IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE repealing sections 8200. and 8205., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the Community Children's Services Fund, with an effective date.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5722, March 7, 2023
INTRODUCED BY Jalen Anderson , County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4880, dated August 22, 2016, the Legislature did approve the submission to the qualified voters of Jackson County a question authorizing the establishment of a Community Children's Services Fund for the purpose of providing services to protect the well-being and safety of children and youth nineteen years of age or less and to strengthen families, to levy a countywide sales tax of one-eighth of one cent for a period of seven years; and,
WHEREAS, at the general election held on November 8, 2016, the qualified voters of Jackson County did approve this question; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4951, dated January 9, 2017, the Legislature approved the establishment of the Community Children's Services Fund and imposed the sales tax; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 5637, dated July 18, 2022, the Legislature did approve the submission to the qualified voters of Jackson County a question authorizing an increase in the rate of this tax to one-fourth of one cent and eliminating the seven-year sunset provision; and,
WHEREAS, at the general election held on November 8, 2022, the qualified voters of Jackson County did approve this question;
WHEREAS, it is now appropriate that the County Code be amended to reflect the voter-authorized changes; now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Enacting Clause. Sections 8200. and 8205., Jackson County Code, 1984, are hereby repealed, and two new sections enacted, in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 8200. and 8205., to read as follows:
8200. Tax Imposed.
Pursuant to the provision of section 67.1775, RSMo, there is imposed in Jackson ...
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