Missouri Laws 67.1187 – Tourism surcharge trust fund, established — use
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 67.1187
- 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
All surcharges authorized and collected under sections 67.1185 to 67.1189 shall be deposited by the county in a special trust fund to be known as the “County Tourism Surcharge Trust Fund”. The moneys in such fund shall not be commingled with any funds of the county. Moneys in the fund shall be used solely by the county for funding public safety services, including, but not limited to, fire protection activities and ambulance services, and for funding the promotion of tourism within the county. Seventy-five percent of the surcharges collected shall be used, upon appropriation, solely for funding public safety services, and twenty-five percent of the surcharges collected shall be used, upon appropriation, for tourism marketing and promotional purposes. The surcharge authorized by sections 67.1185 to 67.1189 shall be in addition to any and all other taxes allowed by law, but no order imposing a surcharge under sections 67.1185 to 67.1189 shall be effective unless the governing body of the county submits to the voters of the county at a county or state general, primary or special election a proposal to authorize the governing body of the county to impose such surcharge.