Because this particular sales tax is remitted to counties, the City of Kansas City, Missouri would not directly receive any revenues from this bill. However, Kansas City benefits from improvements to its facilities and from the increased ability to make its facilities more attractive to the public and to users of the facilities. Any new proposed tax could not be used for sports facilities alone and no vote could be submitted to the voters within the Metropolitan Culture District prior to January 1, 2002. At this time, the city does not have information regarding potential revenues. Revenues would depend on the rate of the tax and the length of the collection period.
Officials assume no direct fiscal impact to the city's funds.
Officials of the Office of the Jackson County Executive did not respond. Oversight assumes the provisions in this proposal are permissive and any additional costs to the Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Cultural District on sporting facilities would be incurred as a result of Metropolitan Cultural District Board actions. Any tax allowed by this proposal would require action by the local governing body and would require voter approval. Therefore, Oversight assumes no direct fiscal impact to local governments. No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal.