190.337. Revenue, purpose for which shall be used--procedure to terminate tax, ballot form--reestablishing emergency service using telephone tax, procedure.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

190.337. Revenue, purpose for which shall be used--procedure to terminate tax, ballot form--reestablishing emergency service using telephone tax, procedure.

Revenue, purpose for which shall be used--procedure to terminate tax,ballot form--reestablishing emergency service using telephone tax,procedure.

190.337. 1. The sales tax established by a countyaccording to the provisions of section 190.335 shall be permanentand revenues from it shall be disbursed only for the purposes forwhich it was collected. Upon receipt of a petition signed by anumber of voters in the county equal to ten percent of the numberof voters in the county who voted in the most recentgubernatorial election requesting the submission of the questionof continuation or termination, the county commission in anycounty which has adopted the sales tax as a means of paying foremergency services in lieu of financing such services throughtaxes as provided in section 190.305, shall submit to the votersof the county the question to continue or to terminate the salestax.

2. The question shall be submitted in the following form:

Shall the county of ............ (insert name of county)continue to impose a county sales tax of ............ (insertrate of percent) percent for the purpose of providing centraldispatching of fire protection, emergency ambulance, or emergencytelephone, services?

â ã YES â ã NO

3. If a majority of those voting on the question vote "YES"for continuation, the sales tax shall be continued unless anduntil terminated by a vote of the qualified voters votingthereon; if a majority of those voting on the question vote "NO"for the termination of the sales tax, the county commission shalldeclare the sales tax terminated effective the first day of thesecond calendar quarter following notification to the director ofrevenue that the tax has been repealed and shall discharge anyboard appointed pursuant to section 190.335. Any order adoptedby the board shall be void and of no effect from and after thetermination of the sales tax.

4. If the majority of the voters vote "NO" pursuant tosubsection 3 of this section, the emergency services shall bedeemed to have been terminated. Such emergency services may bereestablished in the county pursuant to the provisions of section190.305.