Effective 07 Jul 1997, see footnote

94.1000. Medically indigent sales tax authorized for St. Louis — ballot contents — director of revenue duties — rate of tax — medical indigence sales tax fund. — 1. The governing body of any city not within a county is hereby authorized to impose, by ordinance or order, a sales tax on all retail sales which are subject to taxation under the provisions of sections 144.010 to 144.525 for the purpose of funding medical care for the medically indigent. For the purposes of this section, the term "medically indigent" shall mean those individuals and families who do not have employer-sponsored health insurance, coverage under the Medicaid or Medicare programs, or income levels, as determined by the city imposing the tax, sufficient to purchase adequate health insurance coverage. The tax authorized by this section shall be in addition to any and all other sales taxes allowed by law. The ordinance or order shall become effective after the governing body of the city shall submit to the voters of that city a proposal to authorize the tax.

2. The ballot of submission shall contain, but need not be limited to, the following language:

­­If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal, then the ordinance or order shall be in effect, beginning the first day of the second calendar quarter following its adoption. If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters voting are opposed to the proposal, then the governing body of the city shall have no power to impose the sales tax authorized in this section unless and until the governing body of the city shall again have submitted another such proposal and the proposal is approved by the requisite majority of the qualified voters voting thereon. However, in no event shall a proposal pursuant to this section be submitted to the voters sooner than twelve months from the date of the last proposal submitted pursuant to this section.

3. After the effective date of any tax imposed under the provisions of this section, the director of revenue shall perform all functions incident to the administration, collection, enforcement, and operation of the tax in the same manner as provided in sections 94.500 to 94.550, and the director of revenue shall collect in addition to the sales tax for the state of Missouri the additional tax authorized under the authority of this section. The tax imposed pursuant to this section and the tax imposed under the sales tax law of the state of Missouri shall be collected together and reported upon such forms and under such administrative rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the director of revenue. Except as modified in this section, all provisions of sections 32.085 and 32.087 shall apply to the tax imposed under this section.

4. The sales tax may be approved at a rate of one-eighth of one percent, one-fourth of one percent, three-eighths of one percent, one-half of one percent, five-eighths of one percent, three-fourths of one percent, seven-eighths of one percent, or one percent of the receipts from the sale at retail of all tangible personal property and taxable services at retail within any city adopting such tax, if such property and services are subject to taxation by the state of Missouri under the provisions of sections 144.010 to 144.525.

5. All revenue generated from the tax authorized under the provisions of this section shall be deposited into the "Medical Indigence Sales Tax Fund", which is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund moneys shall be distributed to the city from which the revenue was generated for the sole purpose of funding medical care for the medically indigent, as that term is defined in this section. Once the tax authorized by this section is abolished or terminated by any means, all funds remaining in the fund shall be used solely for that purpose.

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(L. 1997 S.B. 21 § 1)

Effective 7-07-97