Section 313.820

Title XXI PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS

Chapter 313

Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 3 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  313.820.  Admission fee, amount, division of — licensees subject to all other taxes, collection of nongaming taxes by department of revenue — cap on amount to be collected, exceptions. — 1. An excursion boat licensee shall pay to the commission an admission fee of two dollars for each person embarking on an excursion gambling boat with a ticket of admission. One dollar of such fee shall be deposited to the credit of the gaming commission fund as authorized pursuant to section 313.835, and one dollar of such fee shall not be considered state funds and shall be paid to the home dock city or county. Subject to appropriation, one cent of such fee deposited to the credit of the gaming commission fund may be deposited to the credit of the compulsive gamblers fund created pursuant to the provisions of section 313.842. Nothing in this section shall preclude any licensee from charging any amount deemed necessary for a ticket of admission to any person embarking on an excursion gambling boat. If tickets are issued which are good for more than one excursion, the admission fee shall be paid to the commission for each person using the ticket on each excursion that the ticket is used. If free passes or complimentary admission tickets are issued, the excursion boat licensee shall pay to the commission the same fee upon these passes or complimentary tickets as if they were sold at the regular and usual admission rate; however, the excursion boat licensee may issue fee-free passes to actual and necessary officials and employees of the licensee or other persons actually working on the excursion gambling boat. The issuance of fee-free passes is subject to the rules of the commission, and a list of all persons to whom the fee-free passes are issued shall be filed with the commission.

  2. All licensees are subject to all income taxes, sales taxes, earnings taxes, use taxes, property taxes or any other tax or fee now or hereafter lawfully levied by any political subdivision; however, no other license tax, permit tax, occupation tax, excursion fee, or taxes or fees shall be imposed, levied or assessed exclusively upon licensees by a political subdivision. All state taxes not connected directly to gambling games shall be collected by the department of revenue. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 32.057, RSMo, to the contrary, the department of revenue may furnish and the commission may receive tax information to determine if applicants or licensees are complying with the tax laws of this state; however, any tax information acquired by the commission shall not become public record and shall be used exclusively for commission business.

  3. Effective fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount of revenue derived from admission fees paid to a home dock city or county shall not exceed the percentage of gross revenue realized by the home dock city or county attributable to such admission fees for fiscal year 2007. In the case of a new casino, the provisions of this section shall become effective two years from the opening of such casino and the amount of revenue derived from admission fees paid to a home dock city or county shall not exceed the average percentage of gross revenue realized by the home dock city or county attributable to such admission fees for the first two fiscal years in which such casino opened for business. Effective fiscal year 2010 and each subsequent fiscal year until fiscal year 2015, the percentage of all revenue derived by a home dock city or county from such admission fees used for expenditures other than capital, cultural, and special law enforcement purpose expenditures shall be limited to not more than thirty percent. Effective fiscal year 2015 and each subsequent fiscal, the percentage of all revenue derived by a home dock city or county from such admission fees used for expenditures other than capital, cultural, and special law enforcement purpose expenditures shall be limited to not more than twenty percent.

  4. After fiscal year 2007, in any fiscal year in which a home dock city or county collects an amount over the limitation on revenue derived from admission fees provided in subsection 1 of this section, such revenue shall be treated as if it were sales tax revenue within the meaning of section 67.505, RSMo, provided that the home dock city or county shall reduce its total general revenue property tax levy, in accordance with the method provided in subdivision (6) of subsection 3 of section 67.505, RSMo.

  5. The provisions of subsections 3 and 4 of this section shall not affect the imposition or collection of a tax under section 313.822.

  6. The provisions of subsections 3 and 4 of this section shall not apply to any city of the third classification with more than eight thousand two hundred but fewer than eight thousand three hundred inhabitants, any county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than sixteen thousand six hundred but fewer than sixteen thousand seven hundred inhabitants, any county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than ten thousand two hundred but fewer than ten thousand three hundred inhabitants, any home rule city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county, any county of the first classification with more than one hundred eighty-four thousand but fewer than one hundred eighty-eight thousand inhabitants, any city of the fourth classification with more than two thousand nine hundred but fewer than three thousand inhabitants and located in any county of the first classification with more than seventy-three thousand seven hundred but fewer than seventy-three thousand eight hundred inhabitants, any county of the first classification with more than seventy-three thousand seven hundred but fewer than seventy-three thousand eight hundred inhabitants, any city of the third classification with more than six thousand seven hundred but fewer than six thousand eight hundred inhabitants and located in any county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than twenty thousand but fewer than twenty thousand one hundred inhabitants, any county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than twenty thousand but fewer than twenty thousand one hundred inhabitants, any city of the third classification with more than four thousand seven hundred but fewer than four thousand eight hundred inhabitants and located in any county of the first classification with more than one hundred eighty-four thousand but fewer than one hundred eighty-eight thousand inhabitants, any city of the third classification with more than twenty-five thousand seven hundred but fewer than twenty-five thousand nine hundred inhabitants, any county with a charter form of government and with more than one million inhabitants, any county with a charter form of government and with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand inhabitants, any special charter city with more than nine hundred fifty but fewer than one thousand fifty inhabitants, any county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than ten thousand four hundred but fewer than ten thousand five hundred inhabitants, any city not within a county, any home rule city with more than seventy-three thousand but fewer than seventy-five thousand inhabitants, and any county of the first classification with more than eighty-five thousand nine hundred but fewer than eighty-six thousand inhabitants.

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(L. 1991 H.B. 149 § 9 Adopted by Referendum, Proposition A, November 3, 1992, A.L. 1993 S.B. 10 & 11 § 9, A.L. 2000 S.B. 902, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with H.B. 186 merged with S.B. 272)