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Court ruling narrows county cannabis tax base, commissioners warned of hit to affordable-housing trust fund
Summary
St. Louis County staff told commissioners that a recent court ruling limits the county's ability to collect a sales tax on recreational cannabis to unincorporated areas, reducing revenue to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund; commissioners requested a legal briefing and directed staff to monitor for state actions or clawbacks.
St. Louis County commissioners were briefed Jan. 15 on a legal development that is already shrinking marijuana sales tax revenues earmarked for the county’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Robert Smith, the county accounting manager, reported a sharp decline in recent quarterly marijuana sales tax receipts and presented an updated trust-fund balance. County staff and acting director…
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