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Fiscal Note - SB 0707 - Specifies appointment procedures for TIF commissions in St. Louis County
SB 707 - Fiscal Note

COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH

OVERSIGHT DIVISION

FISCAL NOTE

L.R. NO. 2398-04

BILL NO. Truly Agreed To And Finally Passed SCS for SB's 707 and 484

SUBJECT: Tax Increment Financing

TYPE: Original

DATE: April 2, 1998


FISCAL SUMMARY

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS

FUND AFFECTED FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001
Blind Pension (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown)
Total Estimated

Net Effect on All

State Funds

(Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown)



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS

FUND AFFECTED FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001
Total Estimated

Net Effect on All

Federal Funds

$0 $0 $0



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS

FUND AFFECTED FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001
Local Government (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown)

Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses

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FISCAL ANALYSIS

ASSUMPTION

Officials of the Department of Economic Development (DED) and the State Tax Commission (TAX) stated the proposal would not affect their agencies, administratively.

The proposal would allow more municipalities to include blind pension fund and merchant's and manufacturer's inventory replacement taxes in tax increment financing. DED officials can not readily say which cities or projects would be affected by this proposal.

Oversight notes that the proposal could reduce income to the state's Blind Pension Fund and to affected political subdivisions which benefit from the Merchant's and Manufacturer's Replacement Tax.

Officials of the St. Louis County Municipal League stated that the Tax Increment Financing Commission parts of the proposal would have no direct fiscal effect on cities in the County.

FISCAL IMPACT - State Government FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001
BLIND PENSION FUND
Loss to Blind Pension Fund
Taxes from Tax Increment Finance Districts (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown)
FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
Loss of Merchant's and Manufacturer's Tax (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown)


FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business

No direct fiscal effect on small businesses would be expected due to this proposal.

DESCRIPTION

This proposal would have three members of tax increment financing commissions in cities in St. Louis County appointed by the County Executive with approval of the County Council. The proposal would also attempt to clarify which taxes would be deposited into special allocation



DESCRIPTION (continued)

funds.

This proposal would allow Blind Pension and Merchant's and Manufacturer's taxes to be included in tax increment financing in redevelopment areas in cities which adopted tax increment financing after August 13, 1982 and before January 1, 1998. Under current law the appropriate dates are April 1, 1990 and January 1, 1998.

This proposal contains an emergency clause,

This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not require additional capital improvements or rental space. This legislation could reduce Total State Revenue.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Department of Economic Development

State Tax Commission

St. Louis County Municipal League





Jeanne Jarrett, CPA

Director

April 2, 1998