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Appropriations committee approves sales-tax cleanup bill that could accelerate rate cut if constitutional amendment passes
Summary
House Bill 578, a cleanup bill addressing sales and use tax exemptions and fund language, was moved favorable as amended; it includes language that would accelerate a planned sales tax reduction to 4.75% contingent on a successful Article VII constitutional amendment.
The House Committee on Appropriations on April 28 approved House Bill 578 as amended. The bill is primarily a technical cleanup of prior changes from a November special session but also contains an amendment that would accelerate a planned reduction in the state sales tax rate — contingent on passage of an Article VII constitutional amendment on the ballot.
Chairwoman Emerson said much of the bill corrects drafting inconsistencies, clarifies exemptions (notably…
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