Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 164 - Tax Levies and Bonded Indebtedness
Section 164.031 - Form of ballot.

Effective - 17 Apr 1992
164.031. Form of ballot. — The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the school board of ______ (name of district) be authorized to increase the operating tax levy for ______ (list purpose or purposes) by ______ (amount of increase) per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation? If this proposition is approved, the adjusted operating levy of the school district is estimated to be ______ (amount) per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 5-3, A.L. 1971 H.B. 469, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1992 S.B. 581)
(Source: RSMo 1959 §§ 165.080, 165.487, 165.490, 165.493, 165.638)
Effective 4-17-92
(1981) The 1970 amendment of Article X, Section 11(c) authorizing increase in rate of school district taxation could not be reasonably read to permit indefinite continuation of tax rate approved by voters for limited period of time only and was to be read to permit increase to continue indefinitely only when no time limit was placed on duration. Ederer v. Dalton (Mo.), 618 S.W.2d 644.

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Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XI - Education and Libraries

Chapter 164 - Tax Levies and Bonded Indebtedness

Section 164.011 - Annual estimate of required funds, tax rates required, criteria for exceptions — estimates, where sent — department duties.

Section 164.013 - Schools, certain districts, operating levy adjustment required when, effect — not to affect senior citizen tax relief benefit.

Section 164.021 - Excess levy, procedure.

Section 164.031 - Form of ballot.

Section 164.041 - County clerk to assess the rate returned and extend taxes on tax books.

Section 164.051 - Outstanding obligations of lapsed or dissolved districts, procedure to pay — tax levy, proceeds how allocated.

Section 164.071 - Levy and collection of taxes in metropolitan districts.

Section 164.081 - Levy of library building tax — vote required — rate and period of levy.

Section 164.091 - Notice of election.

Section 164.101 - Form of ballot.

Section 164.111 - Levy and collection of tax — library building fund.

Section 164.121 - Purposes for which bonds may be issued in districts other than metropolitan and urban.

Section 164.131 - Purposes for which bonds may be issued in urban districts — notice to contain certain information.

Section 164.141 - Purposes for which bonds may be issued in metropolitan districts — notice to contain certain information.

Section 164.151 - Form of ballot in all districts — percentage required for approval.

Section 164.161 - Restrictions on loans.

Section 164.181 - Duties of treasurer of seven-director districts — liability.

Section 164.191 - Issuance by any district of funding and refunding bonds — record.

Section 164.201 - Exchange and sale of refunding bonds — restrictions.

Section 164.221 - Redeemed bonds of school districts to be destroyed — record — witnesses.

Section 164.231 - Issuance of revenue bonds to pay for dormitory, athletic stadiums by seven-director districts — security for bonds.

Section 164.241 - Approval by two-thirds of directors required for issuance of bonds.

Section 164.251 - Bonds not to constitute an indebtedness.

Section 164.261 - Bonds, denomination, interest rate, contents — negotiable — income exempt from state tax — how sold.

Section 164.271 - Board may prescribe form and detail of bonds — may be compelled to perform duties and agreements of district.

Section 164.281 - Operating expense may include cost of athletic equipment and uniforms.

Section 164.291 - Records of bonds, payment and revenues to be kept — disposition of surplus revenues.

Section 164.301 - Refunding of bonds.

Section 164.303 - School district bond fund established, purpose to fund health and educational facilities authority, costs and grants — lapse into general revenue fund, prohibited.