Section 67.990 - Senior citizens' services fund tax, election, ballot, levy and collection of, limitation1. The governing body of any county or city not within a county may, upon approval of a majority of the qualified voters of such county or city voting thereon, levy and collect a tax not to exceed five cents per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation, or in any county of the first classification with more than eighty-five thousand nine hundred but less than eighty-six thousand inhabitants, the governing body may, upon approval of a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting thereon, levy and collect a tax not to exceed ten cents per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation upon all taxable property within the county or city or for the purpose of providing services to persons sixty years of age or older. The tax so levied shall be collected along with other county or city taxes, in the manner provided by law. All funds collected for this purpose shall be deposited in a special fund for the provision of services for persons sixty years of age or older, and shall be used for no other purpose except those purposes authorized in sections 67.990 to 67.995. Deposits in the fund shall be expended only upon approval of the board of directors established in section 67.993, if in a county, and only in accordance with the fund budget approved by the county governing body.2. The question of whether the tax authorized by this section shall be imposed shall be submitted in substantially the following form: OFFICIAL BALLOT |
Shall ______ (name of county/city) levy a tax of ______ cents per each one hundred dollars assessed valuation for the purpose of providing services to persons sixty years of age or older? |
[] YES | [] NO |
Amended by 2021 Mo. Laws, HB 271,s A, eff. 8/28/2021.L. 1989 H.B. 351 § 1, A.L. 2003H.B. 600
Effective 7/1/2003