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Saint Louis County, MO November 4, 2008 Election
Proposition H
Use Tax
County of Saint Louis
Simple Majority Required

Fail: 224,868 / 44.60% Yes votes ...... 279,274 / 55.40% No votes

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Results as of Jan 24 10:46am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (652/652)
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For the purposes of enhancing county and municipal public safety, parks, and job creation and enhancing local government services, shall the county be authorized to collect a local use tax equal to the total of the existing county sales tax rate of one and eighty-five hundredths percent (1.85%), provided that if the county sales tax is repealed, reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate shall also be repealed, reduced or raised by the same voter action? Fifty percent of the revenue shall be used by the county throughout the county for improving and enhancing public safety, park improvements, and job creation, and fifty percent shall be used for enhancing local government services. The county shall be required to make available to the public an audited comprehensive financial report detailing the management and use of the countywide portion of the funds each year. A use tax is the equivalent of a sales tax on purchases from out-of-state sellers by in-state buyers and on certain taxable business transactions. A use tax return shall not be required to be filed by persons whose purchases from out-of-state vendors do not in total exceed two thousand dollars in any calendar year.

Yes

No

Impartial Analysis from League of Women Voters of Saint Louis
Proposition H provides for a county use tax. A use tax is a tax on purchases made from out-of-state for use within the jurisdiction. The first $2,000 of purchases annually are exempt. The use tax amount must equal the county sales tax which is 1.85 percent. It is estimated that the tax will generate $30 million in revenue. The tax will be divided among the county and municipalities for the purposes of public safety, parks, job creation and local government services. A priority for the use of these funds will be to create an interoperable communications system for emergency personnel. The system will allow police, fire and medical personnel from different jurisdictions to communicate with each other throughout the county. Currently emergency responders cannot communicate once they are outside the reach of their communications tower.

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