Bill Title: Amends the Service Occupation Tax Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that each serviceman or retailer who is engaged in the rental of banquet, meeting, or conference rooms shall separately state the selling price of any food or beverages sold incident to the rental of the room, not including gratuities or mandatory service charges. Provides that the tax shall be imposed only on the sale of food, beverages, or other tangible personal property and not on the rental of the room or associated equipment. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0161 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Kyle McCarter [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-054	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Millner [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-028	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Larry Bomke [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Jones [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-054	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kwame Raoul [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Carole Pankau [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-023	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ron Stephens [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-102	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Harris [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-053	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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