Jackson County Missouri - File #: 4334

• File #: 4334
• Version: 1
• Name: KC Zoo District Sales Tax Special Election
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/8/2011
• In control: Legislature As A Whole
• On agenda: 8/8/2011
• Final action: 8/15/2011
• Title: AN ORDINANCE submitting to the qualified voters of Jackson County, at a special election to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, a question authorizing Jackson County to impose a countywide sales tax at the rate of one-eighth of one percent for the benefit of the Kansas City Zoological District for the support of zoological activities within the district.
• Sponsors: James D. Tindall, Theresa Garza Ruiz, Crystal Williams
• Indexes: KANSAS CITY ZOO, SPECIAL ELECTION
• Related files: 21131, 18581, 20086, 18735

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/15/2011	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda
8/15/2011	1	County Legislature	perfect floor substitute	Pass
8/15/2011	1	County Legislature	suspend the rules to consider final passage	Pass
8/15/2011	1	County Legislature	adopt	Pass
8/12/2011	0	County Legislature	Go To 1st Perfection	Pass
8/8/2011	0	County Legislature	assign to committee

Floor Substitute
August 15, 2011

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


Title
AN ORDINANCE submitting to the qualified voters of Jackson County, at a special election to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, a question authorizing Jackson County to impose a countywide sales tax at the rate of one-eighth of one percent for the benefit of the Kansas City Zoological District for the support of zoological activities within the district.


Intro
ORDINANCE #4334, August 8, 2011

INTRODUCED BY James D. Tindall, Theresa Garza Ruiz, and Crystal Williams,
County Legislators


Body
WHEREAS, sections 184.500 et seq., RSMo Supp. 2010, authorized the creation of the Kansas City Zoological District and the imposition of county wide sales tax, in an amount not to exceed one-fourth of one percent, in Cass, Clay, Jackson, and Platte Counties, Missouri, for the support of zoological activities within the district, including the Kansas City Zoo; and,

WHEREAS, pursuant to state law, the creation of the district must be authorized by the voters of Jackson County, but the participation by Cass, Clay, and Platte Counties is optional, subject to the approval of each county's voters; and,

WHEREAS, under this Ordinance, the creation of the district, and the imposition of a sales tax at the rate of one-eighth of one percent, shall be effective upon the approval of the question by the voters of Jackson County, Missouri, at a special election to be held on November 8, 2011; and,

WHEREAS, Jackson County does not have sufficient budgeted funds available to cover the costs of this special election, estimated by the Jackson County Board of Election Commissioners at $400,000, and estimated by the Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners in a range from $175,000 to $400,000, depending on whether the City of Kansas City also submits a ballot measure at the same special election; and,

WHEREAS, the community proponents of this measure, incl...