1797-S AMH STOK H2758.1
SHB 1797 - H AMD 590
By Representative Stokesbary
NOT CONSIDERED 01/05/2018
On page 7, beginning on line 4, after "may" strike all material through "used.))" on line 10 and insert "submit an authorizing proposition to the city voters at a special or general election and, if the proposition is approved by a majority of persons voting, impose the whole or remainder of the sales and use tax rate in accordance with the terms of this chapter. The title of each ballot measure must clearly state the purposes for which the proposed sales and use tax will be used."
On page 7, after line 13, insert the following:
"(iii) If a county with a population of greater than one million five hundred thousand has not imposed the full tax authorized under (a) of this subsection within three years of October 9, 2015, the legislative authority of a city with a population over five hundred thousand in that county may impose the whole or remainder of the sales and use tax rate in accordance with the terms of this chapter. The rate of tax under this section may not exceed one-tenth of one percent of the selling price in the case of a sales tax, or value of the article used, in the case of a use tax."
On page 8, line 39, after "2017" insert "1st sp. sess."
EFFECT: Limits the councilmanic authority of a city to impose the 0.1 percent sales tax, where the county has not imposed the tax, to a city with a population over 500,000.
Makes a technical session law reference update.
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