IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE imposing a monthly fee in the amount of $1.00 on each subscriber of any communications service that has been enabled to contact 911, for the purpose of funding 911 service in Jackson County.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5468, December 7, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Jeanie Lauer, Crystal Williams, Theresa Cass Galvin, Dan Tarwater III, Jalen Anderson, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley, and Charlie Franklin, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 5360, dated June 15, 2020, the Legislature did submit to the qualified voters of the County at the general election held on November 3, 2020, a question authorizing the County to impose a monthly fee not to exceed $1.00 on each subscriber of any communications service that has been enabled to contact 911, for the purpose of funding 911 service in the County; and,
WHEREAS, such fee is authorized by section 190.455, RSMo; and,
WHEREAS, at said general election, a majority of the qualified voters voted in favor of this question; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of the County that the monthly fee authorized by the voters be imposed at the rate of $1.00 on each subscriber of any communications service that has been enabled to contact 911, for the purposed of funding 911 service in the County; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
Section 1. As authorized by the voters of Jackson County at the general election held on November 3, 2020, the imposition of a fee at the rate of one dollar on each subscriber of any communications service that has been enabled to contact 911 is hereby imposed within and for Jackson County, Missouri.
Section 2. The monthly fee authorized in this Ordinance shall be assessed to the subscriber of the communications service, regardless of technology, based upon the number of active telephone numbers, o...
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