MO SB644

Repeals and reenacts sections 67.1000, 67.1003, 67.1360, 67.1361, 67.2000, and 70.220 relating to transient guest taxes and tourism funding.

Allows counties and cities meeting specified population criteria to impose transient guest taxes of up to 5-8 percent per occupied room per night on hotel and motel guests, subject to voter approval.

Tax revenues must be used for promoting tourism, convention and visitor bureaus, and convention center and recreational facility funding.

Creates Exhibition Center and Recreational Facility Districts that may impose a one-fourth of one percent sales tax for up to 25 years, subject to voter approval, with revenue dedicated to acquisition, construction, maintenance, and promotion of exhibition centers and recreational facilities.

Authorizes municipalities and counties to share tax revenues for tourism promotion and convention/recreational facility improvements through intergovernmental agreements.