Brawley v. McNary

I respectfully dissent.

In 1975 the General Assembly adopted § 66.390, RSMo, which authorized the County to levy a convention and tourism tax. The County, . responding to the prompting of the legislature, promulgated Ordinance 7584, which levied a three percent tax on sales or charges for all rooms *369paid by transient guests of hotels and motels within the county. In 1982, however, the legislature passed Senate Bill 711, which permitted a new set of taxes to provide, upon voter approval, funding for a regional economic development district, including a regional convention and visitor’s…