AN ACT DEDICATING THE ADDITIONAL SALES TAX ON MEALS TO CERTAIN PURPOSES.

Plain English Breakdown

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Act for Allocating Meal Sales Tax

This act changes how an extra one percent sales tax on meals is used, directing it towards tourism, local municipalities, and free school lunches.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the use of a one percent additional sales tax on meals to allocate funds for specific purposes.
• Allocates fifty percent of the collected tax to the Tourism Fund.
• Gives twenty-five percent of the collected tax to the cities or towns where the meal was bought.
• Deposits twenty-five percent of the collected tax into the General Fund, which will be used specifically for free school lunches.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who buy meals and pay an additional one percent sales tax on them.
• Tourism-related businesses that benefit from funds in the Tourism Fund.
• Local municipalities receiving a portion of the collected tax.
• Schools providing free lunch programs funded by the General Fund.

Terms To Know

Tourism Fund

A fund used to support tourism-related activities and businesses in the state.

General Fund

The main fund of a government that is used for various public services, including education.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify how much money will be collected or distributed.
• Does not detail the exact impact on tourism or local municipalities.
• Does not provide information about future changes to the tax rate or allocation methods.

Official Summary Text

To dedicate the revenue generated from the additional one per cent of sales tax on meals as follows: (1) Fifty per cent of the amount collected to be deposited in the Tourism Fund; (2) twenty-five per cent of the amount collected to be paid to the municipalities to which the purchases of the meals are sourced; and (3) twenty-five per cent of the amount collected to be deposited in the General Fund and dedicated to funding free school lunches.

Current Bill Text

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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 55
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 317

Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND
BONDING

Introduced by:
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.

AN ACT DEDICATING THE ADDITIONAL SALES TAX ON MEALS TO
CERTAIN PURPOSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to dedicate the revenue 1
generated from the additional one per cent of sales tax on meals as 2
follows: (1) Fifty per cent of the amount collected to be deposited in the 3
Tourism Fund; (2) twenty -five per cent of the amount collected to be 4
paid to the municipalities to which the purchases of the meals are 5
sourced; and (3) twenty -five per cent of the amount collected to be 6
deposited in the General Fund and dedicated to funding free school 7
lunches. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To dedicate the revenue generated from the additional one per cent of
sales tax on meals as follows: (1) Fifty per cent of the amount collected
to be deposited in the Tourism Fund; (2) twenty -five per cent of the
amount collected to be paid to the municipalities to which the purchases
of the meals are sourced; and (3) twenty -five per cent of the amount
Proposed Bill No. 55

LCO No. 317 2 of 2

collected to be deposited in the General Fund and dedicated to funding
free school lunches.