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This bill authorizes Ste. Genevieve and Perry Counties to impose a transient guest tax on hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, and campground cabin charges, with specific provisions for counties meeting certain population and classification criteria. The tax would be limited to 6% per occupied room or cabin per night and can only be implemented after voter approval through a ballot measure at a state general or primary election. The tax proceeds must be used exclusively for tourism promotion and must be stated separately from other charges and taxes. The bill defines "transient guests" as individuals occupying a room for 31 days or less in a calendar quarter and provides a mechanism for counties that previously imposed a similar tax on hotels and motels to extend the tax to bed and breakfast inns and campground cabins without requiring an additional voter referendum. The proposed legislation allows these specific counties to generate additional revenue for local tourism efforts while giving voters the opportunity to approve such a tax through a direct democratic process.

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