SECOND REGULAR SESSION
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES SKAGGS (Sponsor), LeVOTA, MEINERS, CAMPBELL, LOWE, WALKER, BARNITZ, JOLLY, WILLOUGHBY, WITTE, WILDBERGER, DEEKEN, BISHOP, BYRD,
ENGLER, BAKER, BROWN, DUSENBERG, YATES AND PRATT (Co-sponsors).
Read 1st time January 14, 2004, and copies ordered printed.
STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 137.298, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to personal property tax bills.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 137.298, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 137.298, to read as follows:
137.298. 1. Other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, any city may by ordinance include as a charge on bills issued for personal property taxes any outstanding vehicle-related fees and fines, including traffic and parking violations, assessed or issued on any vehicle for which personal property tax is to be paid and, if required by ordinance, such charge shall be collected with and in the same payment as personal property taxes are collected by the collector of revenue of such city or the treasurer ex officio collector. For the purpose of this section, vehicle-related fees and fines shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, traffic violation fines, parking violation fines, towing and vehicle immobilization fees, and any late payment penalties and court costs associated with the adjudication or collection of those fines. No personal property tax bill shall be considered paid unless all charges for parking violations and other vehicle-related fees and fines are also paid in full and the collector of revenue or treasurer ex officio collector shall not issue a paid personal property receipt until all such charges are paid. The collector of revenue or treasurer ex officio collector of the city or county shall remit to the appropriate political subdivision all fees and fines, including traffic and parking violations collected less two percent for administrative costs.
2. Any city or county that levies personal property taxes may establish an intergovernmental revenue collection agreement with other such cities and counties to establish a system to facilitate the collection of delinquent vehicle-related fees and fines through the personal property tax bills; therefore allowing participating jurisdictions to collect vehicle-related fees and fines from their residents even if those vehicle-related fees and fines have been assessed by other jurisdictions. Any vehicle-related fees and fines collected under this section shall be promptly remitted to the jurisdictions in which the original vehicle-related fees and fines were assessed in accordance with the terms of agreement.