All Annexation Legislation - Missouri

SB 1020 - This act brings Missouri sales and use tax laws into compliance with the streamlined sales and use tax agreement. Compliance involves modifying many sections throughout Missouri law, based upon meeting the following criteria: (1) The sourcing of sales must be changed to be based on receipt. This means that current law is modified, where necessary, to consider the point of sale, and thus the applicable tax rate, to be the point of receipt of the product; (2) When a city annexes property, the change to the tax rate will take place on the first day of the second calendar quarter after the Director of Revenue receives notice of the boundary change; (3) The same provisions as in (2) shall apply to rate changes; (4) All sales taxes must be administered at the state level if they are not already; (5) All state and local sales taxes must have the same base. This means that exemptions at the state and local level must be identical; (6) Certain definitions, including [...]

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HCS/SB 943 - Under Sections 305.400 to 305.410 (Airport Zoning Law), cities, towns and villages are prohibited from annexing land located within an airport zone in Greene County. This prohibition does not apply to the city of Springfield which owns the airport. Under this act, a city, town or village may annex land within an airport zone if it enters into an agreement with the City of Springfield to adopt Springfield’s airport zoning ordinance and agrees to enforce and administer such ordinance. If the city, town or village fails to enforce Springfield's airport zoning ordinance, then such political subdivisions shall be subject to various legal remedies (injunction, quo warranto, mandamus, etc.). Under the act, the powers of the board of adjustment may be vested in a board consisting of members from Springfield board of adjustment and members of the board of adjustment from the city, town or village annexing land located within the airport zone. The concurring vote of eight members [...]

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HCS/SB 845 - This act modifies various provisions relating to political subdivisions.SECTION 48.030 This section allows a county, after meeting the required assessed valuation, to become a second class county upon a vote of the governing body to change classifications. Currently, a county can only change classifications by a vote of the governing body if it is becoming a first class county; otherwise, the county must be at the required assessed valuation for five years before changing classifications. The effective date of the change in classification shall be at the beginning of the county fiscal year following the election by the governing body. This section is identical to HCS/SB 820 (2008) & HB 1995 (2008).SECTION 49.292 Currently, no transfer of title of real property to a county or other political subdivision by donation or dedication shall be valid for recording unless it has been proved or acknowledged. This act specifies that water and sewer line easements shall [...]

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