Missouri § 162.840 - Form of ballot.
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§ 162.840. Form of ballot.
The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall there be organized a special school district comprising the school districts of ______ (described by school district name and/or number), state of Missouri, for vocational education and for the education and training of handicapped and severely handicapped children, embracing the entire area of these school districts, having the power to impose a property tax not to exceed the annual rate of twenty-five cents on each hundred dollars assessed valuation, and any additional tax that is approved hereafter by vote thereon, and to be known as "The Special School District of ______," as prayed for by a petition filed with state board of education on the ______ day of ______, 20______?
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(L. 1973 H.B. 474 § 39, A.L. 1974 S.B. 571, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
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