Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 231
Maintenance of Public Roads
←231.441
Section 231.444.1
231.450→
August 28, 2015
County road tax--counties of the third and fourth classification--special road rock fund.
231.444. 1. In addition to other levies authorized by law, the
governing body of any county of the third or fourth classification may by
ordinance levy and impose a tax pursuant to this section which shall not
exceed the rate of one dollar on each acre of real property in the county
which is classified as agricultural and horticultural property pursuant to
section 137.016.
2. The proceeds of the tax authorized pursuant to this section shall
be collected by the county collector and remitted to the county treasurer
who shall deposit such proceeds in a special fund to be known as the
"Special Road Rock Fund". All moneys in the special road rock fund shall
be appropriated by the county governing body for the sole purpose of
purchasing road rock to be placed on county roads within the boundaries of
the county.
3. The ordinance levying and imposing a tax pursuant to subsection 1
of this section shall not be effective unless the county governing body
submits to the qualified voters of the county a proposal to authorize the
county governing body to levy and impose the tax at an election permitted
pursuant to section 115.123. The ballot of submission proposing the tax
shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall the county of .......... (county's name) be authorized to levy
and impose a tax on all real property in the county which is classified as
agricultural or horticultural property at a rate not to exceed ..........
(rate of tax) cents per acre with all the proceeds of the tax to be placed
in the "Special Road Rock Fund" and used solely for the purpose of
purchasing road rock to be placed on county roads within the boundaries of
the county?
[ ] YES [ ] NO
4. If a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting on the
proposal vote "YES", then the governing body of the county may by ordinance
levy and impose the tax authorized by this section in an amount not to
exceed the rate proposed in the ballot of submission. If a majority of the
qualified voters of the county voting on the proposal vote "NO", then the
governing body of the county shall not levy and impose such tax. Nothing
in this section shall prohibit a rejected proposal from being resubmitted
to the qualified voters of the county at an election permitted pursuant to
section 115.123.
(L. 1998 H.B. 1113 § 1, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58, A.L. 2008 H.B. 2047, A.L.
2015 H.B. 613)
2008
2005
1998
2008
231.444. 1. In addition to other levies authorized by law, the governing
body of any county of the third classification without a township form of
government having a population of less than six thousand inhabitants according
to the most recent decennial census may by ordinance levy and impose a tax
pursuant to this section which shall not exceed the rate of one dollar on
each acre of real property in the county which is classified as agricultural
and horticultural property pursuant to section 137.016.
2. The proceeds of the tax authorized pursuant to this section shall be
collected by the county collector and remitted to the county treasurer who
shall deposit such proceeds in a special fund to be known as the "Special Road
Rock Fund". All moneys in the special road rock fund shall be appropriated
by the county governing body for the sole purpose of purchasing road rock to
be placed on county roads within the boundaries of the county.
3. The ordinance levying and imposing a tax pursuant to subsection 1 of
this section shall not be effective unless the county governing body submits
to the qualified voters of the county a proposal to authorize the county
governing body to levy and impose the tax at an election permitted pursuant to
section 115.123. The ballot of submission proposing the tax shall be in
substantially the following form:
Shall the county of .......... (county's name) be authorized to levy and
impose a tax on all real property in the county which is classified as
agricultural or horticultural property at a rate not to exceed ..........
(rate of tax) cents per acre with all the proceeds of the tax to be placed in
the "Special Road Rock Fund" and used solely for the purpose of purchasing
road rock to be placed on county roads within the boundaries of the county?
[ ] YES [ ] NO
4. If a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting on the
proposal vote "YES", then the governing body of the county may by ordinance
levy and impose the tax authorized by this section in an amount not to exceed
the rate proposed in the ballot of submission. If a majority of the qualified
voters of the county voting on the proposal vote "NO", then the governing
body of the county shall not levy and impose such tax. Nothing in this
section shall prohibit a rejected proposal from being resubmitted to the
qualified voters of the county at an election permitted pursuant to section
115.123.
2005
231.444. 1. In addition to other levies authorized by law, the
governing body of any county of the third classification without a township
form of government having a population in excess of four thousand two
hundred and less than six thousand according to the most recent decennial
census or any county of the third classification without a township form of
government and with more than two thousand three hundred but fewer than two
thousand four hundred inhabitants may by ordinance levy and impose a tax
pursuant to this section which shall not exceed the rate of twenty-five
cents on each acre of real property in the county which is classified as
agricultural and horticultural property pursuant to section 137.016, RSMo.
2. The proceeds of the tax authorized pursuant to this section shall
be collected by the county collector and remitted to the county treasurer
who shall deposit such proceeds in a special fund to be known as the
"Special Road Rock Fund". All moneys in the special road rock fund shall
be appropriated by the county governing body for the sole purpose of
purchasing road rock to be placed on county roads within the boundaries of
the county.
3. The ordinance levying and imposing a tax pursuant to subsection 1
of this section shall not be effective unless the county governing body
submits to the qualified voters of the county a proposal to authorize the
county governing body to levy and impose the tax at an election permitted
pursuant to section 115.123, RSMo. The ballot of submission proposing the
tax shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall the county of .......... (county's name) be authorized to levy
and impose a tax on all real property in the county which is classified as
agricultural or horticultural property at a rate not to exceed ..........
(rate of tax) cents per acre with all the proceeds of the tax to be placed
in the "Special Road Rock Fund" and used solely for the purpose of
purchasing road rock to be placed on county roads within the boundaries of
the county?
[ ] YES [ ] NO
4. If a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting on the
proposal vote "YES", then the governing body of the county may by ordinance
levy and impose the tax authorized by this section in an amount not to
exceed the rate proposed in the ballot of submission. If a majority of the
qualified voters of the county voting on the proposal vote "NO", then the
governing body of the county shall not levy and impose such tax. Nothing
in this section shall prohibit a rejected proposal from being resubmitted
to the qualified voters of the county at an election permitted pursuant to
section 115.123, RSMo.
1998
231.444. 1. In addition to other levies authorized by law, the
governing body of any county of the third classification without a township
form of government having a population in excess of four thousand two
hundred and less than six thousand according to the most recent decennial
census may by ordinance levy and impose a tax pursuant to this section
which shall not exceed the rate of twenty-five cents on each acre of real
property in the county which is classified as agricultural and
horticultural property pursuant to section 137.016, RSMo.
2. The proceeds of the tax authorized pursuant to this section shall
be collected by the county collector and remitted to the county treasurer
who shall deposit such proceeds in a special fund to be known as the
"Special Road Rock Fund". All moneys in the special road rock fund shall
be appropriated by the county governing body for the sole purpose of
purchasing road rock to be placed on county roads within the boundaries of
the county.
3. The ordinance levying and imposing a tax pursuant to subsection 1
of this section shall not be effective unless the county governing body
submits to the qualified voters of the county a proposal to authorize the
county governing body to levy and impose the tax at an election permitted
pursuant to section 115.123, RSMo. The ballot of submission proposing the
tax shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall the county of .......... (county's name) be authorized to levy
and impose a tax on all real property in the county which is classified as
agricultural or horticultural property at a rate not to exceed ..........
(rate of tax) cents per acre with all the proceeds of the tax to be placed
in the "Special Road Rock Fund" and used solely for the purpose of
purchasing road rock to be placed on county roads within the boundaries of
the county?
[ ] YES [ ] NO
4. If a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting on the
proposal vote "YES", then the governing body of the county may by ordinance
levy and impose the tax authorized by this section in an amount not to
exceed the rate proposed in the ballot of submission. If a majority of the
qualified voters of the county voting on the proposal vote "NO", then the
governing body of the county shall not levy and impose such tax. Nothing
in this section shall prohibit a rejected proposal from being resubmitted
to the qualified voters of the county at an election permitted pursuant to
section 115.123, RSMo.
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