FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1288

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE COOPER (158).

                  Read 1st time March 30, 2007 and copies ordered printed.

D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 140, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to collection of delinquent taxes.

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

            Section A. Chapter 140, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 140.852, to read as follows:

            140.852. The governing body of any county, city, town, or village may, by order or ordinance, enter into contracts with private attorneys or professional collection agencies for the collection of delinquent taxes owed to such county, city, town, or village by residents or nonresidents of such county, city, town, or village. No contract entered into under this section shall provide for a collection fee in excess of twenty percent of the amount collected.

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