Missouri § 54.327 - Moneys provided for budget purposes in certain counties of the third and fourth classification — moneys remaining in fund at end of calendar year, requirements.
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§ 54.327. Moneys provided for budget purposes in certain counties of the third and fourth classification — moneys remaining in fund at end of calendar year, requirements.
Any county of the third and fourth classification adopting township organization shall provide moneys for budget purposes in an amount not less than the approved budget in the previous year and shall include the same percentage adjustments in compensation as provided for other county employees as effective January first each year. Any moneys accumulated and remaining in the tax maintenance fund as of December thirty-first each year in all counties of the third and fourth classification adopting township organization shall be limited to an amount equal to the previous year's approved budget for the office of treasurer ex officio collector. Any moneys remaining in the tax maintenance fund as of December thirty-first each year that exceed the above-established limits shall be transferred to county general revenue by the following January fifteenth of each year.
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(L. 2002 H.B. 1634)
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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