Bill Text: MO HB2111 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Changes the laws regarding the distribution of certain local sales tax revenues in St. Louis County

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-15 - Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H) [HB2111 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2014-HB2111-Introduced.html

SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 2111

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 

 

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE MONTECILLO.

6347L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk


 

AN ACT

To repeal sections 66.620, 66.630, 94.850, and 94.857, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof four new sections relating to local sales taxes.




Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:


            Section A. Sections 66.620, 66.630, 94.850, and 94.857, RSMo, are repealed and four new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 66.620, 66.630, 94.850, and 94.857, to read as follows:

            66.620. 1. All county sales taxes collected by the director of revenue under sections 66.600 to 66.630 on behalf of any county, less one percent for cost of collection which shall be deposited in the state's general revenue fund after payment of premiums for surety bonds as provided in section 32.087, shall be deposited in a special trust fund, which is hereby created, to be known as the "County Sales Tax Trust Fund". The moneys in the county sales tax trust fund shall not be deemed to be state funds and shall not be commingled with any funds of the state. The director of revenue shall keep accurate records of the amount of money in the trust fund which was collected in each county imposing a county sales tax, and the records shall be open to the inspection of officers of the county and the public. Not later than the tenth day of each month, the director of revenue shall distribute all moneys deposited in the trust fund during the preceding month to the county which levied the tax; such funds shall be deposited with the county treasurer of the county and all expenditures of funds arising from the county sales tax trust fund shall be by an appropriation act to be enacted by the legislative council of the county, and to the cities, towns and villages located wholly or partly within the county which levied the tax in the manner as set forth in sections 66.600 to 66.630.

            2. In any county not adopting an additional sales tax and alternate distribution system as provided in section 67.581, for the purposes of distributing the county sales tax, the county shall be divided into two groups, "Group A" and "Group B". Group A shall consist of all cities, towns and villages which are located wholly or partly within the county which levied the tax and which had a city sales tax in effect under the provisions of sections 94.500 to 94.550 on the day prior to the adoption of the county sales tax ordinance, except that beginning January 1, 1980, group A shall consist of all cities, towns and villages which are located wholly or partly within the county which levied the tax and which had a city sales tax approved by the voters of such city under the provisions of sections 94.500 to 94.550 on the day prior to the effective date of the county sales tax. For the purposes of determining the location of consummation of sales for distribution of funds to cities, towns and villages in group A, the boundaries of any such city, town or village shall be the boundary of that city, town or village as it existed on March 19, 1984. Group B shall consist of all cities, towns and villages which are located wholly or partly within the county which levied the tax and which did not have a city sales tax in effect under the provisions of sections 94.500 to 94.550 on the day prior to the adoption of the county sales tax ordinance, and shall also include all unincorporated areas of the county which levied the tax; except that, beginning January 1, 1980, group B shall consist of all cities, towns and villages which are located wholly or partly within the county which levied the tax and which did not have a city sales tax approved by the voters of such city under the provisions of sections 94.500 to 94.550 on the day prior to the effective date of the county sales tax and shall also include all unincorporated areas of the county which levied the tax.

            3. Until January 1, 1994, the director of revenue shall distribute to the cities, towns and villages in group A the taxes based on the location in which the sales were deemed consummated under section 66.630 and subsection 12 of section 32.087. Except for distribution governed by section 66.630, after deducting the distribution to the cities, towns and villages in group A, the director of revenue shall distribute the remaining funds in the county sales tax trust fund to the cities, towns and villages and the county in group B as follows: To the county which levied the tax, a percentage of the distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of the unincorporated areas of the county bears to the total population of group B; and to each city, town or village in group B located wholly within the taxing county, a percentage of the distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of such city, town or village bears to the total population of group B; and to each city, town or village located partly within the taxing county, a percentage of the distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of that part of the city, town or village located within the taxing county bears to the total population of group B.

            4. From [and after] January 1, 1994, until December 31, 2014, the director of revenue shall distribute to the cities, towns and villages in group A a portion of the taxes based on the location in which the sales were deemed consummated under section 66.630 and subsection 12 of section 32.087 in accordance with the formula described in this subsection. After deducting the distribution to the cities, towns and villages in group A, the director of revenue shall distribute funds in the county sales tax trust fund to the cities, towns and villages and the county in group B as follows: To the county which levied the tax, ten percent multiplied by the percentage of the population of unincorporated county which has been annexed or incorporated since April 1, 1993, multiplied by the total of all sales tax revenues countywide, and a percentage of the remaining distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of unincorporated areas of the county bears to the total population of group B; and to each city, town or village in group B located wholly within the taxing county, a percentage of the remaining distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of such city, town or village bears to the total population of group B; and to each city, town or village located partly within the taxing county, a percentage of the remaining distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of that part of the city, town or village located within the taxing county bears to the total population of group B.

            5. (1) For purposes of administering the distribution formula of subsection 4 of this section, the revenues arising each year from sales occurring within each group A city, town or village shall be distributed as follows: Until such revenues reach the adjusted county average, as hereinafter defined, there shall be distributed to the city, town or village all of such revenues reduced by the percentage which is equal to ten percent multiplied by the percentage of the population of unincorporated county which has been annexed or incorporated after April 1, 1993; and once revenues exceed the adjusted county average, total revenues shall be shared in accordance with the redistribution formula as defined in this subsection.

            (2) For purposes of this subsection, the "adjusted county average" is the per capita countywide average of all sales tax distributions during the prior calendar year reduced by the percentage which is equal to ten percent multiplied by the percentage of the population of unincorporated county which has been annexed or incorporated after April 1, 1993; the "redistribution formula" is as follows: During 1994, each group A city, town and village shall receive that portion of the revenues arising from sales occurring within the municipality that remains after deducting therefrom an amount equal to the cumulative sales tax revenues arising from sales within the municipality multiplied by the percentage which is the sum of ten percent multiplied by the percentage of the population of unincorporated county which has been annexed or incorporated after April 1, 1993, and the percentage, if greater than zero, equal to the product of 8.5 multiplied by the logarithm (to base 10) of the product of 0.035 multiplied by the total of cumulative per capita sales taxes arising from sales within the municipality less the adjusted county average. During 1995, each group A city, town and village shall receive that portion of the revenues arising from sales occurring within the municipality that remains after deducting therefrom an amount equal to the cumulative sales tax revenues arising from sales within the municipality multiplied by the percentage which is the sum of ten percent multiplied by the percentage of the population of unincorporated county which has been annexed or incorporated after April 1, 1993, and the percentage, if greater than zero, equal to the product of seventeen multiplied by the logarithm (to base 10) of the product of 0.035 multiplied by the total of cumulative per capita sales taxes arising from sales within the municipality less the adjusted county average. From January 1, 1996, until January 1, 2000, each group A city, town and village shall receive that portion of the revenues arising from sales occurring within the municipality that remains after deducting therefrom an amount equal to the cumulative sales tax revenues arising from sales within the municipality multiplied by the percentage which is the sum of ten percent multiplied by the percentage of the population of unincorporated county which has been annexed or incorporated after April 1, 1993, and the percentage, if greater than zero, equal to the product of 25.5 multiplied by the logarithm (to base 10) of the product of 0.035 multiplied by the total of cumulative per capita sales taxes arising from sales within the municipality less the adjusted county average. From and after January 1, 2000, the distribution formula covering the period from January 1, 1996, until January 1, 2000, shall continue to apply, except that the percentage computed for sales arising within the municipalities shall be not less than 7.5 percent for municipalities within which sales tax revenues exceed the adjusted county average, nor less than 12.5 percent for municipalities within which sales tax revenues exceed the adjusted county average by at least twenty-five percent.

            (3) For purposes of applying the redistribution formula to a municipality which is partly within the county levying the tax, the distribution shall be calculated alternately for the municipality as a whole, except that the factor for annexed portion of the county shall not be applied to the portion of the municipality which is not within the county levying the tax, and for the portion of the municipality within the county levying the tax. Whichever calculation results in the larger distribution to the municipality shall be used.

            [(4)] 6. For the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2015, the director of revenue shall distribute to the county which levied the tax six and two-thirds percent multiplied by the percentage of the population of unincorporated county which has been annexed or incorporated since April 1, 1993, multiplied by the total of all sales tax revenues countywide. With respect to the remaining distributable revenue, the director shall separately calculate for each group A city, town, and village the distribution described in subsection 11 of this section and the distribution described in subsections 4 and 5 of this section, except that the annexation adjustment shall be calculated at six and two-thirds percent rather than ten percent. Each group A city, town, and village shall receive two-thirds of the amount calculated in accordance with subsections 4 and 5 of this section and one-third of the amount calculated in accordance with subsection 11 of this section. After deducting the distribution to the cities, towns, and villages in group A, the director of revenue shall distribute to the county a percentage of the remaining distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population unincorporated areas of the county bears to the total population of group B; and to each city, town, or village in group B located wholly within the taxing county, a percentage of the remaining distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of such city, town, or village bears to the total population of group B; and to each city, town, or village located partly within the taxing county, a percentage of the remaining distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of that part of the city, town, or village located within the taxing county bears to the total population of group B.

            7. For the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2015, the director of revenue shall distribute to the county which levied the tax three and one-third percent multiplied by the percentage of the population of unincorporated county which has been annexed or incorporated since April 1, 1993, multiplied by the total of all sales tax revenues countywide. With respect to the remaining distributable revenue, the director shall separately calculate for each group A city, town, and village the distribution described in subsection 11 of this section and the distribution described in subsections 4 and 5 of this section, except that the annexation adjustment shall be calculated at three and one-third percent rather than ten percent. Each group A city, town, and village shall receive one-third of the amount calculated in accordance with subsections 4 and 5 of this section and two-thirds of the amount calculated in accordance with subsection 11 of this section. After deducting the distribution to the cities, towns, and villages in group A, the director of revenue shall distribute to the county a percentage of the remaining distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population unincorporated areas of the county bears to the total population of group B; and to each city, town, or village in group B located wholly within the taxing county, a percentage of the remaining distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of such city, town, or village bears to the total population of group B; and to each city, town, or village located partly within the taxing county, a percentage of the remaining distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of that part of the city, town, or village located within the taxing county bears to the total population of group B.

            8. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the fifty percent of additional sales taxes as described in section 99.845 arising from economic activities within the area of a redevelopment project established after July 12, 1990, pursuant to sections 99.800 to 99.865, while tax increment financing remains in effect shall be deducted from all calculations of countywide sales taxes, shall be distributed directly to the municipality involved, and shall be disregarded in calculating the amounts distributed or distributable to the municipality. Further, any agreement, contract or covenant entered into prior to July 12, 1990, between a municipality and any other political subdivision which provides for an appropriation of incremental sales tax revenues to the special allocation fund of a tax increment financing project while tax increment financing remains in effect shall continue to be in full force and effect and the sales taxes so appropriated shall be deducted from all calculations of countywide sales taxes, shall be distributed directly to the municipality involved, and shall be disregarded in calculating the amounts distributed or distributable to the municipality. In addition, and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, economic development funds shall be distributed in full to the municipality in which the sales producing them were deemed consummated. Additionally, economic development funds shall be deducted from all calculations of countywide sales taxes and shall be disregarded in calculating the amounts distributed or distributable to the municipality. As used in this subdivision, the term "economic development funds" means the amount of sales tax revenue generated in any fiscal year by projects authorized pursuant to chapter 99 or chapter 100 in connection with which such sales tax revenue was pledged as security for, or was guaranteed by a developer to be sufficient to pay, outstanding obligations under any agreement authorized by chapter 100, entered into or adopted prior to September 1, 1993, between a municipality and another public body. The cumulative amount of economic development funds allowed under this provision shall not exceed the total amount necessary to amortize the obligations involved.

            [6.] 9. If the qualified voters of any city, town or village vote to change or alter its boundaries by annexing any unincorporated territory included in group B or if the qualified voters of one or more city, town or village in group A and the qualified voters of one or more city, town or village in group B vote to consolidate, the area annexed or the area consolidated which had been a part of group B shall remain a part of group B after annexation or consolidation. After the effective date of the annexation or consolidation, the annexing or consolidated city, town or village shall receive a percentage of the group B distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of the annexed or consolidated area bears to the total population of group B and such annexed area shall not be classified as unincorporated area for determination of the percentage allocable to the county. If the qualified voters of any two or more cities, towns or villages in group A each vote to consolidate such cities, towns or villages, then such consolidated cities, towns or villages shall remain a part of group A. For the purpose of sections 66.600 to 66.630, population shall be as determined by the last federal decennial census or the latest census that determines the total population of the county and all political subdivisions therein. For the purpose of calculating the adjustment based on the percentage of unincorporated county population which is annexed after April 1, 1993, the accumulated percentage immediately before each census shall be used as the new percentage base after such census. After any annexation, incorporation or other municipal boundary change affecting the unincorporated area of the county, the chief elected official of the county shall certify the new population of the unincorporated area of the county and the percentage of the population which has been annexed or incorporated since April 1, 1993, to the director of revenue. After the adoption of the county sales tax ordinance, any city, town or village in group A may by adoption of an ordinance by its governing body cease to be a part of group A and become a part of group B. Within ten days after the adoption of the ordinance transferring the city, town or village from one group to the other, the clerk of the transferring city, town or village shall forward to the director of revenue, by registered mail, a certified copy of the ordinance. Distribution to such city as a part of its former group shall cease and as a part of its new group shall begin on the first day of January of the year following notification to the director of revenue, provided such notification is received by the director of revenue on or before the first day of July of the year in which the transferring ordinance is adopted. If such notification is received by the director of revenue after the first day of July of the year in which the transferring ordinance is adopted, then distribution to such city as a part of its former group shall cease and as a part of its new group shall begin the first day of July of the year following such notification to the director of revenue. Once a group A city, town or village becomes a part of group B, such city may not transfer back to group A.

            [7.] 10. If any city, town or village shall hereafter change or alter its boundaries, the city clerk of the municipality shall forward to the director of revenue, by registered mail, a certified copy of the ordinance adding or detaching territory from the municipality. The ordinance shall reflect the effective date thereof, and shall be accompanied by a map of the municipality clearly showing the territory added thereto or detached therefrom. Upon receipt of the ordinance and map, the tax imposed by sections 66.600 to 66.630 shall be redistributed and allocated in accordance with the provisions of this section on the effective date of the change of the municipal boundary so that the proper percentage of group B distributable revenue is allocated to the municipality in proportion to any annexed territory. If any area of the unincorporated county elects to incorporate subsequent to the effective date of the county sales tax as set forth in sections 66.600 to 66.630, the newly incorporated municipality shall remain a part of group B. The city clerk of such newly incorporated municipality shall forward to the director of revenue, by registered mail, a certified copy of the incorporation election returns and a map of the municipality clearly showing the boundaries thereof.

The certified copy of the incorporation election returns shall reflect the effective date of the incorporation. Upon receipt of the incorporation election returns and map, the tax imposed by sections 66.600 to 66.630 shall be distributed and allocated in accordance with the provisions of this section on the effective date of the incorporation.

            [8.] 11. For each calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2016, the director of revenue shall distribute the distributable revenue to the cities, towns, villages, and county located wholly within the taxing county equal to the percentage ratio that the population of such city, town, village, or unincorporated area bears to the total population of the county as a whole; and to each city, town, or village located partly within the taxing county, a percentage of the distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of that part of the city, town, or village located within the taxing county bears to the total population of the county as a whole.

            12. The director of revenue may authorize the state treasurer to make refunds from the amounts in the trust fund and credited to any county for erroneous payments and overpayments made, and may redeem dishonored checks and drafts deposited to the credit of such counties. If any county abolishes the tax, the county shall notify the director of revenue of the action at least ninety days prior to the effective date of the repeal and the director of revenue may order retention in the trust fund, for a period of one year, of two percent of the amount collected after receipt of such notice to cover possible refunds or overpayment of the tax and to redeem dishonored checks and drafts deposited to the credit of such accounts. After one year has elapsed after the effective date of abolition of the tax in such county, the director of revenue shall remit the balance in the account to the county and close the account of that county. The director of revenue shall notify each county of each instance of any amount refunded or any check redeemed from receipts due the county.

            [9.] 13. Except as modified in sections 66.600 to 66.630, all provisions of sections 32.085 and 32.087 shall apply to the tax imposed under sections 66.600 to 66.630.

            66.630. 1. County sales taxes imposed pursuant to sections 66.600 to 66.630 on the purchase and sale of motor vehicles, trailers, boats, and outboard motors shall not be collected and remitted by the seller, but shall be collected by the director of revenue at the time application is made for a certificate of title, if the address of the applicant is within a county imposing a county sales tax. The amounts so collected, less the one percent collection cost, shall be deposited in the county sales tax trust fund to be distributed in accordance with section 66.620 until March 31, 1988. [Beginning]

            2. From April 1, 1988, until December 31, 2014, seventy-five percent of the distributable sales tax revenue shall be distributed in accordance with section 66.620. The remaining twenty-five percent of the distributable sales tax revenue shall be held in an interest-bearing account and, less annual costs of distribution, shall be distributed monthly to each city, town or village and the county based upon the number of transactions occurring within each city, town or village and the unincorporated area of the county during the preceding month as reported to the department of revenue in the monthly dealer sales report subject, however, to the redistribution formula defined in section 66.620 and, except that any city, town or village and the county contained in group B as defined in section 66.620 shall have distributed to it by the director of revenue its share of the remaining twenty-five percent as calculated herein in accordance with section 66.620.

            3. For the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2015, eighty-three and one-third percent of the distributable sales tax revenue shall be distributed in accordance with section 66.620. The remaining sixteen and two-thirds percent of the distributable sales tax revenue shall be held in an interest bearing account and, less annual costs of distribution, shall be distributed monthly to each city, town, or village and the county based upon the number of transactions occurring within each city, town, or village and the unincorporated area of the county during the preceding month as reported to the department of revenue in the monthly dealer sales report subject, however, to the redistribution formula defined in section 66.620 and, except that any city, town, or village and the county contained in group B as defined in section 66.620 shall have distributed to it by the director of revenue its share of the remaining sixteen and two-thirds percent as calculated herein in accordance with section 66.620.

            4. For the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2015, ninety-one and two-thirds percent of the distributable sales tax revenue shall be distributed in accordance with section 66.620. The remaining eight and one-third percent of the distributable sales tax revenue shall be held in an interest-bearing account and, less annual costs of distribution, shall be distributed monthly to each city, town, or village and the county based upon the number of transactions occurring within each city, town, or village and the unincorporated area of the county during the preceding month as reported to the department of revenue in the monthly dealer sales report subject, however, to the redistribution formula defined in section 66.620 and, except that any city, town, or village and the county contained in group B as defined in section 66.620 shall have distributed to it by the director of revenue its share of the remaining eight and one-third percent as calculated herein in accordance with section 66.620.

            5. For each calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2016, all of the distributable sales tax revenue shall be distributed in accordance with section 66.620.

            6. The cost incurred by the department of revenue for distribution shall be paid by each city, town or village in proportion to the number of transactions occurring within its boundaries and shall be deducted annually from such distributable revenue. In the event that an alternative distribution system is adopted pursuant to section 67.581, all of the moneys collected under this section shall be distributed in accordance with that formula. The purchase or sale of motor vehicles, trailers, boats, and outboard motors shall be deemed to be consummated at the address of the applicant.

            [2.] 7. As used in this section, the term "boat" shall only include motorboats and vessels as the terms "motorboat" and "vessel" are defined in section 306.010.

            94.850. Any city, town or village located within a county [of the first classification] having a charter form of government and having a population of nine hundred thousand or more inhabitants may by a vote of its governing body impose a sales tax in the amount of one-eighth of one percent [or] , one-fourth of one percent, three-eighths of one percent, or one-half of one percent on the receipts from the sale at retail of all tangible personal property or taxable services at retail within the city, town or village, but no such ordinance shall become effective unless the council or other governing body submits to the voters of the city, town or village at a city or state general, primary, or special election, a proposal to authorize the council or other governing body of the city, town or village to impose such a sales tax. The ballot of submission shall contain, but is not limited to, the following language:

            Shall the city of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (city's name) impose a sales tax of . . . . . . . . . . . . (insert amount)?

                                     YES                                      NO

 

If you are in favor of the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "YES". If you are opposed to the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "NO".

 

If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal, then the ordinance and any amendments thereto shall be in effect. If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters voting thereon are opposed to the proposal, then the council or other governing body of the city, town or village shall have no power to impose the tax authorized in this section unless and until the council or other governing body submits another proposal to authorize the council or other governing body to impose the tax and such proposal is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon.

            94.857. 1. All sales taxes collected by the director of revenue under sections 94.850 to 94.857, less one percent for cost of collection which shall be deposited in the state's general revenue fund after payment of premiums for surety bonds as provided in section 32.087, shall be deposited in a special trust fund, which is hereby created, to be known as the "Special Municipal Sales Tax Trust Fund". The moneys in the special municipal sales tax trust fund shall not be deemed to be state funds and shall not be commingled with any funds of the state. The director of revenue shall keep accurate records of the amount of money in the trust fund which was collected in each municipality imposing the sales tax established in sections 94.850 to 94.857, and the records shall be open to the inspection of officers of the municipality and the public.

            2. The special municipal sales tax trust fund shall be distributed in conjunction with the county sales tax levied under sections 66.600 to 66.630 and may be combined by the director of revenue in a single payment.

            3. Until January 1, 2015, the director of revenue shall distribute to the municipality levying the tax a portion of the taxes based on the location in which the sales were deemed consummated under subsection 12 of section 32.087 in accordance with the formula described in this subsection. Except for distributions relating to recently annexed areas described in subsection [4] 5 of this section, after deducting the distribution to the municipality, the director of revenue shall distribute the remaining funds in the special municipal sales tax fund to the cities, towns and villages and the county in group B as defined in section 66.620 as follows: To the county, ten percent multiplied by the percentage of the population of unincorporated county which has been annexed or incorporated since April 1, 1993, multiplied by the total sales tax revenues, and a percentage of the remaining distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of the unincorporated areas of the county bears to the total population of group B; and to each city, town or village in group B located wholly within the taxing county, a percentage of the remaining distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of such city, town or village bears to the total population of group B; and to each city, town or village located partly within the taxing county, a percentage of the remaining distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of that part of the city, town or village located within the taxing county bears to the total population of group B.

            [3.] 4. For purposes of administering the distribution formula of subsection [2] 3 of this section until January 1, 2015, the revenues arising each year from sales occurring within the municipality shall be shared as follows: The municipality shall receive that portion of the revenues arising from sales occurring within the municipality that remains after deducting therefrom an amount equal to the cumulative sales tax revenues arising from sales within the municipality multiplied by the sum of ten percent multiplied by the percentage of the population of unincorporated county which has been annexed or incorporated after April 1, 1993, and the greater of 12.5 percent or the percentage equal to the product of 11.627 multiplied by the logarithm (to base 10) of the product of 0.15 multiplied by the total of the cumulative per capita sales taxes arising from sales within the municipality pursuant to sections 94.850 to 94.857 less one-eighth, in the case of a one-eighth of one percent sales tax, or one quarter, in the case of a one-fourth of one percent sales tax, of the per capita countywide average of all sales tax distributions during the prior calendar year under section 66.620, which average is reduced by the percentage which is equal to ten percent multiplied by the percentage of the population of unincorporated county which has been annexed or incorporated after April 1, 1993.

            [4.] 5. Sales taxes arising from sales within recently annexed areas pursuant to sections 94.850 to 94.857 shall be divided half to the municipality and half to the county until the earlier of the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the annexation or January 1, 2015, and shall thereafter be distributed as provided in subsections [2 and] 3 and 4 of this section. A "recently annexed area" is any area which was annexed or incorporated from or in the unincorporated area of the county less than five years prior to the [effective date of the sales tax under sections 94.850 to 94.857] month in which taxes arise from sales within the area.

            [5.] 6. For each calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, the director of revenue shall distribute to the municipality levying the tax the taxes based on the location in which the sales were deemed consummated under subsection 12 of section 32.087.

            7. Not later than the tenth day of each month, the director of revenue shall distribute all moneys deposited in the special municipal sales tax trust fund during the preceding month as provided in this section.

            [6.] 8. The director of revenue may authorize the state treasurer to make refunds from the amounts in the trust fund and credited to any municipality for erroneous payments and overpayments made, and may redeem dishonored checks and drafts deposited to the credit of such municipalities. If any city, town or village abolishes the tax, the municipality shall notify the director of revenue of the action at least ninety days prior to the effective date of the repeal and the director of revenue may order retention in the trust fund, for a period of one year, of two percent of the amount collected after receipt of such notice to cover possible refunds or overpayment of the tax and to redeem dishonored checks and drafts deposited to the credit of such accounts. After one year has elapsed after the effective date of abolition of the tax in such municipality, the director of revenue shall remit the balance in the account to the municipality and close the account. The director of revenue shall notify each [county] municipality of each instance of any amount refunded or any check redeemed from receipts due the municipality.

            Section B. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1.140 to the contrary, the provisions of this act shall be nonseverable, and if any provision is for any reason held to be invalid by a final judgment on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction and such decision is not subject to appeal, such decision shall invalidate all of the remaining provisions of this act.

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