2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - § 67.1715. — District ballot form, approval of majority required--district established, when.

67.1715. The question shall be submitted to the voters in each county of the proposed metropolitan district in substantially the following form:

Shall there be organized in the County of . . . . ., state of Missouri, a metropolitan park and recreation district for the purposes of improving water quality, increasing park safety, providing neighborhood trails, improving, restoring and expanding parks, providing disabled and expanded public access to recreational areas, preserving natural lands for wildlife and maintaining other recreational grounds within the boundaries of such proposed metropolitan district, and shall . . . . . County join such other of . . . . . . (insert all counties within proposed district) Counties that approve the formation of such a district in their respective counties to form one metropolitan district to be known as ". . . . . . . Metropolitan Park and Recreation District", with funding authority not to exceed one-tenth of one cent sales taxation, subject to an independent annual audit, with fifty percent of such revenue going to the metropolitan district and fifty percent being returned to . . . . County for local park improvements, all as authorized by the . . . . . . . (insert name of governing body) of . . . . . . . County pursuant to (insert ordinance number), on the . . . . day of . . . . (insert month), . . . . (insert year)?

â ã YES â ã NO

(L. 1999 S.B. 405 § 67.791 subsec. 2, part of subdiv. (2))