MO HB2250

Allows home rule cities with more than 400,000 inhabitants located in more than one county to impose a 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, or 1/2 percent sales tax on retail sales for public safety activities, operations, and capital improvements.

Requires voter approval through ballot measure before any sales tax can be imposed; ballot must specify the tax rate and may describe specific uses of revenues.

Tax revenues must be deposited in a special trust fund and used solely for public safety activities; if bonds are issued, revenues are used to retire those bonds until paid off.

Director of Revenue administers collection and enforcement of the tax in the same manner as existing state sales tax provisions.

Declares the act an emergency measure effective upon passage and approval to ensure adequate public safety funding.