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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1583
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR NURRENBERN.
6739S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal sections 67.990 and 67.993, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating
to senior citizens' services fund taxes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 67.990 and 67.993, RSMo, are repealed 1
and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as 2
sections 67.990 and 67.993, to read as follows:3
67.990. 1. The governing body of any county or city 1
not within a county may, upon approval of a majority of the 2
qualified voters of such county or city voting thereon, levy 3
and collect a tax not to exceed [five] ten cents per one 4
hundred dollars of assessed valuation[, or in any county of 5
the first classification with more than eighty-five thousand 6
nine hundred but less than eighty-six thousand inhabitants, 7
the governing body may, upon approval of a majority of the 8
qualified voters of the county voting thereon, levy and 9
collect a tax not to exceed ten cents per one hundred 10
dollars of assessed valuation] upon all taxable property 11
within the county or city or for the purpose of providing 12
services to persons sixty years of age or older. The tax so 13
levied shall be collected along with other county or city 14
taxes, in the manner provided by law. All funds collected 15
for this purpose shall be deposited in a special fund for 16
the provision of services for persons sixty years of age or 17
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older, and shall be used for no other purpose except those 18
purposes authorized in sections 67.990 to 67.995. Deposits 19
in the fund shall be expended only upon approval of the 20
board of directors established in section 67.993, if in a 21
county, and only in accordance with the fund budget approved 22
by the county governing body. 23
2. The question of whether the tax authorized by this 24
section shall be imposed shall be submitted in substantially 25
the following form: 26
67.993. 1. Upon the approval of the tax authorized by 1
section 67.990 by the voters of the county or city not 2
within a county, the tax so approved shall be imposed upon 3
all taxable property within the county or city and the 4
proceeds therefrom shall be deposited in a special fund, to 5
be known as the "Senior Citizens' Services Fund", which is 6
hereby established within the county or city treasury. No 7
moneys in the senior citizens' services fund shall be spent 8
until the board of directors provided for in subsection 2 of 9
this section has been appointed and has taken office. 10
2. Upon approval of the tax authorized by section 11
67.990 by the voters of the county or city, the governing 12
body of the county or the mayor of the city shall appoint a 13
board of directors consisting of seven directors, who shall 14
be selected from the county or city at large and shall, as 15
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Shall ______ (name of county/city) levy a tax of
______ cents per each one hundred dollars assessed
valuation for the purpose of providing services to
persons sixty years of age or older?
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nearly as practicable, represent the various groups to be 16
served by the board. Each director shall be a resident of 17
the county or city. Each director shall be appointed to 18
serve for a term of four years and until [his] a successor 19
is duly appointed and qualified; except that, of the 20
directors first appointed, one director shall be appointed 21
for a term of one year, two directors shall be appointed for 22
a term of two years, two directors shall be appointed for a 23
term of three years, and two directors shall be appointed 24
for a term of four years. Directors may be reappointed. 25
All vacancies on the board of directors shall be filled for 26
the remainder of the unexpired term by the governing body of 27
the county or mayor of the city. The directors shall not 28
receive any compensation for their services, but may be 29
reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred in 30
the performance of their official duties from the moneys in 31
the senior citizens' services fund. 32
3. The administrative control and management of the 33
funds in the senior citizens' services fund and all programs 34
to be funded therefrom shall rest solely with the board of 35
directors appointed under subsection 2 of this section, 36
except, in counties, the budget for the senior citizens' 37
services fund shall be approved by the governing body of the 38
county prior to making of any payments from the fund in any 39
fiscal year. The board of directors shall use the funds in 40
the senior citizens' services fund to provide programs which 41
will improve the health, nutrition, and quality of life of 42
persons who are sixty years of age or older. The budget may 43
allocate funds for operational and capital needs to senior- 44
related programs in the county or city in which such 45
property taxes are collected. No funds in the senior 46
citizens' services fund may be used, directly or indirectly, 47
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for any political purpose. In providing such services, the 48
board of directors may contract with any person to provide 49
services relating, in whole or in part, to the services 50
which the board itself may provide under this section, and 51
for such purpose may expend the tax proceeds derived from 52
the tax authorized by section 67.990. 53
4. The board of directors shall elect a [chairman] 54
chair, vice [chairman] chair, and such other officers as it 55
deems necessary; shall establish eligibility requirements 56
for the programs it furnishes; and shall do all other things 57
necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 67.990 to 58
67.995. A majority of the board of directors shall 59
constitute a quorum. 60
5. The board of directors, with the approval of the 61
governing body of the county or city, may accept any gift of 62
property or money for the use and benefit of the persons to 63
be served through the programs established and funded under 64
sections 67.990 to 67.995 and may sell or exchange any such 65
property so long as such sale or exchange is in the best 66
interests of the programs provided under sections 67.990 to 67
67.995 and the proceeds from such sale or exchange are used 68
exclusively to fund such programs. For a city not within a 69
county, the board of directors may solicit, accept, and 70
expend grants from private or public entities and enter into 71
agreements to effectuate such grants so long as the 72
transaction is in the best interest of the programs provided 73
by the board and the proceeds are used exclusively to fund 74
such programs. 75
6. (1) Accreditation attained by a board of directors 76
established under this section shall be subject to the 77
following: 78
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(a) Such accreditation shall be through a statewide 79
nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the well-being 80
of older adults across the state and specifically supporting 81
senior citizens' services funding levied in such county; 82
(b) Such statewide nonprofit organization approving 83
the program and providing accreditation shall provide a 84
certificate of completion to each board of directors that 85
has completed the training program; and 86
(c) Accreditation shall be renewed on an annual basis. 87
(2) A board of directors that attains accreditation 88
under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall pay an annual 89
fee to such statewide nonprofit organization. Such fee 90
shall be an amount equal to one percent of the revenues 91
derived annually from the tax imposed under section 67.990. 92
(3) The state shall recognize accreditation attained 93
under subdivision (1) of this subsection as best-practice 94
training for board members to ensure transparency and proper 95
administration of the taxpayer moneys collected from the tax 96
imposed under section 67.990. 97
(4) A board of directors established after December 98
31, 2015, shall attain the accreditation described in 99
subdivision (1) of this subsection. 100
(5) A board of directors established before January 1, 101
2016, may attain the accreditation described in subdivision 102
(1) of this subsection. 103
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