Legislature As A Whole
Floor Amendment
May 24, 2006
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
AN ORDINANCE submitting to the qualified voters of Jackson County, Missouri, at the primary election to be held on August 8, 2006, a question authorizing Jackson County to reimpose a tax at the rate of 7% of the local tariff rate for each telephone access line, not to exceed one hundred lines, for emergency telephone service utilizing a single three-digit number "911."
Intro
ORDINANCE 3771, May 22, 2006
INTRODUCED BY Fred Arbanas, Scott Burnett, Bob Spence, Eugene Standifer, Jr.,
Robert A. Stringfield, and Dennis Waits, County Legislators
Body
WHEREAS, §190.300 et seq., RSMo, as amended, authorizes the County Legislature to establish a tax, upon a vote of the people, to finance an emergency telephone service, in an amount not to exceed fifteen percent of the tariff rate, in those areas of the County where emergency 911 telephone service has been contracted for; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 940, the proposal was submitted to the voters of Jackson County, on August 6, 1982, for their approval of such service and tax, at a maximum rate of 2.0% of the tariff rate, in accordance with §190.320, RSMo, and a majority of the votes cast on the proposal were in favor thereof; and,
WHEREAS, AT&T, under contract with the County, presently provides 911 emergency telephone services to most areas of the County, and collects a tax of 2.0% of the tariff rate for this service, pursuant to Ordinance 3407; and,
WHEREAS, United Telecommunications, under contract with the County presently provides 911 emergency telephone service to certain other unincorporated areas of Jackson County and to the cities of Oak Grove, Buckner, Lake Lotawana, Lone Jack, Levasy, and Sibley, and collects a tax of 2.0% of the tariff rate for this service, pursuant to Ordinance 3407; and,
WHEREAS, in view of cur...
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