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Committee hears bill allowing specialty districts (ambulance, fire, 9‑1‑1) to collect Wayfair/use tax if voters authorize
Summary
The committee heard House Bill 6‑41, which would let standalone emergency service districts (ambulance, fire, 9‑1‑1) ask voters to authorize collection of the state use tax (Wayfair) for their district.
Representative Dane Deal presented House Bill 6‑41 to permit specialty political subdivisions that provide emergency services (ambulance districts, fire protection districts and certain 9‑1‑1 districts) to ask voters to authorize collection of the state use tax (the Wayfair‑style tax on remote sales) for their own district when counties and cities already retain that option. Deal told the committee the bill clarifies that emergency service districts may be classified similarly to cities/counties for use‑tax authorization and may take the question to local voters if the district’s board approves.
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