Missouri Proposition A, Limits on Earnings Tax Initiative (2010)

Missouri Proposition A
Election date November 2, 2010
Topic Income taxes and Local government finance and taxes
Status Approved
Type Initiated state statute	Origin Citizens

Missouri Proposition A was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Missouri on November 2, 2010. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported enacting a law to repeal certain cities' authority to use earnings taxes to fund their budgets, require voter approval every five years for existing earnings taxes, phase out unapproved taxes over ten years, and prohibit new earnings taxes.

A "no" vote opposed enacting a law to repeal certain cities' authority to use earnings taxes to fund their budgets, require voter approval every five years for existing earnings taxes, phase out unapproved taxes over ten years, and prohibit new earnings taxes.

Election results

Missouri Proposition A
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,297,197	68.39%
No		599,672	31.61%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition A was as follows:

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Official Ballot Title Proposition A [Proposed by Initiative Petition] Shall Missouri law be amended to: repeal the authority of certain cities to use earnings taxes to fund their budgets; require voters in cities that currently have an earnings tax to approve continuation of such tax at the next general municipal election and at an election held every 5 years thereafter; require any current earnings tax that is not approved by the voters to be phased out over a period of 10 years; and prohibit any city from adding a new earnings tax to fund their budget? The proposal could eliminate certain city earnings taxes. For 2010, Kansas City and the City of St. Louis budgeted earnings tax revenue of $199.2 million and $141.2 million, respectively. Reduced earnings tax deductions could increase state revenues by $4.8 million. The total cost or savings to state and local governmental entities is unknown.

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Path to the ballot

A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Missouri General Assembly to place a state statute on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 82 votes in the Missouri House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Missouri State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Statutes do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

2010 Measures

• 2010 Measures
• Local government finance and taxes on the ballot
• Income taxes on the ballot
• 2010 legislative sessions

Missouri

• Missouri ballot measures
• Missouri ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Missouri State Archives - The Blue Book
• Missouri Secretary of State- 2010 Ballot Measures