SECOND
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 100951
Amending Chapter 68, Article VII,
Code of Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri entitled “Sales Taxes,” to enact a
new section which provides for the distribution of the transportation tax; and
directing the City Manager to incrementally increase current appropriations to
Kansas City Area Transportation Authority beginning May 1, 2011.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS
CITY:
Section 1. That
Chapter 68, Article VII, Code of Ordinances of Kansas City, Missouri, entitled
“Sales Taxes,” is hereby amended by enacting a new section 68-472.1, entitled
“Distribution of tax,” to read as follows:
Sec. 68-472.1. Distribution of
tax.
After deducting the City’s two
percent cost of handling authorized by RSMo 92.418 and fulfilling any Tax
Increment Financing obligations, at least ninety-five percent of the remaining sales
tax for transportation imposed by Sec. 68-471 of this article and deposited in
the City’s Public Mass Transportation Fund shall, by May 1, 2014, be
appropriated and paid by the City to the Kansas City Area Transportation
Authority for purposes as provided in RSMo. 92.400 – 92.421 inclusive. Any
portion of this appropriation and payment in excess of that designated by
contract as being due the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority for performing
its contractual obligations to the City shall be utilized by the Kansas City
Area Transportation Authority for its general purposes in providing a public
mass transportation system.
Section 2. That the
City Manager is directed to incrementally increase the current appropriation to
95%, beginning with the budget taking effect on May 1, 2011.
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Approved
as to form and legality:
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Cecilia
Abbott
Assistant
City Attorney