Missouri Laws 137.070 – Apportionment in counties having township organization
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 137.070
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- hereafter: means the time after the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
In all counties in this state which have now or may hereafter adopt township organization, if the amount of revenue desired and estimated by the county commission for county purposes and the amount desired and estimated by any township board for township purposes shall together exceed the rate percent on the one hundred dollars valuation allowed by Section 11 of Article X of the Constitution of Missouri for county purposes, then it shall be the duty of the county commission to apportion the tax for county purposes between the county organization and the township organization in the following manner, to wit: Eighty percent of the taxes which may be legally levied for county purposes shall be apportioned to the county organization for county purposes, and twenty percent of such taxes shall be apportioned to the township organization for the purposes provided by section 65.360 of the township organization law, as specified by the township board; but the combined rate for both the county and township organizations shall not exceed the maximum rate provided by the constitution.