Terms Used In Missouri Laws 67.5008

  • 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
  • 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

A question, in substantially the following form, may be submitted to the voters in each county authorized to establish a district:

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Shall there be organized in the County of ______, state of Missouri, a parks, trails, and greenways district for the purposes of planning, developing, supervising, improving, maintaining, and taking custody of an interconnecting system of public parks, trails, open spaces, greenways, and recreational facilities within the boundaries of that district to be known as “______ Parks, Trails, and Greenways District”, and further shall a local sales tax of one-tenth of one cent be levied and collected in ______ County for the support of this parks, trails, and greenways district, with forty-five percent of that revenue going to the district and fifty-five percent being returned to ______ County and the cities within the County for local park improvements?
?YES ?NO

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