182.020. Levy and collection of tax--reconsideration of tax--increase in tax levy procedure, ballot form.
Levy and collection of tax--reconsideration of tax--increase in taxlevy procedure, ballot form.
182.020. 1. If, from returns of the submission of thequestion, the majority of all the votes cast are in favor ofestablishing a county library district and for the tax for a freecounty library, the county governing body shall enter of record abrief recital of the returns and that there has been established"....... county library district", and thereafter such ".......county library district", shall be considered established; andthe tax specified in the notice, subject to the provisions ofthis section, shall be levied and collected, from year to year.
2. At least once in every month the county collector ineach county of the first and second classes, including suchcounties having a charter form of government, shall pay over tothe treasurer of the county library district all moneys receivedand collected by him to which the district is entitled and takeduplicate receipts from the treasurer, one of which he shall filewith the secretary of the county library district and the otherhe shall file in his settlement with the county governing body.The county collector in the counties of the third and fourthclasses shall pay over to the county treasurer at least once inevery month all moneys received and collected by him which aredue the county library district and shall take duplicate receiptstherefor, one of which he shall file in his settlement with thecounty governing body. The county treasurer in such countiesshall pay over to the treasurer of the county library district,at least once in every month, all moneys so received by him towhich the district is entitled. Upon payment he shall takeduplicate receipts from the treasurer of the county librarydistrict, one of which he shall file with the secretary of thecounty library district, and the other he shall file in hissettlement with the county governing body.
3. The tax may be reconsidered whenever the voters of anycounty library district shall so determine by a majority vote onsuch questions after petition, order, and notice of the electionand of the purpose thereof, first having been made, filed, andgiven, as in the case of establishing such county librarydistrict. At least five years must elapse after the countylibrary district has been established and a tax therefor has beenlevied before a question to reconsider the tax may be submittedunder this subsection.
4. Whenever the county library board of trustees finds itappropriate, it may order an election on the question ofincreasing the tax established pursuant to subsection 2 ofsection l82.0l0 or increased pursuant to subsection 5 of sectionl82.0l0. Notice of the election shall be published in the samemanner as is notice of an election to establish a county librarydistrict under section l82.0l0. The notice and order shall eachrecite the amount of the proposed increase. The question shallbe submitted in substantially the following form:
"Shall the ....... per hundred dollars assessed valuationtax for the county library be increased to ....... per hundreddollars assessed valuation?"
If a majority of votes cast on the question are in favor of theincrease, then the increased tax shall be levied and collected inthe same manner as the tax was at its previous lower rate.
5. As used in sections 182.010 to 182.120, the words"county commission" or "county governing body" shall be construedto mean the proper commission or official in any county operatingunder a special charter.
(RSMo 1939 § 14767, A.L. 1955 p. 547, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1984 S.B. 423, A.L. 1987 H.B. 179 & 307)Prior revision: 1929 § 13463