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2007 SESSION
HB 2315 Meals tax; referendum required in certain cities.
Introduced by: John J. Welch, III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Meals tax; referendum required in certain cities. Restricts the imposition in any city of any new meals tax or tax rate increase resulting in a rate greater than 5.5% without approval by referendum. The bill grandfathers' the rates of cities that currently exceed 5.5%.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 078282552 pdf | impact statement
- 01/24/07 House: Floor substitute printed 073472552-H1 (Welch) pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/09/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 078282552
- 01/09/07 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/18/07 House: Assigned Finance sub: #2 (Ware, R.L.)
- 01/22/07 House: Reported from Finance (17-Y 4-N)
- 01/23/07 House: Read first time
- 01/24/07 House: Read second time
- 01/24/07 House: Floor substitute printed 073472552-H1 (Welch)
- 01/24/07 House: Substitute by Delegate Welch agreed to 073472552-H1
- 01/24/07 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute (53-Y 40-N) HB2315H1
- 01/24/07 House: VOTE: ENGROSSMENT (53-Y 40-N)
- 01/25/07 House: Read third time and passed House (57-Y 41-N)
- 01/25/07 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (57-Y 41-N)
- 01/25/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/26/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/26/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/14/07 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (3-Y 12-N)