SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 38
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATORS CAUTHORN AND STEELMAN.
Read 1st time February 25, 2002, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
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Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment repealing section 43(a) of article IV of the Constitution of Missouri relating to the conservation sales tax, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating to the same subject.
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2002, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following amendment to article IV of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A. Section 43(a), article IV, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 43(a), to read as follows:
Section 43(a). For the purpose of providing additional moneys to be expended and used by the conservation commission, department of conservation, for the control, management, restoration, conservation and regulation of the bird, fish, game, forestry and wildlife resources of the state, including the purchase or other acquisition of property for said purposes, and for the administration of the laws pertaining thereto, an additional sales tax of one-eighth of one percent is hereby levied and imposed upon all sellers for the privilege of selling tangible personal property or rendering taxable services at retail in this state upon the sales and services which now are or hereafter are listed and set forth in, and, except as to the amount of tax, subject to the provisions of and to be collected as provided in the "Sales Tax Law" and subject to the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith; and an additional use tax of one-eighth of one percent is levied and imposed for the privilege of storing, using or consuming within this state any article of tangible personal property as set forth and provided in the "Compensating Use Tax Law" and, except as to the amount of the tax, subject to the provisions of and to be collected as provided in the "Compensating Use Tax Law" and subject to the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith. Beginning at the general election in 2006 and every four years thereafter, the issue of whether to continue to impose the sales tax described in this section shall be resubmitted to the voters. If a majority of the voters fail to reapprove such sales tax, the sales tax shall terminate on December 31, next following the election.