Food and beverage tax; locality to set amount. (SB280)

Introduced By

Sen. Fred Quayle (R-Suffolk)

Description

County meals tax; rate of tax and approval required. Removes the current cap of four percent for the county meals tax and allows counties to impose an uncapped rate. The bill would also allow counties to adopt or increase a meals tax by a majority vote of the elected members of the governing body.

Current law provides that a meals tax imposed by a county may not exceed four percent of the charge for food and beverages. In general, current law also requires approval by referendum before a county may impose a meals tax.   View Full Text »

Outcome

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• 01/12/2010 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101463D
• 01/12/2010 Referred to Committee on Finance
• 01/17/2010 Impact statement from TAX (SB280)
• 01/20/2010 Reported from Finance with amendments (13-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
• 01/21/2010 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
• 01/22/2010 Read second time
• 01/22/2010 Reading of amendments waived
• 01/22/2010 Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/22/2010 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB280E
• 01/22/2010 Printed as engrossed 10101463D-E
• 01/25/2010 Passed by for the day
• 01/26/2010 Passed by for the day
• 01/27/2010 Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) (see vote tally)
• 02/12/2010 Impact statement from TAX (SB280E)
• 02/17/2010 Placed on Calendar
• 02/17/2010 Read first time
• 02/17/2010 Referred to Committee on Finance
• 02/17/2010 Assigned Finance sub: #1
• 02/24/2010 Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 2-N)
• 03/01/2010 Tabled in Finance

Map

This bill mentions Roanoke, Rockbridge, Rappahannock, Arlington.

4 votes