House of Representatives

HB 2299

appropriation; Fredonia learning site

Sponsors: Representatives Laughter, Jackson, et al

X	Committee on Native American Affairs
	Committee on Education
	Committee on Appropriations
	Caucus and COW	This bill as introduced contains an Appropriation clause.
	As Passed the House

HB 2299 makes an appropriation to the Arizona Board of Regents for a learning site.

The proposed strike-everything amendment to HB 2299 provides for the following:

HB 2299 provides that if a Native American community, tribe or nation imposes a transaction privilege tax (TPT) to companies that conduct business on a reservation, the State of Arizona shall adjust its tax rate so as to offset the tax collected by the Native American community.

Provisions

· Provides that the tax rate will be equal to the following:

Tribal Tax Rate Less than 5%	Tribal Rate between 5% and 5.6%	Tribal Rate greater than 5.6%
State collects the difference between the tribal rate and 5.0%. Forty percent of what the state collects will be designated as part of the TPT distribution base.	State collects the difference between the tribal rate and the 5.6%	State collects nothing.
The additional state rate of 0.6% passed in proposition 301 continues to fund education.	All the revenues collected by the state are designated to fund education.

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45th Legislature

First Regular Session 2 February 21, 2001

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