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2006 SESSION
SB 85 Retail Sales & Use Tax; gratuities or service charges on meals excluded when calculating.
Introduced by: John C. Watkins | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
State and local sales and use tax and local taxes on meals; gratuities or service charges on meals. Excludes from the sales price of meals all gratuities or service charges for purposes of calculating the sales and use tax and the local tax on meals; however the mandatory service charges or gratuities in excess of 20 percent would still be subject to the sales and use tax and the local meals tax. This bill is identical to HB 896.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/06 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 068009840 pdf | impact statements
- 02/03/06 Senate: Committee substitute printed 063974712-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/06/06 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB85ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/12/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/06/06 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 068009840
- 01/06/06 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/01/06 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/06 Senate: Committee substitute printed 063974712-S1
- 02/03/06 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/06/06 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/06 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/06 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 063974712-S1
- 02/06/06 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB85S1
- 02/07/06 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/06 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/13/06 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/06 House: Read first time
- 02/13/06 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/15/06 House: Reported from Finance with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/06 House: Read second time
- 02/20/06 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/21/06 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/22/06 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/23/06 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/24/06 House: Read third time
- 02/24/06 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/24/06 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/24/06 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/06 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/06 House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 02/24/06 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/06 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/06 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/06 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/06 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB85ER)
- 03/07/06 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/06 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/06 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/05/06 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 568 (effective 7/1/06)
- 04/12/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568)