Track: Finance and Taxation HB1256 - Modifies Provisions Relating to Personal Property Tax Obligations and Motor Vehicle, Trailer, and Boat Registration
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BILL STATUS REPORT 5/26/2020 Track: Finance and Taxation HB1256 - Modifies provisions relating to personal property tax obligations and motor vehicle, trailer, and boat registration Sponsor Rep. Sara Walsh (R) Summary COMMITTEE ACTION: Voted "Do Pass with HCS" by the Standing Committee on Downsizing State Government by a vote of 6 to 3. This bill requires license bureau fee offices awarded contracts by the Department of Revenue (DOR) to electronically verify personal property tax payment data as directed under Section 301.025, RSMo. The bill also authorizes the option of electronic verification that personal property taxes were paid for the year immediately preceding the year for which registration is applied as an alternative to a paper tax receipt. Beginning August 28, 2021, no motor vehicle, vessel, or trailer license registration or renewal may be issued until the license bureau fee office electronically verifies that the applicant has paid all personal property taxes due on the motor vehicle, vessel, or trailer. Beginning August 28, 2021, all county collectors and collectortreasurers must participate in the electronic data-sharing agreement with the DOR to enable electronic verification of paid personal property taxes. The costs of implementing this requirement can be charged to the tax maintenance funds established in Chapters 52 and 54. The bill authorizes the option of electronic verification that personal property taxes were paid for the year immediately preceding the year for which a vessel certificate of number or registration is applied as an alternative to a paper tax receipt. The following is a summary of the public testimony from the committee hearing. The testimony was based on the introduced version of the bill. PROPONENTS: Supporters say that this will simplify the registration process for many people, and a large majority of collectors already have the ability to provide personal property tax payment data to the Department of Revenue electronically. Testifying for the bill was Representative Walsh. OPPONENTS: Those who oppose the bill say that requiring a paid personal property tax receipt in order to register a motor vehicle, vessel, or trailer is the only way to get some people to pay those taxes. Testifying against the bill were Missouri Association of Counties; Missouri Association of County Collectors; ;School Administrators Coalition; and Boone County, Missouri. OTHERS: Others testifying on the bill say that there are loopholes in the bill that need to be closed before the bill will work. Testifying on the bill were Missouri State Assessors Association; and Department of Revenue. Last Action 02/19/2020 H - Referred to House Committee on Rules-Legislative Oversight HB1259 - Modifies provisions regarding transportation development district elections Sponsor Rep. Dan Stacy (R) Summary This bill requires the circuit court to conduct transportation development district director elections in a manner similar to mail-in elections for any registered voters in a district. Registered voters will be sent a mail-in ballot with an affidavit by the court after it receives voter information from an election authority. The court may conduct such elections where landowners are also eligible to vote under current law without the use of a mandatory mail-in ballot. Election days are specified in the bill and voter eligibility is determined by either land ownership or registration to vote 45 days prior to an election. If the measure passes, the election authority will provide notice to the court which has authority to authorize the formation of the transportation development district. This bill is the same as HB 30 (2019). Last Action 03/10/2020 H - Referred to House Committee on Rules-Legislative Oversight HB1278 - Changes the laws regarding real property to require the filing of a certificate of value before transferring interest in real property. Sponsor Rep. Sarah Unsicker (D) Summary This bill specifies that a recorder of deeds cannot accept for recording any deed or instrument by which any interest in residential, commercial, or industrial real property within the state can be granted, assigned, transferred, or otherwise conveyed to or vested in any person unless the deed or instrument indicates, in a manner to be determined by the State Tax Commission, that a completed certificate of value has been delivered to the assessor. The certificate of value form must report specified information including the amount of the full actual consideration paid or to be paid, whether the transaction was at arm's length, and the actual or intended use of the property. A $10 filing fee is required. Information contained in a certificate of value must be made available to the commission for developing ratios as required in Chapter 163, RSMo, and for other statistical purposes or public proceedings. The assessor is allowed to use the information for statistical purposes in implementing a general reassessment plan or an assessment and equalization maintenance plan. The required financial data need not be provided on a certificate of value for a transfer of title or other interest in residential, commercial, or industrial real property under specified situations. The bill becomes effective January 1, 2021. This bill is the same as HB 63 (2019). Last Action 05/15/2020 H - Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means HB1308 - Modifies provisions relating to certain tax credits Sponsor Rep. Noel Shull (R) Summary Beginning January 1, 2020, this bill reauthorizes a tax credit for an eligible small business equal to the amount the small business paid as a guaranteed fee to the United States Small Business Administration to obtain guaranteed financing and to programs administered by the United States Department of Agriculture for rural development or farm service agencies. The tax credit is not transferable, cannot be sold, but may be carried forward 10 years. Last Action 01/15/2020 H - Not heard in committee HB1309 - Authorizes the village of Claycomo to levy, upon voter approval, a sales tax whose revenue is dedicated to public safety Sponsor Rep. Noel Shull (R) Summary This bill adds certain villages to the list of cities and villages authorized to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax of up to .05% for public safety purposes, including expenditures on equipment, city employee salaries and benefits, and facilities for police, fire, and emergency medical providers. Currently, this only applies to the village of Claycomo. This bill is similar to HB 610 (2019). Last Action 02/04/2020 H - Not heard in committee HB1357 - Directs fines from certain municipal ordinances to be distributed annually to the schools of the county in the same manner that proceeds of all penalties, forfeitures, and fines collected for the breach of the penal laws of the state are distributed Sponsor Rep. Mark Ellebracht (D) Summary This bill allows county schools to receive the proceeds of fines for specified municipal ordinance violations in the same manner that they currently collect revenue for fines collected for the breach of state laws. This bill is similar to HB 1202 (2019). Last Action 05/15/2020 H - Referred to House Committee on Judiciary HB1369 - Authorizes a waiver for certain property tax penalties Sponsor Rep. Mark Ellebracht (D) Summary This bill authorizes a one-time waiver, at the discretion of the county collector, for a penalty for late payment of property tax so long as the tax is paid within 30 days of the due date and the taxpayer timely paid the tax on the property for the past five years. The penalty is only waived for property tax up to $20,000. This bill is the same as HB 395 (2019). Last Action 05/15/2020 H - Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means HB1380 - Modifies provisions regarding property tax relief Sponsor Rep. Barbara Washington (D) Summary Currently, a veteran with a 100% service-connected disability is eligible to claim a property tax credit depending on household income and the amount of either real property taxes paid or rent paid. This changes the percentage of disability to 50% for veterans. This bill is the same as HB 176 (2019). Last Action 05/15/2020 H - Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means HB1409 - Modifies provisions relating to property tax assessments Sponsor Rep. Robert Sauls (D) Summary This bill requires the Assessor of Jackson County to meet specified requirements when the assessed value of any parcel of residential property is increased by more than 15% from the previous assessment, excluding increases due to new construction or improvements. The assessor is required to: (1) Notify the property owner in writing and provide clear written notice of the owner's rights relating to the physical inspection of their property. If a physical inspection is required, the property owner may request that an interior inspection be performed during the physical inspection. The owner has no less than 30 days to notify the assessor of a request for an interior physical inspection; and (2) Perform a physical inspection with on-site personal observation and review of all exterior portions of the land and any buildings and improvements to which the inspector has or may reasonably and lawfully gain external access, and must include an observation and review of the interior of any buildings or improvements on the property upon the timely request of the owner (Section 137.115, RSMo). Additionally, this bill specifies that the Assessor of Jackson County has the burden to prove that the assessor's valuation does not exceed the true market value of the assessed property to the Board of Equalization, and that the physical inspection was done in accordance with this bill. If the assessor does not meet this burden, the property owner will prevail on the appeal as a matter of law (Section 138.060). Currently, these provisions only apply to St.