Special road and bridge tax, how levied, collected and disbursed.
137.555. In addition to other levies authorized by law, the countycommission in counties not adopting an alternative form of government andthe proper administrative body in counties adopting an alternative form ofgovernment, in their discretion may levy an additional tax, not exceedingthirty-five cents on each one hundred dollars assessed valuation, all ofsuch tax to be collected and turned into the county treasury, where itshall be known and designated as "The Special Road and Bridge Fund" to beused for road and bridge purposes and for no other purpose whatever; exceptthat the term "road and bridge purposes" may include certain storm watercontrol projects off rights of way that are directly related to theconstruction of roads and bridges, in any county of the firstclassification without a charter form of government with a population of atleast ninety thousand inhabitants but not more than one hundred thousandinhabitants, in any county of the first classification without a charterform of government with a population of at least two hundred thousandinhabitants, in any county of the first classification without a charterform of government and bordered by one county of the first classificationand one county of the second classification or in any county of the firstclassification with a charter form of government and containing part of acity with a population of three hundred thousand or more inhabitants;provided, however, that all that part or portion of such tax which shallarise from and be collected and paid upon any property lying and beingwithin any special road district shall be paid into the county treasury andfour-fifths of such part or portion of such tax so arising from andcollected and paid upon any property lying and being within any suchspecial road district shall be placed to the credit of such special roaddistrict from which it arose and shall be paid out to such special roaddistrict upon warrants of the county commission, in favor of thecommissioners or treasurer of the district as the case may be; providedfurther, that the part of such special road and bridge tax arising from andpaid upon property not situated in any special road district and theone-fifth part retained in the county treasury may, in the discretion ofthe county commission, be used in improving or repairing any street in anyincorporated city or village in the county, if such street shall form apart of a continuous highway of such county leading through such city orvillage.
Special road and bridge tax, how levied, collected and disbursed.
137.555. In addition to other levies authorized by law, the countycommission in counties not adopting an alternative form of government andthe proper administrative body in counties adopting an alternative form ofgovernment, in their discretion may levy an additional tax, not exceedingthirty-five cents on each one hundred dollars assessed valuation, all ofsuch tax to be collected and turned into the county treasury, where itshall be known and designated as "The Special Road and Bridge Fund" to beused for road and bridge purposes and for no other purpose whatever; exceptthat the term "road and bridge purposes" may include certain storm watercontrol projects off rights of way that are directly related to theconstruction of roads and bridges, in any county of the firstclassification without a charter form of government with a population of atleast ninety thousand inhabitants but not more than one hundred thousandinhabitants, in any county of the first classification without a charterform of government with a population of at least two hundred thousandinhabitants, in any county of the first classification without a charterform of government and bordered by one county of the first classificationand one county of the second classification or in any county of the firstclassification with a charter form of government and containing part of acity with a population of three hundred thousand or more inhabitants;provided, however, that all that part or portion of such tax which shallarise from and be collected and paid upon any property lying and beingwithin any special road district shall be paid into the county treasury andfour-fifths of such part or portion of such tax so arising from andcollected and paid upon any property lying and being within any suchspecial road district shall be placed to the credit of such special roaddistrict from which it arose and shall be paid out to such special roaddistrict upon warrants of the county commission, in favor of thecommissioners or treasurer of the district as the case may be; providedfurther, that the part of such special road and bridge tax arising from andpaid upon property not situated in any special road district and theone-fifth part retained in the county treasury may, in the discretion ofthe county commission, be used in improving or repairing any street in anyincorporated city or village in the county, if such street shall form apart of a continuous highway of such county leading through such city orvillage.
Special road and bridge tax, how levied, collected and disbursed.
137.555. In addition to other levies authorized by law, the countycommission in counties not adopting an alternative form of government andthe proper administrative body in counties adopting an alternative form ofgovernment, in their discretion may levy an additional tax, not exceedingthirty-five cents on each one hundred dollars assessed valuation, all ofsuch tax to be collected and turned into the county treasury, where itshall be known and designated as "The Special Road and Bridge Fund" to beused for road and bridge purposes and for no other purpose whatever; exceptthat the term "road and bridge purposes" may include certain storm watercontrol projects off rights of way that are directly related to theconstruction of roads and bridges, in any county of the firstclassification without a charter form of government with a population of atleast ninety thousand inhabitants but not more than one hundred thousandinhabitants, in any county of the first classification without a charterform of government with a population of at least two hundred thousandinhabitants, in any county of the first classification without a charterform of government and bordered by one county of the first classificationand one county of the second classification or in any county of the firstclassification with a charter form of government and containing part of acity with a population of three hundred thousand or more inhabitants;provided, however, that all that part or portion of such tax which shallarise from and be collected and paid upon any property lying and beingwithin any special road district shall be paid into the county treasury andfour-fifths of such part or portion of such tax so arising from andcollected and paid upon any property lying and being within any suchspecial road district shall be placed to the credit of such special roaddistrict from which it arose and shall be paid out to such special roaddistrict upon warrants of the county commission, in favor of thecommissioners or treasurer of the district as the case may be; providedfurther, that the part of such special road and bridge tax arising from andpaid upon property not situated in any special road district and theone-fifth part retained in the county treasury may, in the discretion ofthe county commission, be used in improving or repairing any street in anyincorporated city or village in the county, if such street shall form apart of a continuous highway of such county leading through such city orvillage.
