FLOOR AMENDMENT (CRANWELL) REJECTED BY HOUSE OF DELEGATES

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3. That the General Assembly has determined that the elimination of the sales and use tax on food is a priority and provides tax relief to all citizens of the Commonwealth and that therefore the tax relief provided by this Act shall be effective August 1, 1999, and that from that date through July 1, 2000, the rate of tax on food shall be four percent of the gross sales price with an additional one-half percent reduction in each subsequent year until such tax on food is reduced to two and one-half percent on July 1, 2002, and that the tax relief provided by House Bills 1487, 1531, 1546, 1552, 1584, 1600, 1650, 1713, 1739, 1752, 1818, 1820, 1933, 1977, 2223, and 2370 shall be delayed and that the effective date of House Bills 1487, 1531, 1546, 1552, 1584, 1600, 1650, 1713, 1739, 1752, 1818, 1820, 1933, 1977, 2223, and 2370 shall be July 1, 2000.