Missouri § 573.020 - Promoting obscenity in the first degree — penalty.

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§ 573.020. Promoting obscenity in the first degree — penalty.

1.  For the purpose of determining any tax rate under section 137.073, or other applicable provisions of the statutes or constitution of this state, the tax revenue from any personal property of manufacturers, refiners, distributors, wholesalers, and retail merchants and establishments which falls in the category of personal property exempted from taxation under Subsection 1 of Section 6 of Article X of the Constitution of Missouri shall not be included in the prior year's tax revenues used in determining tax rates for use after the effective date of the exemption of such personal property of manufacturers, refiners, distributors, wholesalers, and retail merchants and establishments.

2.  In order to implement the mandate of the voters of this state in their approval of Section 6 of Article X of the Missouri Constitution, all county and municipal officers charged with assessing property, extending tax charges, and collecting property taxes shall so arrange tax assessment forms, records, and receipts in a manner that will identify separately the personal property of manufacturers, refiners, distributors, wholesalers, and retail merchants and establishments which falls into the category of personal property exempted from taxation under Subsection 1 of Section 6 of Article X of the Constitution of Missouri.  Such records shall be separately maintained for the tax year 1984 and in each subsequent tax year until the exemption provided in Subsection 1 of Section 6 of Article X of the Constitution of Missouri becomes effective.

3.  In order to implement the mandate of the voters of this state in their approval of Section 4(b) of Article X of the Missouri Constitution, all county assessors shall note in their records the assessed valuation of each parcel of real property immediately prior to December 31, 1984, and the true value in money of each parcel of real property as of December 31, 1984, and the subclass which each parcel of real property was in immediately prior to December 31, 1984, and the subclass which each parcel of real property was in as of December 31, 1984.  As used in this subsection, the term "true value in money", when applied to agricultural and horticultural property, shall be that value determined under sections 137.017 to 137.026.

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(L. 1983 S.B. 63, et al.)

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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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