To repeal section 135.030, RSMo 1994, relating to taxation, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:

     Section A. Section 135.030, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 135.030, to read as follows:

     135.030. 1. As used in this section:

     (1) The term "maximum upper limit" shall, in the calendar year 1989, be the sum of thirteen thousand five hundred dollars. For each calendar year through December 31, 1992, the maximum upper limit shall be increased by five hundred dollars per year. For each calendar year after December 31, 1992, but before January 1, 1998, the maximum upper limit shall be the sum used on December 31, 1992. For each calendar year after December 31, 1997, the maximum upper limit shall be the sum of twenty thousand dollars;

     (2) The term "minimum base" shall, in the calendar year 1989, be the sum of five thousand dollars. For each succeeding calendar year through December 31, 1992, the minimum base shall be increased, in one-hundred-dollar increments, by the same percentage as the increase in the general price level as measured by the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for the United States, or its successor index, as defined and officially recorded by the United States Department of Labor, or its successor agency, or five percent, whichever is greater. The increase in the index shall be that as first published by the Department of Labor for the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the minimum base is calculated. For each calendar year after December 31, 1992, but before January 1, 1998, the minimum base shall be the sum used on December 31, 1992. For each calendar year after December 31, 1997, the minimum base shall be the sum of six thousand eight hundred dollars.

     2. When calculating the minimum base for purposes of this section, whenever the increase in the Consumer Price Index used in the calculation would result in a figure which is greater than one one-hundred-dollar increment but less than another one-hundred-dollar increment, the director of revenue shall always round that figure off to the next higher one-hundred-dollar increment when determining the table of credits under this section.

     3. If the income on a return is equal to or less than the maximum upper limit for the calendar year for which the return is filed, the property tax credit shall be determined from a table of credits based upon the amount by which the total property tax described in section 135.025 exceeds the percent of income in the following list:

If the income on the return is:     The percent is:

Not over the minimum base          0 percent with credit not

                                   to exceed actual property

                                   tax or rent equivalent paid

                                   up to $750

Over the minimum base but          1/8 percent accumulative

not over the maximum upper          per [$200] $300 from 0 percent

limit                              to 2 percent; 1/4 percent

                                   accumulative per [$200] $300

                                   from 2 percent to 4 percent.

The director of revenue shall prescribe a table based upon the preceding sentences. The property tax shall be in increments of twenty-five dollars and the income in increments of [two] three hundred dollars. The credit shall be the amount rounded to the nearest whole dollar computed on the basis of the property tax and income at the midpoints of each increment. As used in this subsection, the term "accumulative" means an increase by continuous or repeated application of the percent to the income increment at each [two] three-hundred-dollar level.