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