Floor Amendment
September 7, 2004
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE exempting from the provisions of the Section 99.915 et seq, Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended a county-wide sales tax in the amount of one quarter cent in the Kansas and Missouri metropolitan culture district for the renovation of the Truman Sports Complex and enhancement of cultural facilities, organizations, and activities.
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ORDINANCE # 3537, September 7, 2004
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, Bob Spence, Rhonda L. Shoemaker,
Henry C. Rizzo, Dennis Waits, Dan Tarwater,
Ronald E. Finley, Robert A. Stringfield, and Fred Arbanas,
County Legislators
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WHEREAS, the State legislature has established the Downtown Economic Stimulus Act (MODESA) by adoption of Sections 99.915, et seq, Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended (RSMo) for the purpose of providing additional incentives to redevelopment within the downtown areas of certain local governmental units; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri, has filed its application for approval under MODESA to encourage redevelopment efforts in its downtown area; and,
WHEREAS, certain local taxes may be subject to the terms of MODESA in their use to encourage redevelopment projects although those same taxes are excluded in local tax increment financing projects; and,
WHEREAS, Section 99.957 (4), RSMo, provides that a county may exclude certain local, county-wide taxes from inclusion in the general tax provisions of MODESA; and,
WHEREAS, by ORDINANCE # 3510, passed June 28, 2004, the Jackson County Legislature did propose to submit to the voters of Jackson County at a general election held on November 2, 2004, the levy of a retailers' sales tax in the amount of one-fourth (1/4) of one cent (.25%), as part of the BiState Metropolitan District, authorized for and within Jackson County, Missouri; and,
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the retail sales...
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