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IN HB1170
Bill
Status
1/7/2016
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Saunders
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AI Summary
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Changes Henry County food and beverage tax uses from mandatory to optional, except for amounts pledged to repay existing obligations.
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Adds construction, renovation, improvement, or repair of county roads to the list of authorized capital improvements funded by food and beverage tax revenues.
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Abolishes the existing county capital improvements committee on January 1, 2016, and removes obsolete provisions related to its operations.
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Establishes a new county food and beverage tax advisory committee consisting of nine members appointed by the county executive, county fiscal body, town fiscal bodies, and city officials to recommend uses of tax revenue.
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Effective date: July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Henry County food and beverage tax. Specifies 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
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
1/7/2016