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Missouri committee hears bill to let ambulance districts seek 1% sales tax cap
Summary
Representatives and industry groups told the House Committee on Local Government that rising ambulance costs justify allowing ambulance and fire protection districts to seek a local sales tax increase from 0.5% to 1%, while a state public advocate urged offsets to avoid shifting the tax burden.
Representative Jeff Knight introduced House Bill 895 to the House Committee on Local Government, saying the measure would allow ambulance districts to raise their local sales-tax rate from one-half of 1% to 1% if approved by local voters.
"This would allow ambulance districts to raise their sales tax portion from 1 half of 1% to 1%, and it has to be voted on by the people, approved by the people locally," Representative Jeff Knight said.
The bill drew support from ambulance and fire district representatives at the public hearing. Brent Hemphill, representing the Missouri Ambulance Association, told the committee the existing half-cent cap in many counties no longer covers modern ambulance costs and that practice had been to use statute under chapter 3.21 for…
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