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Committee hears bill to restore tourism supplemental revenue fund and update funding language
Summary
State Representative Brian Sites presented House Bill 967 to restore and modernize the tourism supplemental revenue fund after an administrative interpretation left the fund technically sun‑set and unused.
State Representative Brian Sites introduced House Bill 967 to reestablish and modernize the tourism supplemental revenue fund that supports the Missouri Division of Tourism and the Missouri Film Office.
Representative Sites, sponsor of HB 967, said the fund "receives a general revenue transfer to maintain the operations of the Missouri division of tourism and the Missouri film office." He told the committee the fund’s enabling language (originating in 1993’s House Bill 188) included outdated references such as SIC codes and that a sunset provision had been interpreted in January 2024 to apply to the supplemental revenue fund itself, leaving money…
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