IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
AN ORDINANCE appropriating $6,500,000.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 1997 Bi-State Tax Fund, to cover the distribution of bi-state taxes collected by Jackson County.
Intro
ORDINANCE #2671, May 5, 1997
INTRODUCED BY John Patrick Burnett,  County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 2609, dated November 25, 1996, the County Legislature authorized the imposition of a retail sales tax of one-eighth (1/8) of one cent in Jackson County for the restoration of Union Station and the construction of a science museum at Union Station; and,
WHEREAS, collection of this tax began on April 1, 1997; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation from the unappropriated surplus of the Bi-State Tax Fund is necessary to cover the distribution of this tax collected by Jackson County;  now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation be and hereby is made from the unappropriated surplus of the 1997  Bi-State Tax Fund:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION	CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION	 FROM 	  TO    
				Increase Revenue			$6,500,000
				Unappropriated Surplus	$6,500,000
				Unappropriated Surplus		$6,500,000
Non-Departmental
Bi-State Tax			Other Contractual Services	$6,500,000Attorney
Effective Date:  This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive. 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
___________________________	 ____________________________ 
							County Counselor 
I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance #2671 introduced on May 5, 1997  was duly passed on __________May 19_____________, 1997 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows: 
	Yeas ______9_________		Nays _____0________ 
	Abstaining ____0_______		Absent ____0________
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for her signature.
____________________	____________________________________ 
Date					Mary Jo Brogoto, Clerk of Legislature 
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance #2671. 
____________________	____________________________________ 
Date					Katheryn J. Shields, County Executive
Fiscal Note
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER:	009 2810
ACCOUNT TITLE:		Bi-State Tax Fund
				Unappropriated Surplus
NOT TO EXCEED:		$6,500,000.00
__________________		___________________________________
Date					Director of the Department of Finance