IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE repealing sections 8200. and 8205., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the Community Children’s Services Fund, with an effective date.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5722, March 7, 2023
INTRODUCED BY Jalen Anderson , County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4880, dated August 22, 2016, the Legislature did approve the submission to the qualified voters of Jackson County a question authorizing the establishment of a Community Children’s Services Fund for the purpose of providing services to protect the well-being and safety of children and youth nineteen years of age or less and to strengthen families, to levy a countywide sales tax of one-eighth of one cent for a period of seven years; and,
WHEREAS, at the general election held on November 8, 2016, the qualified voters of Jackson County did approve this question; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4951, dated January 9, 2017, the Legislature approved the establishment of the Community Children’s Services Fund and imposed the sales tax; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 5637, dated July 18, 2022, the Legislature did approve the submission to the qualified voters of Jackson County a question authorizing an increase in the rate of this tax to one-fourth of one cent and eliminating the seven-year sunset provision; and,
WHEREAS, at the general election held on November 8, 2022, the qualified voters of Jackson County did approve this question;
WHEREAS, it is now appropriate that the County Code be amended to reflect the voter-authorized changes; now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Enacting Clause. Sections 8200. and 8205., Jackson County Code, 1984, are hereby repealed, and two new sections enacted, in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 8200. and 8205., to read as follows:
8200. Tax Imposed.
Pursuant to the provision of section 67.1775, RSMo, there is imposed in Jackson County a countywide sales tax at the rate of [one-eighth] one-fourth of one percent for the purpose of providing services to protect the well-being and safety of children and youth nineteen years of age or less and to strengthen families.
8205. Effective Date [and Sunset].
The tax imposed by this chapter shall be collected beginning April 1, [2017] 2023. [Collections shall cease March 31, 2024, unless the renewal of the tax is authorized by the voters of Jackson County prior to that date.]
Section B. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective as of April 1, 2023.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached ordinance, Ordinance No. 5722 introduced on March 7, 2023, was duly passed on March 20, 2023 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8________ Nays ______0_______
Abstaining ____0_______ Absent _____1_______
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance No. 5722.
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Date Frank White, Jr., County Executive