2025 Session
Last amended: 1981 session
§ 477A.016 — New Taxes Prohibited
Plain-Language Summary
This section forbids counties, cities, towns, and other taxing authorities from raising existing sales or income taxes or imposing new ones. This prohibition was enacted in 1981 when the state created the modern local government aid system as a replacement for certain local tax authority.
477A.016 NEW TAXES PROHIBITED.
No county, city, town or other taxing authority shall increase a present tax or impose a new tax on sales or income.
History:
History: History:
1Sp1981 c 1 art 6 s 5
Practical Notes
This provision reflects the legislative trade-off made when the LGA system was established: local governments received state aid in exchange for giving up the ability to impose local sales or income taxes. Any local government that wanted to add a new sales or income tax would need separate legislative authorization.