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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.695 - Regulations more restrictive than private restrictions, regulations control.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.695. Regulations more restrictive than private restrictions, regulations control. —
Wherever the township zoning regulations made under authority of sections 65.650 to 65.700 require a greater width or size of yards, courts or other open spaces, or require a lower height of buildings or a less number of stories, or require greater percentage of lots to be left unoccupied, or require a lower density of population, or require a more restricted use of land, or impose other higher standards than are required in any other statute, local order or regulation, private deed restrictions or private covenants, the regulations made under authority of sections 65.650 to 65.700 shall govern.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 18)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.700 - Termination of township zoning, procedure, effect.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.700. Termination of township zoning, procedure, effect. —
1. Upon receipt of a petition signed by a number of voters in the township equal to five percent of the total vote cast in the township at the next preceding election for governor requesting submission of the question, the township board in any township which has adopted a program of township planning, township zoning or township planning and zoning shall submit to the voters of the township the question to terminate the program.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall township planning (township zoning or township planning and zoning) be terminated?
3. If a majority of those voting on the question vote for the termination of the program, the township board shall declare the program terminated and shall discharge any commission appointed thereunder. Any resolution, ordinance or regulation adopted under the program pursuant to the provisions of sections 65.650 to 65.700 shall be void and of no effect from and after the termination of the program as provided in this section.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 20)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.701 - Definitions.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 25 Jun 1996, see footnote
65.701. Definitions. —
As used in sections 65.652 and 65.690, the term
"freeholder"
or the phrase
"resident freeholder"
shall be defined to mean "resident". The provisions of this section shall have no effect on pending litigation.
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(L. 1996 H.B. 1207 § 1)
Effective 6-25-96
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.702 - Sawmill or planing mill included in agricultural or horticultural classification.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 2019
65.702. Sawmill or planing mill included in agricultural or horticultural classification. —
For purposes of a zoning law, ordinance, or code authorized and enacted under sections 65.650 to 65.700, a zoning or property classification of agricultural or horticultural shall include any sawmill or planing mill as defined in the U.S. Department of Labor's Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual under Industry Group 242 with the SIC number 2421.
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(L. 2019 S.B. 133)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.710 - Home-based work — limitation on zoning restrictions.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 2022
65.710. Home-based work — limitation on zoning restrictions. —
1. As used in this section, the term
"home-based work"
means any lawful occupation performed by a resident within a residential home or accessory structure, which is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes and does not change the residential character of the residential building or adversely affect the character of the surrounding neighborhood.
2. A zoning ordinance or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter that regulates home-based work shall not:
(1) Prohibit mail order or telephone sales for home-based work;
(2) Prohibit service by appointment within the home or accessory structure;
(3) Prohibit or require structural modifications to the home or accessory structure;
(4) Restrict the hours of operation for home-based work; or
(5) Restrict storage or the use of equipment that does not produce effects outside the home or accessory structure.
3. A zoning ordinance or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter that regulates home-based work shall not contain provisions that explicitly restrict or prohibit a particular occupation.
4. The application of this section does not supersede any deed restriction, covenant, or agreement restricting the use of land nor any master deed, by law or other document applicable to a common interest ownership community.
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(L. 2022 H.B. 1662)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.020 - Style of prosecutions — complaints — sufficiency of testimony.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
66.020. Style of prosecutions — complaints — sufficiency of testimony. —
1. All prosecutions for the violation of such a county ordinance shall be titled:
"The county of ______ against ______" (naming the county and the person or persons charged).
2. The complaint when made by a peace officer against any person arrested without process and in custody shall be reduced to writing and sworn to by such officer and an information filed with the court as provided in section 66.030 before such person shall be put upon his trial.
3. In no case shall a judgment of conviction be rendered except when sufficient legal testimony is given on a public trial or upon a plea of guilty.
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(L. 1951 p. 397 § 2, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.030 - Informations by county counselor.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
66.030. Informations by county counselor. —
All informations involving violation of county ordinances shall be made by the county counselor, or his assistants, on their oath of office and shall be filed with the court as soon as practicable, and before the party accused shall be put upon his trial or required to answer the charge for which he may be held in custody; provided, that complaints subscribed and sworn to by any other person competent to testify against the accused shall be filed and proceeded upon in the same manner as complaints alleging the commission of a misdemeanor.
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(L. 1951 p. 397 § 3, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.040 - Warrants, how directed and executed.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
66.040. Warrants, how directed and executed. —
All warrants issued by the court shall be directed to the sheriff or peace officer of the county and executed by them at any place within the county, and not elsewhere, unless said warrants are endorsed in the manner provided for warrants in criminal cases, and when so endorsed shall be served in other counties as provided for warrants in criminal cases.
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(L. 1951 p. 397 § 4, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.050 - Cause heard, when — postponement — bond.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
66.050. Cause heard, when — postponement — bond. —
When any person shall be arrested, charged with a violation of a county ordinance, and brought before the court, it shall be the duty of the court to hear and determine forthwith the complaint alleged against the defendant, unless for good cause the trial is postponed to a time certain, in which case the defendant shall be required to enter into a recognizance, with sufficient security, conditioned that he will appear before said court at the time and place appointed, then and there to answer the complaint made against him; and if he fails or refuses to enter into such recognizance, the defendant shall be committed to the county jail and held to answer the complaint as aforesaid.
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(L. 1951 p. 397 § 5, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.060 - Forfeiture of recognizance, when — procedure — record of judgment required, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 01 Jan 1987, see footnote
66.060. Forfeiture of recognizance, when — procedure — record of judgment required, when. —
1. In case of a breach of any recognizance entered into as provided herein, the recognizance shall be deemed forfeited and the court shall cause it to be prosecuted against the principal and surety or against either of them alone. Such action shall be in the name of the county as plaintiff, and all moneys recovered in any such action shall be paid over to the county treasurer to the credit of the general revenue fund of the county.
2. Judgments rendered under this section shall be tried with a record being made and may be appealed in like manner and within the same time as provided with respect to judgments in misdemeanor cases.
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(L. 1951 p. 397 § 6, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1985 S.B. 5, et al.)
Effective 1-01-87
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.070 - Several persons jointly charged — amendment of complaint.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
66.070. Several persons jointly charged — amendment of complaint. —
Complaints filed alleging violation of a county ordinance may include any number of persons charged with the same offense, and no proceedings shall be dismissed or defendant discharged by reason of any informality or irregularity in any complaint; but such complaint may, by leave of the court, at any time before or during the trial prior to the retirement of the jury or the findings of the judge, be amended without prejudice to the proceedings.
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(L. 1951 p. 397 § 7, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.080 - Punishment assessed, when — maximum penalty.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
66.080. Punishment assessed, when — maximum penalty. —
1. If the defendant pleads or is found guilty of a violation of a county ordinance, the judge shall declare and assess the punishment prescribed by ordinance according to his finding or verdict of the jury and render judgment accordingly and for costs, except that the punishment so assessed shall not exceed a fine of more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for more than one year or both such fine and imprisonment.
2. It shall be a part of such judgment that the defendant stand committed until such judgment is complied with.
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(L. 1951 p. 397 § 8, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.090 - Prosecuting witness to give security for costs, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
66.090. Prosecuting witness to give security for costs, when. —
In the event a complaint is made by a person other than the county counselor or a peace officer, the court may require the complainant to give security for the costs in such action.
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(L. 1951 p. 397 § 9, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.100 - Fines recorded — how paid.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
66.100. Fines recorded — how paid. —
All fines paid in prosecutions involving the violation of a county ordinance shall be recorded in a separate docket of fines, and the officer collecting such fines shall turn them over to the county treasurer to be credited as provided by ordinance; and all costs shall be assessed, charged and paid as in other misdemeanor cases in circuit courts.
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(L. 1951 p. 397 § 10, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.110 - Court fees and costs, how collected — disposition.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 01 Jul 1997, see footnote
66.110. Court fees and costs, how collected — disposition. —
In each proceeding had in circuit court involving a violation of a county ordinance the same fees and costs shall be allowed and collected as in other misdemeanor cases. All such fees and costs charged and collected shall be paid over by the responsible clerk in the manner provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020
*
. The county shall not be required to pay fees pursuant to this section.
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(L. 1951 p. 397 § 10a, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869)
Effective 7-01-97
*Original rolls contain "section 514.015" which was changed to effectuate the court cost bill.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.120 - Change of venue — disqualification of judge — procedure.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
66.120. Change of venue — disqualification of judge — procedure. —
A change of venue and disqualification of judge shall be allowed for the same reasons and proceeded upon in the same manner as in other misdemeanor cases.
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(L. 1951 p. 397 § 11, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.130 - Sheriff to enforce ordinances.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
66.130. Sheriff to enforce ordinances. —
The sheriff or other law enforcement officials authorized by county charter or ordinance of such county are charged with the enforcement of all county ordinances.
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(L. 1951 p. 397 § 12, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.140 - Procedure same as in misdemeanor cases.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
66.140. Procedure same as in misdemeanor cases. —
Unless in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, all provisions of law relating to proceedings before associate circuit judges in circuit courts in misdemeanors shall apply to actions before such courts involving the violation of county ordinances; except that a judgment establishing that an individual has violated a county ordinance shall not be deemed to be a conviction for a misdemeanor within the meaning of section 556.040
*
. Such cases involving the violation of county ordinances shall be heard before associate circuit judges in the same manner as other misdemeanor cases unless such cases are assigned to a circuit judge for hearing. The same provisions relative to application for trial de novo or appeal shall apply in county ordinance violation cases as in other misdemeanor cases.
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(L. 1951 p. 397 § 13, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
*Section 556.040 repealed by S.B. 60, 1977.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.200 - Municipal records transmitted to county agency, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
66.200. Municipal records transmitted to county agency, when. —
The official responsible for law enforcement in any municipality in a first class county having a charter form of government shall cause an exact copy of all the police records of the municipality pertaining to all violations constituting felonies or misdemeanors punishable by a jail sentence except traffic violations which arose after January 1, 1960, to be delivered to the official or agency responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of the county within six months after October 13, 1963. After copies of all existing police records have been delivered to the county officer or agency, exact copies of subsequent municipal police records pertaining to such violations shall be transmitted to the county authority immediately after the information is obtained by the municipal police and all records of the county agency shall be available to the municipal police. Final disposition of the violations shall be transmitted to the county agency.
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(L. 1963 p. 122 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.210 - Failure to comply with section 66.200 — misdemeanor.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
66.210. Failure to comply with section 66.200 — misdemeanor. —
Any officer who willfully fails to perform any of the duties imposed by section 66.200 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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(L. 1963 p. 122 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.220 - Highway patrol records, copies to county — access.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
66.220. Highway patrol records, copies to county — access. —
The superintendent of the state highway patrol shall cause copies of appropriate records of the patrol pertaining to the violations set out in section 66.200 which occur in the county after October 13, 1963, to be transmitted to the officer or agency responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of any first class county having a charter form of government, and the state highway patrol shall have access to all records of the county.
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(L. 1963 p. 122 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.230 - Forms.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
66.230. Forms. —
All the records required to be transmitted by sections 66.200 and 66.220 shall be transmitted and kept on forms approved and supplied by the county agency.
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(L. 1963 p. 122 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.240 - Records center outside county — access.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
66.240. Records center outside county — access. —
If the county agency, by contract or by any other means, forwards police records to any other agency or record center not located in the county, then the municipal police and state highway patrol shall forward its police records which are required to be transmitted to the central agency. The municipal police and state highway patrol shall have full access to all information pertaining to all the records at the central agency located out of the county.
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(L. 1963 p. 122 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.265 - Law enforcement service — voter approval, tax levy, amount — ballot form — collection. (Jackson County)

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
Effective - 09 Jun 1992, see footnote
66.265. Law enforcement service — voter approval, tax levy, amount — ballot form — collection. (Jackson County) —
1. Any county of the first classification having a charter form of government and containing part of a city with a population of three hundred thousand or more inhabitants may, after voter approval pursuant to subsection 2 of this section, levy an annual tax for the purpose of providing law enforcement services within such county in an amount not to exceed fourteen cents per one hundred dollars assessed valuation.
2. The ballot of submission shall be substantially in the following form:
Shall ______ County impose a property tax upon all real and tangible personal property within the county at a rate of ______ (insert the amount) cents per one hundred dollars assessed valuation for the purpose of providing revenue for law enforcement within the county?
☐ YES
☐ NO
­­If a majority of the qualified voters voting on the question within the county vote in favor of the tax, such tax shall be levied and collected pursuant to this section. If a majority of the voters voting on the question within the county vote against the tax, no such tax shall be levied and collected pursuant to this section.
3. The county collector of each county in which the authority is located shall collect the property taxes upon all real property and tangible personal property within that county in the same manner as any other property taxes are collected. The governing body of the county shall use the proceeds of the tax prescribed in this section solely for providing law enforcement services in the county.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 1503 § 1)
Effective 6-9-92
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.300 - County utilities license tax authorized, rate limited (St. Louis County).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
66.300. County utilities license tax authorized, rate limited (St. Louis County). —
The county council or other legislative authority of any first class county having a population of over six hundred thousand inhabitants is hereby authorized to impose a license tax whereby every public utility engaged in the business of supplying or furnishing electricity, electrical power, electrical service, gas, gas service, water, water service, sewer service, telegraph service or exchange telephone service in the part of the county outside incorporated cities shall pay to the county, as a license or occupational tax, an amount not in excess of five percent of the gross receipts derived from such business within the unincorporated areas of the county.
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(L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 871 § 1, A.L. 1991 S.B. 34)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.310 - Revenue, how used.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
Effective - 28 Aug 1967
66.310. Revenue, how used. —
The revenue received from the license tax on public utilities shall be used for police and law enforcement purposes in the part of the county outside incorporated cities.
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(L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 871 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.320 - County motor vehicle license tax authority, amount limited — exemption (St. Louis County).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
Effective - 28 Aug 1991
66.320. County motor vehicle license tax authority, amount limited — exemption (St. Louis County). —
1. The county council or other legislative authority of any first class county having a population of over six hundred thousand inhabitants may levy and collect license taxes from the owners of motor vehicles, residing in that part of the county outside of incorporated cities, and may require the display of license plates or stickers. The license tax, including the cost of plates, sticker and notarial fees, shall not exceed the amounts provided for in section 301.340, RSMo 1959.
2. No such county license tax shall be collected from a resident of any unincorporated area of the county for motor vehicles used exclusively outside of the unincorporated area, and that fact may be shown by an affidavit of the motor vehicle owner.
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(L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 872 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1991 S.B. 34)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.330 - Revenue, how used.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
Effective - 28 Aug 1967
66.330. Revenue, how used. —
The revenue received from the levy and collection of the license tax shall be used for police and law enforcement purposes in that part of the county outside of incorporated cities.
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(L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 872 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.340 - County cigarette tax authorized, rate limit (St. Louis County).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
Effective - 28 Aug 1991
66.340. County cigarette tax authorized, rate limit (St. Louis County). —
The county council or other legislative authority of any first class county having a population of over six hundred thousand inhabitants is hereby authorized to impose a tax on the sale of cigarettes made of tobacco or any substitute for tobacco not to exceed two and one-half mills per cigarette sold in such county.
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(L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 872 § 1, A.L. 1991 S.B. 34)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.350 - Tax to be collected by state division of collection, one percent retained by state — receipts, how distributed, minimum amount provided.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
66.350. Tax to be collected by state division of collection, one percent retained by state — receipts, how distributed, minimum amount provided. —
1. The county cigarette tax shall be collected by the division of collection of the state department of revenue. The division shall each day retain, from the county tax collected, one percent of the amount collected and deposit that amount in the state general revenue fund to help defray the cost to the state of collecting and distributing this tax.
2. On the first of each month the division shall distribute the balance of the tax collected during the previous month to the county that levied the tax and the cities, towns and villages located within the county in the following manner: To the county which levied the tax, a percentage of the distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of the unincorporated areas of that county bears to the total population of the county and to each city, town or village located wholly within the taxing county; a percentage of the distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of such city, town or village bears to the total population of the incorporated area of the taxing county and to each city, town or village located partly within the taxing county; a percentage of the distributable revenue equal to the percentage ratio that the population of that part of the city, town or village located within the taxing county bears to the total population of the incorporated area of the taxing county; except that no city, town or village shall annually receive not less than an amount equal to the net revenue derived from its city cigarette tax in the year 1967.
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(L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 872 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.351 - Federal decennial census results to be used for distribution of revenue from cigarette tax, county sales tax and motor vehicle fuel tax, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
66.351. Federal decennial census results to be used for distribution of revenue from cigarette tax, county sales tax and motor vehicle fuel tax, when. —
For the purpose of distributing taxes under the provisions of Section 30(a) of Article IV of the State Constitution and sections 66.350 and 66.620, the results of any federal decennial census shall not be considered final when initially certified by the United States government to the director of revenue. If such initial certification is received by the director prior to the first day of July, the census results shall be used for distributions made on or after January first of the next year. If such initial certification is received on or after the first day of July, the census results shall be used for distributions made on or after July first of the next year.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 1709 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.360 - City cigarette tax abolished if county cigarette tax levied.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
Effective - 28 Aug 1967
66.360. City cigarette tax abolished if county cigarette tax levied. —
In the event such county levies such a tax no incorporated municipality located within such county shall levy a tax on the sale of cigarettes made of tobacco or any substitute for tobacco sold within the limits of the municipality.
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(L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 872 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.370 - Revenue, how used.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
Effective - 28 Aug 1967
66.370. Revenue, how used. —
The revenue received from the collection of the tax on the sale of cigarettes in the part of the county outside incorporated cities shall be used for police and law enforcement purposes in the part of the county outside incorporated cities.
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(L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess p. 872 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.380 - Tax stamps, how affixed — state director of revenue to promulgate regulations, violation a misdemeanor — rules, promulgation, procedure.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
66.380. Tax stamps, how affixed — state director of revenue to promulgate regulations, violation a misdemeanor — rules, promulgation, procedure. —
1. The tax shall be paid and stamps affixed in the same manner as is provided by chapter 149 for the state cigarette tax; except that no discount shall be given any wholesaler for affixing stamps or making reports required by the division.
2. The director of revenue of this state shall promulgate reasonable and necessary regulations for the collection of this tax and any violation of such regulation is a misdemeanor and any person convicted of such a misdemeanor shall be punished as provided by law. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
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(L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 872 § 5, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.390 - Convention and tourism tax authorized (St. Louis County).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
66.390. Convention and tourism tax authorized (St. Louis County). —
1. The governing body of any county of the first class having a charter form of government and having a population of over nine hundred thousand inhabitants may levy a tax not to exceed three percent on the amount of sales or charges for all rooms paid by the transient guests of hotels and motels situated within such county. Such tax should be known as a "Convention and Tourism Tax" and shall be deposited by the county treasurer in what shall be known as the "Convention and Tourism Fund". As used herein,
"transient guests"
means person or persons who occupy room or rooms in a hotel or motel for thirty-one days or less during any calendar quarter.
2. The person, firm or corporation, subject to the tax imposed by this section, shall collect the tax from the transient guests, and each such transient guest shall pay the amount of such tax to the person, firm or corporation directed to collect the tax imposed herein.
3. The tax imposed pursuant to the provisions of sections 66.390 to 66.398 shall be in addition to any and all other taxes and licenses.
4. The governing body may establish reasonable rules and regulations governing procedures for collecting and reporting of the tax.
5. The governing body may provide in the ordinance levying the tax that from every remittance of the tax made, the person required to so remit may deduct and retain an amount equal to two percent of the taxes collected.
6. The ordinance shall establish procedures for refunds and penalties on delinquent taxes.
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(L. 1975 H.B. 218, A.L. 1991 S.B. 34)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.391 - Delinquent taxes, interest rate authorized.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 28 Aug 1980
66.391. Delinquent taxes, interest rate authorized. —
The governing body imposing the tax pursuant to the provisions of section 66.390 may provide for interest not to exceed two percent per month on delinquent taxes.
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(L. 1980 H.B. 1757)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.395 - Revenue from convention and tourism tax (St. Louis County) how used.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 20 May 1982, see footnote
66.395. Revenue from convention and tourism tax (St. Louis County) how used. —
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of this section, the revenues received from the convention and tourism tax shall be used:
(1) To adopt plans, policies and programs to promote convention and tourist business;
(2) To work with other agencies, bureaus, boards and associations to promote conventions and tourist business; and
(3) To contract with any public or private agency, individual, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity for the furnishing
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of services and supplies for such promotion.
2. Upon the establishment of a regional economic development district as provided in section 67.600, and the imposition of the sales tax authorized by section 67.600, all revenues received from the convention and tourism tax shall be paid to the regional convention and visitors commission established under section 67.610 for its use as provided in section 67.610.
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(L. 1975 H.B. 218 § 66.400, A.L. 1982 S.B. 711)
Effective 5-20-82
*Word "furnishings" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.398 - Appropriations from convention and tourism tax, limitation on.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 28 Aug 1975
66.398. Appropriations from convention and tourism tax, limitation on. —
The governing body of any county adopting a tax pursuant to the provisions of sections 66.390 to 66.398 shall appropriate money from the convention and tourism fund for no other purposes than set forth in section 66.395.
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(L. 1975 H.B. 218 § 66.405)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.400 - Contingent fund for prosecuting attorney established — funds, how expended (Jackson County).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
Effective - 28 Aug 1974
66.400. Contingent fund for prosecuting attorney established — funds, how expended (Jackson County). —
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 56.330, the director of the department of revenue and administration of each county of the first class having a charter form of government and containing all or part of a city having a population of four hundred fifty thousand or more shall set aside the prosecuting attorney's fees to be used as a contingent fund for the prosecuting attorney for the payment of the incidental expenses in bringing parties and witnesses from other states or countries and in properly preparing cases for trial, attending trial on changes of venue, attending at the taking of depositions, in printing briefs, and appearing before the appellate courts of the state, and generally the expenses he is put to in the proper and vigorous prosecution of the duties of his office. The fund shall be paid out as needed to the prosecuting attorney by the director of the department upon warrant of the prosecuting attorney approved and signed by a judge of the circuit court of said county.
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(L. 1974 H.B. 1381 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.411 - Municipal fire departments, vote required to dissolve, eliminate, merge, or terminate (St. Charles County, St. Charles city).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
Effective - 28 Aug 2005
66.411. Municipal fire departments, vote required to dissolve, eliminate, merge, or terminate (St. Charles County, St. Charles city). —
No county with a charter form of government and with more than two hundred fifty thousand but fewer than three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants shall dissolve, eliminate, merge, or terminate a municipal fire department of any home rule city with more than sixty thousand three hundred but fewer than sixty thousand four hundred inhabitants, until it has been submitted to an election of the voters residing within the home rule city with more than sixty thousand three hundred but fewer than sixty thousand four hundred inhabitants, and assented to by a majority vote of the voters of the city voting on the question.
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(L. 2005 S.B. 210)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.500 - Definitions.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
66.500. Definitions. —
As used in sections 66.500 to 66.516, the following terms mean:
(1)
"County"
, a constitutional charter county containing the major portion of a city with a population of at least three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants;
(2)
"Food"
, all articles commonly used for food or drink, including alcoholic beverages, the provisions of chapter
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311 notwithstanding;
(3)
"Food establishment"
, any cafe, cafeteria, lunchroom or restaurant which sells food at retail and has at least five hundred thousand dollars in annual sales;
(4)
"Governing body"
, the body charged with governing the county;
(5)
"Gross receipts"
, the gross receipts from retail sales of food prepared on the premises and delivered to the purchaser (excluding sales tax);
(6)
"Hotel, motel or tourist court"
, any structure or building, under one management, which contains rooms furnished for the accommodation or lodging of guests, with or without meals being so provided, and kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public as a place where sleeping accommodations are sought for pay or compensation to transient guests or permanent guests and having more than eight bedrooms furnished for the accommodations of such guests. Sleeping accommodations consisting of one bedroom or more that rent for less than twenty dollars per day or less than eighty-five dollars per week and shelters for the homeless operated by not-for-profit organizations are not a
"hotel, motel or tourist court"
for the purposes of this act
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;
(7)
"Person"
, any individual, corporation, partnership or other entity;
(8)
"Transient guest"
, a person who occupies a room or rooms in a hotel, motel or tourist court for thirty-one days or less during any calendar quarter.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 295 & 312 § 15)
*Word "section" appears in original rolls.
**"This act" (S.B. 295 & 312, 1989) contained numerous sections. Consult Disposition of Sections table for a definitive listing.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.502 - Sports facility maintenance tax submitted to voters — rate of tax — deposit in sports facility maintenance tax fund, purpose — distribution of revenue — percentage to neighborhood tourist development fund, established, purpose.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
66.502. Sports facility maintenance tax submitted to voters — rate of tax — deposit in sports facility maintenance tax fund, purpose — distribution of revenue — percentage to neighborhood tourist development fund, established, purpose. —
1. The governing body of any county may submit a proposition to the voters of such county who reside outside the corporate limits of a city with a population of at least three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants to levy:
(1) A tax not to exceed five and one-half percent of the amount of sales or charges for all sleeping rooms paid by the transient guests of hotels, motels and tourist courts located within the county and situated outside the corporate limits of a city with a population of at least three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants involved, and doing business within that portion of such county (excluding sales tax); and
(2) A tax not to exceed one and three-fourths percent of the gross receipts derived from the retail sales of food by every person operating a food establishment within the county and situated outside the corporate limits of a city with a population of at least three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants.
2. Such taxes shall be known as the "sports facility maintenance tax" and when collected shall be deposited by the county treasurer in a separate fund to be known as the "Sports Facility Maintenance Fund". The governing body of the county shall appropriate from the sports facility maintenance fund as provided in sections 66.500 to 66.516.
3. Not less than ten percent of the proceeds of any tax imposed under subdivision (1) of this section and section
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92.327 shall be appropriated to a fund that hereby shall be established and called the "Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund". And not less than ten percent of the proceeds of any tax imposed under subdivision (1) of section 92.327 shall be appropriated to such fund. Such moneys from said funds shall be paid to not-for-profit neighborhood organizations with whom the county has contracted, and which are incorporated in the state of Missouri and located within the county limits of such county established for the purpose of promoting such neighborhood through cultural, social, ethnic, historic, educational, and recreational activities in conjunction with promoting such city as a convention, visitors and tourist center.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 295 & 312 § 16)
*Words "and section" do not appear in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 66 - Constitutional Charter Counties, Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 66.504 - Voter approval of tax required.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 66
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
66.504. Voter approval of tax required. —
The governing body of any county may, by adopting an ordinance or order, impose the sports facility maintenance tax, but no ordinance enacted pursuant to the authority granted by the provisions of sections 66.500 to 66.516 shall be effective unless the governing body of the county submits to the voters of the county who reside outside the corporate limits of a city with a population of at least three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants at a general or primary election or at a special election called for that purpose, a proposal to authorize the governing body of the county to impose the sports facility maintenance tax.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 295 & 312 § 17)