IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE repealing sections 2060. and 2062. Jackson County Code,1984, relating to the payment of residential real property taxes in installments, and enacting, in lieu thereof, two new sections relating to the same subject.
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ORDINANCE #4006, June 23, 2008
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, Theresa Garza Ruiz, Henry C. Rizzo, Fred Arbanas, Scott Burnett, James D. Tindall, Dan Tarwater, Greg Grounds and Bob Spence, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, it is appropriate that the County Code be amended to allow senior citizens to pay residential real property taxes in four installments, as an extension of the County's present program which allows such payments in two installments; and,
WHEREAS, this proposal is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Enacting Clause. Sections 2060. and 2062., Jackson County Code, 1984, are hereby repealed, and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 2060. and 2062., to read as follows:
2060. Residential Property Tax Installments, Senior Citizens Eligible To Pay Without Interest.
Any eligible taxpayer, as defined in this section, may elect to pay the property tax on his or her place of residence in four [two] equal installments as provided [herein] in section 2062., without the accrual of statutory interest or penalty. Failure to pay any installment in the time and manner provided shall result in accrual of interest and penalties retroactive to the first day of January of the year following the assessment and the initial billing of the real estate taxes.
2060.1 Eligible Taxpayer.
The term "eligible taxpayer," as used in this section, shall mean any person who has reached the age of sixty-two (62) years on or before December 31st of th...
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