Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri Senate Bill SB203 Compare Versions

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2	2	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
3	3	SENATE BILL NO. 203
4	4	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
5	5	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ROBERTS.
6	6	0485S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	To amend chapter 67, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to a property tax for
9	9	special educational 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 67, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
13	13	one new section, to be known as section 67.115, to read as 2
14	14	follows:3
15	15	67.115. 1. The board of education of a metropolitan 1
16	16	school district may impose a tax upon real property located 2
17	17	within the district for the purpose of funding special 3
18	18	educational services in the district. The tax shall not 4
19	19	exceed a rate of three cents per hundred dollars assessed 5
20	20	valuation and shall be imposed solely for the purpose of 6
21	21	funding special educational services in the district. The 7
22	22	tax authorized pursuant to this section shall not become 8
23	23	effective unless the board of education of the metropolitan 9
24	24	district submits to the voters residing within the district, 10
25	25	at a general election, a proposal to authorize the school 11
26	26	board of the metropolitan di strict to impose a tax under 12
27	27	this section. 13
28	28	2. The question of whether the tax authorized by this 14
29	29	section shall be imposed shall be submitted in substantially 15
30	30	the following form: 16
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32	32	If a majority of the votes cast on the ques tion by the 29
33	33	qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the 30
34	34	question, the tax shall become effective. If a majority of 31
35	35	the votes cast on the question by the qualified voters 32
36	36	voting thereon are opposed to the question, the school board 33
37	37	of the metropolitan district may not impose the tax 34
38	38	authorized under this section unless and until the question 35
39	39	is resubmitted under this section to the qualified voters 36
40	40	and such question is approved by a majority of the qualified 37
41	41	voters voting on the question. 38
42	42	3. All revenue collected pursuant to this section 39
43	43	shall be deposited in a special trust fund, which and shall 40
44	44	be known as the "Special Educational Services Property Tax 41
45	45	Trust Fund", and shall be used solely for the designated 42
46	46	purposes. 43
47	47	4. The provisions of chapter 137 and article X, 44
48	48	section 22 of the Missouri Constitution shall apply to the 45
49	49	tax authorized pursuant to this section. 46
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57	57	Shall .......................... (name of school
58	58	district) impose a district -wide tax on real
59	59	property at a rate of ..... (insert amount) cents
60	60	per hundred dollars assessed valuation for the
61	61	purpose of funding special educational services in
62	62	the district?
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64	64	24 □ YES □ NO
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69	69	If you are in favor of the question, place an "X"
70	70	in the box opposite "YES". If you are opposed to
71	71	the question, place an "X" in the box opposite
72	72	"NO".
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