SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1340
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CALLAHAN.
Read 1st time March 1, 2004, and ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
4709S.02I
AN ACT
To repeal section 137.298, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to personal property tax bills.
Section A. Section 137.298, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 137.298, to read as follows: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 parking violations 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. No personal property tax bill shall be considered paid unless all charges for parking violations are also paid in full and the collector of revenue shall not issue a paid personal property receipt until all such charges are paid.
2. Other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, any home rule city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county 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.