SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 1333

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

                  Reported from the Committee on Agriculture Policy March 1, 2006 with recommendation that House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 1333 Do Pass by Consent. Referred to the Committee on Rules pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f).

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

3523L.02C

AN ACT

To amend chapter 242, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to drainage districts.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 242, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 242.492, to read as follows:

            242.492. In addition to any maintenance tax imposed under section 242.490, the board of supervisors may set an annual processing fee for assessed tracts when the board determines that the costs of preparation and processing of the district's maintenance tax statement for such tracts exceed the amount of tax imposed. The amount of the fee shall be determined by the board of supervisors at the meeting in which the board sets the maintenance tax under section 242.490. Such fee shall be used solely to reimburse the district for the costs associated with processing annual maintenance statements.

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