Missouri 2024 Regular Session

Missouri Senate Bill SB879 Compare Versions

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2	2	SECOND REGULAR SESSION
3	3	SENATE BILL NO. 879
4	4	102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
5	5	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BECK.
6	6	3691S.03I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	To amend chapter 321, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to fire protection
9	9	services.
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11	11	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
12	12	Section A. Chapter 321, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
13	13	one new section, to be known as section 321.905, to read as 2
14	14	follows:3
15	15	321.905. 1. The governing body of any municipality 1
16	16	located within a county with a charter form of government 2
17	17	and with more than one million inhabitants may, by a 3
18	18	majority vote of its g overning body, levy and collect ad 4
19	19	valorem taxes on all real property located within the 5
20	20	municipality for the purposes of providing fire protection 6
21	21	services; provided that, no ordinance or order enacted 7
22	22	pursuant to this subsection shall be effective un less the 8
23	23	governing body submits to the voters of the municipality a 9
24	24	proposal to authorize the governing body to impose such 10
25	25	tax. The ballot of submission shall contain, but need not 11
26	26	be limited to, the following language: 12
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31	31	Shall the City of ______ (insert city) be authorized
32	32	to levy a tax of not more than twenty -five cents on
33	33	the one hundred dollars assessed valuation to provide
34	34	funds for fire protection services?
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36	36	17 □ FOR THE PROPOSITION □ AGAINST THE PROPOSITION SB 879 2
37	37	If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the 20
38	38	qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the 21
39	39	proposal, then the ordinance or order and any amendments 22
40	40	thereto shall be in effect. If a majority of the votes cast 23
41	41	by the qualified voters voting are opposed to the proposal, 24
42	42	then the governing body of the municipality shall have no 25
43	43	power to impose the property tax as herein authorized unless 26
44	44	and until the governing body of the municipality shall again 27
45	45	have submitted another proposal to authorize the governing 28
46	46	body to impose the property tax. 29
47	47	2. The governing body of any fire protection district 30
48	48	imposing a property tax pursuant to this chapter, or of any 31
49	49	municipality located within a county with a charter form of 32
50	50	government and with more than one million inhabitants 33
51	51	imposing a property tax pursuant to subsection 1 of this 34
52	52	section, may, by a majority vot e of its governing body, 35
53	53	impose a sales tax of up to one -half of one percent on all 36
54	54	sales which are subject to taxation under the provisions of 37
55	55	chapter 144, in conjunction with a property tax reduction 38
56	56	for each year in which the sales tax is imposed, f or the 39
57	57	provision of fire protection services by the fire protection 40
58	58	district or the municipality; provided that, no ordinance or 41
59	59	order enacted pursuant to this section shall be effective 42
60	60	unless the governing body submits to the voters of the fire 43
61	61	protection district or municipality, a proposal to authorize 44
62	62	the governing body to impose a sales tax and reduce property 45
63	63	taxes. 46
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66	66	(Place an X in the square opposite the one for which
67	67	you wish to vote.)
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69	69	3. The ballot of submission shall contain, but need 47
70	70	not be limited to, the following language: 48
71	71	If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the 57
72	72	qualified voters voting t hereon are in favor of the 58
73	73	proposal, then the ordinance or order and any amendments 59
74	74	thereto shall be in effect. If a majority of the votes cast 60
75	75	by the qualified voters voting are opposed to the proposal, 61
76	76	then the governing body of the district or muni cipality 62
77	77	shall have no power to impose the sales tax and reduce the 63
78	78	property tax as herein authorized unless and until the 64
79	79	governing body of the district or municipality shall again 65
80	80	have submitted another proposal to authorize the governing 66
81	81	body to impose the sales tax and reduce the property tax. 67
82	82	4. The total property tax levy subject to reduction 68
83	83	pursuant to this section shall not include those taxes 69
84	84	levied to retire indebtedness. 70
85	85	5. Each year in which a sales tax is imposed pursuant 71
86	86	to this section, the fire protection district or 72
87	87	municipality shall, after determining its budget for the 73
88	88	provision of fire protection services within the limits set 74
89	89	by the constitution and laws of this state for the following 75
90	90	calendar year and the tota l property tax levy needed to 76
91	91	raise the revenues required by such budget, reduce the total 77
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96	96	Shall ______ (insert governing body's name) impose a
97	97	sales tax of ______ (insert amount) and reduce its
98	98	total property tax levy annually by the total amount
99	99	of sales tax revenue collected in the same tax year?
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101	101	53 □ YES □ NO
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105	105	If you are in favor of the question, place an "X" in
106	106	the box opposite "YES". If you are opposed to the
107	107	question, place an "X" in the box opposite "NO".
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109	109	property tax levy imposed pursuant to this chapter in an 78
110	110	amount sufficient to decrease the total property taxes it 79
111	111	will collect by an amount equal to one hundred percent of 80
112	112	the sales tax revenue collected pursuant to this section in 81
113	113	the tax year for which the property taxes are being levied. 82
114	114	In the event that in the immediately preceding year the fire 83
115	115	protection district or the municipality actually collected 84
116	116	more or less sales tax revenue, the fire protection district 85
117	117	or the municipality shall adjust its total property tax levy 86
118	118	for the current year to reflect such increase or decrease. 87
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