§ 273.180 — Repeal of license tax on dogs — procedure.

Missouri § 273.180

• Jurisdiction: Missouri
• Title XVII: AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
• Ch. 273: Dogs — Cats

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1.  Upon the filing of a petition signed by one hundred or more voters of any county and presented to the county commission at any regular or special session thereof, it shall be the duty of the county commission to order the question, as to whether or not there should be repealed the law, creating a license tax on dogs, submitted to the voters, to be voted upon at the next election.  Upon the receiving of such petition, it shall be the duty of the county commission to make an order as herein recited.

2.  The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall the license tax on dogs be repealed?

3.  If the majority of the votes cast upon the subject be in favor of repealing the license tax on dogs, the county commission shall spread the result of the submission of the question upon its records and give notice thereof by publication in some newspaper printed and published in such county and the law providing for a license tax on dogs shall not be operative in such county from the time such publication is made.

Legislative History

(L. 1941 p. 345 § 14558a, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)