SB0043sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Susan Garrett

Filed: 4/11/2011

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 43

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 43 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Taxation Disclosure Act.

Section 5. Legislative purpose. The intent of the General Assembly is to make citizen access to State and local tax rates as open, transparent, and publicly accessible as is feasible. Increasing the ease of public access to State and local tax rates significantly contributes to governmental accountability, public participation, and the understanding of the cost of government services. Therefore, the General Assembly directs the Department to create and maintain a database of tax rates for taxing districts in the State.

Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act, "Department" means the Department of Revenue.

Section 15. Tax rate database.

(a) The Department shall make tax rate information publicly available on its Internet website. The tax rate information shall include rate information on income, property, use and occupation, and excise taxes.

(b) Tax rate information for use and occupation taxes administered by the Department shall include the tax rate applicable in a municipality or the unincorporated area of a county and list the individual rates that comprise the aggregate rate in that municipality or in the unincorporated area of that county.

(c) Beginning with the 2008 levy year, and for every subsequent levy year, tax rate information for property taxes shall include the name of each taxing district, a list of all funds for which taxes were extended and the corresponding tax rate for each fund, and the district's total tax rate. The Department may also include such other property tax information that it determines is necessary to achieve the purpose set forth in Section 5 of this Act. This information shall be made available in a viewable and downloadable format on the effective date of this Act and shall be updated on January 1 of each subsequent year with the most recent tax rate information available.

(d) Tax rate information for income taxes shall include the individual income tax rate as well as the corporate income tax rate. This information shall be made available in a viewable and downloadable format on the effective date of this Act and shall be updated on January 1 of each subsequent year with the most recent tax rate information available.

(e) Tax rate information for excise taxes shall include the statewide rates as well as local rates for taxes administered by the Department. This information shall be made available in a viewable and downloadable format on the effective date of this Act and shall be updated on January 1 and July 1 of each subsequent year with the most recent tax rate information available.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2012.".