SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - On a seven to six vote, the House State Affairs Committee today sent a bill giving South Dakota towns a penny increase in the sales tax to the 41st day.
Executive Director of the South Dakota Municipal League Yvonne Taylor said the measure removes a barrier to local development. Taylor says in the end it's the citizens that pay all the taxes, why can't they choose the one they prefer to pay.
But a spokesman for the State urged the bill’s defeat. The administrator said that if the bill passed it would be harder for citizens and future policy leaders to make a decision on whether we should or should not increase the sales tax.
The measure narrowly passed the State Senate.