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2010 SESSION

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SB 280 Food and beverage tax; locality to set amount.

Introduced by: Frederick M. Quayle | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

County meals tax; rate of tax and approval required. Removes the current cap of four percent for the county meals tax and allows counties to impose an uncapped rate. The bill would also allow counties to adopt or increase a meals tax by a majority vote of members of the governing body.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101463D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/22/10  Senate: Printed as engrossed 10101463D-E  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/12/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101463D
• 01/12/10  Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
• 01/20/10  Senate: Reported from Finance with amendments (13-Y 2-N)
• 01/21/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/22/10  Senate: Read second time
• 01/22/10  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 01/22/10  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/22/10  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB280E
• 01/22/10  Senate: Printed as engrossed 10101463D-E
• 01/25/10  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 01/26/10  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 01/27/10  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N)
• 02/17/10  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/17/10  House: Read first time
• 02/17/10  House: Referred to Committee on Finance
• 02/17/10  House: Assigned Finance sub: #1
• 02/24/10  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 2-N)
• 03/01/10  House: Tabled in Finance by voice vote