Provides that the tax imposed upon the sales on goods or services purchased from businesses which employ twenty or less persons, are resident in this state, are independently owned and operated and not dominant in their field, shall be two percent.
Establishes a reduced sales tax rate for small businesses which reside in the state and are independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field and employs fifty or less persons.
Provides that certain persons shall not be deemed a distributor for certain sales of premium cigars; provides that the tax on premium cigars shall be at the rate of seventy-five percent of the wholesale price or fifty cents, whichever is less, and is intended to be imposed only once upon the sale of any premium cigars; defines "premium cigar".
Provides that any taxpayer who employees twenty or fewer employees, the first fifty thousand dollars is exempted from taxation.
Enacts the "mandatory arbitration & business licensing act"; provides that no state agency or local government shall issue or renew a covered license to any person that refuses to certify that such person will not, as the owner or operator of a business or provider of services in the state or a local government operating pursuant to such license; makes related provisions.
Enacts the "mandatory arbitration & business licensing act"; provides that no state agency or local government shall issue or renew a covered license to any person that refuses to certify that such person will not, as the owner or operator of a business or provider of services in the state or a local government operating pursuant to such license; makes related provisions.
Provides that any small property owner that owns twenty units or less shall be entitled to free legal services if such small property owner can prove a loss of at least twenty percent of rent payments in a calendar year; defines "small property owner" as any lessor in a residential real property transaction, and includes an owner of twenty units or less who lists residential real property for lease with an agent, whether or not a lease results, or who receives an offer to lease twenty units of residential real property or less.
Provides that any small property owner that owns twenty units or less shall be entitled to free legal services if such small property owner can prove a loss of at least twenty percent of rent payments in a calendar year; defines "small property owner" as any lessor in a residential real property transaction, and includes an owner of twenty units or less who lists residential real property for lease with an agent, whether or not a lease results, or who receives an offer to lease twenty units of residential real property or less.
Relates to protecting retiree health insurance benefits; provides that the health insurance benefits provided to retired officers, employees, and their dependents by the state and its political subdivisions shall not be diminished or impaired below the actuarial value of the benefits provided as of December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-one.
Prohibits the sale of kratom to individuals under the age of twenty-one; imposes a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for the sale or provision of kratom to any person under the age of twenty-one.