Missouri Laws 92.035 – Additional levy for museum purposes — admission to be free, when (Kansas City)
1. Any city having a charter form of government and a population of at least three hundred thousand, but less than six hundred and fifty thousand and located wholly or partially within a county of the first class having a charter form of government, in addition to the levy and imposition of taxes authorized by section 92.030, may, except as otherwise provided in this section, by ordinance, levy or impose a tax not to exceed the rate of ten cents on each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of real and tangible personal property located within the city. The proceeds of the tax representing a rate of at least three cents on each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation to be used for the operation, improvement or construction expansion of museum facilities in existence on August 13, 1978, and the remaining proceeds of the tax to be used exclusively for the construction, operation, improvement, or expansion of additional facilities for such museum and no other. The word “museum” as used in this section, shall not be construed to mean or include an art gallery. General admission to the museum’s facility in existence prior to August 13, 1978, shall be free and open to the residents of such city. Before the city shall impose any tax under this section at a rate which exceeds two cents on each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation, the governing body of the city shall submit the proposed tax rate increase to the voters of the city for approval or rejection at an election.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall there be an increased tax levy of ______ cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation for museum purposes?
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 92.035
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. If a majority of the votes cast upon the proposal are in favor of the levy increase, the governing body of the city may, by ordinance, impose the additional tax. If a majority of the votes cast upon the proposal are against the levy increase, the governing body of the city shall not impose the increase. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a rejected proposal from being resubmitted to a vote of the voters.