182.010. County library districts--petition--tax levy--notice--elections--election to increase levy.
County library districts--petition--taxlevy--notice--elections--election to increase levy.
182.010. 1. Whenever voters equal to five percent of the total votecast for governor at the last election in any county, outside of the territoryof all cities and towns in the county which at the time of election ashereinafter provided maintain and control free public and tax supportedlibraries pursuant to other provisions of this chapter, except as provided insection 182.030, shall petition the county governing body in writing, askingthat a county library district of the county, outside of the territory of allthe aforesaid cities and towns, be established and be known as "..... Countylibrary district", and asking that an annual tax be levied for the purposeherein specified, and specifying in their petition a rate of taxation, thenthe county governing body, if it finds the petition was signed by therequisite number of voters and verified in accordance with the provisions ofsection 126.040, RSMo, pertaining to initiative petitions, shall enter ofrecord a brief recital of the petition, including a description of theproposed county library district, and of its finding; and shall order that thequestions of the petition be submitted to the voters of the proposed countylibrary district. The order of the county governing body and the notice shallspecify the name of the county and the rate of taxation mentioned in thepetition.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall there be established a ..... County library district?
Shall there be a tax of ............... (insert amount) on each onehundred dollars assessed valuation for a county library?
3. In case the boundary limits of any city or town hereinabove mentionedare not the same as the boundary limits of the school district of the city ortown, and the school district embraces territory outside the boundary limitsof the city or town and within the boundary limits of the proposed countylibrary district, then all voters, otherwise qualified and residing in theschool district, but outside the limits of the city or town and within thelimits of the proposed county library district, shall be eligible to vote onthe proposition, and may cast a vote thereon at the designated polling placewithin the county. The ballots shall be certified to county governing body asprovided in section 179.020, RSMo.
4. In case the proposed tax is sought as an increased tax for themaintenance of a library already established hereunder, over a lesser tax ratetheretofore voted and adopted, then such fact shall be recited in the petitionand the notice of the submission of the question.
5. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall there be a tax increase of ............... (insert amount) over thepresent ........ tax for the county library?
6. If a majority of all the votes cast on the question are for the taxas submitted, the tax specified in the notice shall be levied and collected inthe same manner as other county library taxes as provided in section 182.020,and shall be known as and become a part of the "County Library Fund" to beadministered as provided in section 182.020.
(RSMo 1939 § 14767, A.L. 1955 p. 547, A.L. 1969 p. 78, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1643, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1985 S.B. 152)Prior revision: 1929 § 13463
Effective 12-31-85