Missouri Laws 221.425 – Regional jail district solely liable for its debts — income exempt from ..
1. All bonds, notes and other obligations of the district are payable solely out of the contributions made by the member counties or from revenues and receipts derived from the operation of the district’s facilities.
2. All obligations of the district constitute negotiable instruments.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 221.425
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. Obligations of the district shall not be deemed a debt, liability or pledge of the faith and credit of the state, of any member county, or of any other political subdivision of the state. The issuance of district obligations shall not, directly, indirectly or contingently, obligate the state, a member county or any other political subdivision to levy any form of taxation or to make any appropriation for their payment.
4. The district is declared to be performing a public function on behalf of the member counties and to be a public instrumentality of such counties. Accordingly:
(1) The income of the district and all properties owned by the district are exempt from all taxation in the state of Missouri;
(2) For the purposes of section 409.402, obligations of the district are deemed to be securities issued by a public instrumentality or political subdivision of the state of Missouri; and
(3) Interest on obligations of the district is exempt from income taxation by the state of Missouri.