Floor Amendment
January 28, 2008
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE repealing sections 9305. and 9307. Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the anti-drug sales tax and enacting, in lieu thereof, two new sections relating to the same subject.
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ORDINANCE #3974, January 28, 2008
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwarter, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the COMBAT Review Committee appointed by the County Executive made its recommendations regarding the future of the County's anti-drug sales tax on October 25, 2007; and,
WHEREAS, one of the committee's key recommendations is a restructuring of the mechanism by which the tax is administered, to create a more streamlined process that is less subject to confusion and duplication of efforts; and,
WHEREAS, the revisions to chapter 93 of the County Code proposed in this Ordinance would adequately implement the committee's recommendations in this regard; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri as follows:
Section A. Enacting_Clause. Sections 9305. and 9307., Jackson County Code, 1984, are hereby repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 9305. and 9306., with existing section 9306. to be renumbered 9307., to read as follows:
9305. Drug Commission.
A Drug Commission shall be established and organized as follows:
9305.1 Composition
The County Executive shall appoint, as members of the commission, nine residents of Jackson County from among those recommended by the County Legislature or from among those citizens known by the County Executive to be interested in serving on the Commission. One member shall be appointed from each of the six legislative districts and three members shall be appointed from the County at large. The at-large members shall represent the professional fields of law, substance abuse, and public health/health care, with one memb...
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