Missouri Laws 137.037 – Levy to pay cost of property reevaluation — election — form of ballot
1. The county commission of any county may, at any election, submit to the voters of the county a proposition to authorize a levy not to exceed two mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of all tangible property taxable by the county to pay the cost of contracting with a private person or firm to reevaluate all real property subject to taxation by that county or to provide funding for that portion of all costs of the assessor’s office which would otherwise be paid from county general revenues.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the county commission be authorized to levy a tax not to exceed twenty cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation on all property taxable by the county to provide funds annually to pay the cost of assessing and equalizing real property values subject to taxation by the county?
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 137.037
- 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
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
3. If the question receives a majority of the votes cast thereon, the county commission may impose a levy for that purpose, the proceeds of which shall be placed in the assessment fund.