FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 203
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ROBERTS.
0485S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 67, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to a property tax for
special educational services.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 67, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 67.115, to read as 2
follows:3
67.115. 1. The board of education of a metropolitan 1
school district may impose a tax upon real property located 2
within the district for the purpose of funding special 3
educational services in the district. The tax shall not 4
exceed a rate of three cents per hundred dollars assessed 5
valuation and shall be imposed solely for the purpose of 6
funding special educational services in the district. The 7
tax authorized pursuant to this section shall not become 8
effective unless the board of education of the metropolitan 9
district submits to the voters residing within the district, 10
at a general election, a proposal to authorize the school 11
board of the metropolitan di strict to impose a tax under 12
this section. 13
2. The question of whether the tax authorized by this 14
section shall be imposed shall be submitted in substantially 15
the following form: 16
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If a majority of the votes cast on the ques tion by the 29
qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the 30
question, the tax shall become effective. If a majority of 31
the votes cast on the question by the qualified voters 32
voting thereon are opposed to the question, the school board 33
of the metropolitan district may not impose the tax 34
authorized under this section unless and until the question 35
is resubmitted under this section to the qualified voters 36
and such question is approved by a majority of the qualified 37
voters voting on the question. 38
3. All revenue collected pursuant to this section 39
shall be deposited in a special trust fund, which and shall 40
be known as the "Special Educational Services Property Tax 41
Trust Fund", and shall be used solely for the designated 42
purposes. 43
4. The provisions of chapter 137 and article X, 44
section 22 of the Missouri Constitution shall apply to the 45
tax authorized pursuant to this section. 46
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Shall .......................... (name of school
district) impose a district -wide tax on real
property at a rate of ..... (insert amount) cents
per hundred dollars assessed valuation for the
purpose of funding special educational services in
the district?
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If you are in favor of the question, place an "X"
in the box opposite "YES". If you are opposed to
the question, place an "X" in the box opposite
"NO".