Bill Title: Food and beverage tax. Provides that, subject to the duty to pay amounts pledged to the repayment of existing obligations, the existing uses of the Henry County food and beverage tax are optional rather than mandatory. Adds the construction, renovation, improvement, or repair of county roads to the list of capital improvements for which Henry County is authorized to use county food and beverage tax revenues. Removes obsolete provisions concerning the existing county capital improvements committee, which is abolished by current law on January 1, 2016. Establishes a county food and beverage tax advisory committee to make recommendations to the

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-24 - Public Law 194 [HB1040 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Casey Cox [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-085	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ben Smaltz [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Philip GiaQuinta [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-080	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Dennis Kruse [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-014	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jean Leising [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-042	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Broden [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jeff Raatz [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-027	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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