HB 2038-S.E - DIGEST |
(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 4/24/13) |
Invests in the education legacy trust account for K-12 basic education and higher education by: (1) Eliminating the preferential business and occupation tax rate for travel agents; |
(2) Eliminating the sales and use tax exemption for bottled water; |
(3) Converting the nonresident sales tax exemption into a refund process for state and local sales taxes; |
(4) Modifying tax preferences for high-tech research and development; |
(5) Eliminating the public utility tax deduction on interstate hauls; |
(6) Narrowing business and occupation tax exemptions and sales and use tax exemptions for import commerce; |
(7) Repealing the preferential business and occupation tax rate for sellers of prescription drugs; and |
(8) Narrowing the use tax exemption for extracted fuel to biomass fuel. |
Extends, permanently, the business and occupation surtax. |
Requires the department of revenue to: (1) Estimate the increase in state general fund revenues from the changes made in certain parts of the act; and |
(2) Notify the state treasurer of the increase. |
Requires the state treasurer to transfer the aforementioned amount from the general fund to the education legacy trust account. |
Excludes the general state revenues transferred to the education legacy trust account from the calculation of general state revenues. |