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Statutes > Missouri > T21 > C321 > 321_240

Tax levy, election, when--form of ballot.

321.240. To levy and collect taxes as herein provided, the board shallin each year determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation,and shall fix a rate of levy which, when levied upon every dollar of thetaxable tangible property within the district as shown by the last completedassessment, and with other revenues, will raise the amount required by thedistrict annually to supply funds for paying the expenses of organization andoperation and the costs of acquiring, supplying and maintaining the property,works and equipment of the district, and maintain the necessary personnel,which rate of levy shall not exceed thirty cents on the one hundred dollarsvaluation; may fix an additional rate, not to exceed ten cents on the hundreddollars valuation, the revenues from which shall be deposited in a specialfund and used only for the pension program of the district, by submitting thefollowing question to the voters:

Shall the board of directors of .......... Fire Protection District beauthorized to increase the annual tax rate from .... cents to .... cents perone hundred dollars valuation, the revenues from which shall be deposited in aspecial fund and used only for the pension program of the district? provided, that if the question fails to receive a majority of the votes cast,it shall not be resubmitted to the voters within one year after the election;except, that any district may impose a tax not to exceed ten cents on the onehundred dollars valuation, in addition to the rate which the board may levyunder this section, by submitting the following question to the voters at anyelection in such district at which a member of the board of directors is to beelected:

Shall the board of directors of ........... Fire Protection District beauthorized to increase the annual tax rate from ..... cents to ..... cents onthe hundred dollars assessed valuation? and in addition thereto, to fix a rate of levy which will enable it topromptly pay in full when due all interest on and principal of bonds and otherobligations of the district, and to pay any indebtedness authorized by a voteof the people as provided in this chapter; and in the event of accruingdefaults or deficiencies in the bonded or contractual indebtedness, anadditional levy may be made as provided in section 321.260.

(L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 25, A.L. 1953 p. 665, A.L. 1965 pp. 513, 514, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322, A.L. 1977 H.B. 216, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1979 H.B. 322)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T21 > C321 > 321_240

Tax levy, election, when--form of ballot.

321.240. To levy and collect taxes as herein provided, the board shallin each year determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation,and shall fix a rate of levy which, when levied upon every dollar of thetaxable tangible property within the district as shown by the last completedassessment, and with other revenues, will raise the amount required by thedistrict annually to supply funds for paying the expenses of organization andoperation and the costs of acquiring, supplying and maintaining the property,works and equipment of the district, and maintain the necessary personnel,which rate of levy shall not exceed thirty cents on the one hundred dollarsvaluation; may fix an additional rate, not to exceed ten cents on the hundreddollars valuation, the revenues from which shall be deposited in a specialfund and used only for the pension program of the district, by submitting thefollowing question to the voters:

Shall the board of directors of .......... Fire Protection District beauthorized to increase the annual tax rate from .... cents to .... cents perone hundred dollars valuation, the revenues from which shall be deposited in aspecial fund and used only for the pension program of the district? provided, that if the question fails to receive a majority of the votes cast,it shall not be resubmitted to the voters within one year after the election;except, that any district may impose a tax not to exceed ten cents on the onehundred dollars valuation, in addition to the rate which the board may levyunder this section, by submitting the following question to the voters at anyelection in such district at which a member of the board of directors is to beelected:

Shall the board of directors of ........... Fire Protection District beauthorized to increase the annual tax rate from ..... cents to ..... cents onthe hundred dollars assessed valuation? and in addition thereto, to fix a rate of levy which will enable it topromptly pay in full when due all interest on and principal of bonds and otherobligations of the district, and to pay any indebtedness authorized by a voteof the people as provided in this chapter; and in the event of accruingdefaults or deficiencies in the bonded or contractual indebtedness, anadditional levy may be made as provided in section 321.260.

(L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 25, A.L. 1953 p. 665, A.L. 1965 pp. 513, 514, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322, A.L. 1977 H.B. 216, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1979 H.B. 322)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T21 > C321 > 321_240

Tax levy, election, when--form of ballot.

321.240. To levy and collect taxes as herein provided, the board shallin each year determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation,and shall fix a rate of levy which, when levied upon every dollar of thetaxable tangible property within the district as shown by the last completedassessment, and with other revenues, will raise the amount required by thedistrict annually to supply funds for paying the expenses of organization andoperation and the costs of acquiring, supplying and maintaining the property,works and equipment of the district, and maintain the necessary personnel,which rate of levy shall not exceed thirty cents on the one hundred dollarsvaluation; may fix an additional rate, not to exceed ten cents on the hundreddollars valuation, the revenues from which shall be deposited in a specialfund and used only for the pension program of the district, by submitting thefollowing question to the voters:

Shall the board of directors of .......... Fire Protection District beauthorized to increase the annual tax rate from .... cents to .... cents perone hundred dollars valuation, the revenues from which shall be deposited in aspecial fund and used only for the pension program of the district? provided, that if the question fails to receive a majority of the votes cast,it shall not be resubmitted to the voters within one year after the election;except, that any district may impose a tax not to exceed ten cents on the onehundred dollars valuation, in addition to the rate which the board may levyunder this section, by submitting the following question to the voters at anyelection in such district at which a member of the board of directors is to beelected:

Shall the board of directors of ........... Fire Protection District beauthorized to increase the annual tax rate from ..... cents to ..... cents onthe hundred dollars assessed valuation? and in addition thereto, to fix a rate of levy which will enable it topromptly pay in full when due all interest on and principal of bonds and otherobligations of the district, and to pay any indebtedness authorized by a voteof the people as provided in this chapter; and in the event of accruingdefaults or deficiencies in the bonded or contractual indebtedness, anadditional levy may be made as provided in section 321.260.

(L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 25, A.L. 1953 p. 665, A.L. 1965 pp. 513, 514, A.L. 1969 H.B. 322, A.L. 1977 H.B. 216, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1979 H.B. 322)