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Missouri bill modifies library sales tax district provisions and removes expired court filing fees
Original title: Modifies provisions relating to funding for certain libraries
Last action · May 15, 2026: H Informal Calendar Senate Bills for Third Reading (HCS)Sponsor: Justin Brown
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill updates the statutory provisions allowing certain s to impose local sales taxes for library operations and maintenance, and removes an expired court filing fee provision for certain counties.
Why it matters
Determines the qualifying criteria for local library districts seeking voter approval for sales taxes and repeals an outdated circuit court filing fee provision that previously applied to specific first-class counties.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Directly affected
Public library districts
Library districts are authorized to submit sales tax proposals to voters to fund operations and maintenance.
Directly affected
Voters within applicable library districts
Voters decide whether to approve proposed library sales taxes that may be linked to property tax reductions.
Directly affected
Civil court litigants
Litigants are subject to circuit court filing fee surcharges as determined by judges en banc.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
How can a public library district impose the authorized sales tax?
The board of directors must approve placing the sales tax on the ballot, the county commission must place the measure before the voters, and a majority of voters voting on the tax must approve it at a general, primary, or special election.
What happens to property taxes when a sales tax is imposed in certain counties?
In specified counties, the sales tax must be implemented in conjunction with a real and personal property tax reduction or the complete elimination of real and personal property taxes, depending on county population criteria.
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Procedural history
29 actions- May 15, 2026HouseFloorH Informal Calendar Senate Bills for Third Reading (HCS)
- May 7, 2026HouseBill Placed on H Informal Calendar
- Apr 30, 2026HouseCommitteeHCS Voted Do Pass H Rules - Legislative
- Apr 30, 2026HouseCommitteeHCS Reported Do Pass H Rules - Legislative
- Apr 27, 2026HouseCommitteeHCS Voted Do Pass H Local Government
- Apr 27, 2026HouseCommitteeHCS Reported Do Pass H Local Government
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- Apr 27, 2026HouseCommitteeHCS Referred H Rules - Legislative
- Apr 22, 2026HouseHearing Conducted H Local Government
- Apr 21, 2026HouseRe-referred H Local Government
- Apr 20, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred H Children and Families
- Apr 7, 2026HouseFloorH Second Read
- Apr 2, 2026SenateFloorS Third Read and Passed
- Apr 2, 2026HouseIntroducedH First Read
- Apr 1, 2026SenateSS for SCS S withdrawn
- Apr 1, 2026SenateSS#2 for SCS S offered (Brown-16)--(5365S.06F)
- Apr 1, 2026SenateSA 1 to SS#2 for SCS S offered & adopted (Lewis)--(5365S06.01S)
- Apr 1, 2026SenateFloorSS#2 for SCS, as amended, S adopted
- Apr 1, 2026SenatePerfected
- Apr 1, 2026SenateReported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
- Feb 24, 2026SenateSS for SCS S offered (Brown-16)--(5365S.04F)
- Feb 24, 2026SenateSA 1 to SS for SCS S offered & adopted (Schnelting)--(5365S04.04S)
- Feb 24, 2026SenateSA 2 to SS for SCS S offered (Brattin)--(5365S04.08S)
- Feb 24, 2026SenateBill Placed on Informal Calendar
- Feb 12, 2026SenateReported from S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee w/SCS
- Feb 9, 2026SenateCommitteeSCS Voted Do Pass S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee (5365S.03C)
- Feb 2, 2026SenateHearing Conducted S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
- Jan 15, 2026SenateFloorSecond Read and Referred S Local Government, Elections and Pensions Committee
- Jan 7, 2026SenateIntroducedS First Read
- Dec 1, 2025SenatePrefiled
Version history & redline
7 versions on fileComparing 5365S.06P - Perfected → 4/1/2026 - SS#2 for SCS S offered (Brown-16)--(5365S.06F)
4/1/2026 - Adopted, as amended
removed addedOfficial text
removed: EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
[PERFECTED]
added: 5365S.06F
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SENATE SUBSTITUTE removed: NO. 2 FOR
SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 1023
removed: 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BROWN (16).
5365S.06P KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal sections removed: 182.711, 182.802, added: 182.802 and 488.426, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof removed: three added: two new
sections relating to added: funding for certain libraries.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections removed: 182.711, 182.802, added: 182.802 and 488.426, RSMo, are repealed and removed: three added: two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections removed: 182.711, 182.802, added: 182.802 and 488.426, to read as follows: removed: 182.711. 1. The fiscal year for each urban public library district shall be July first to June thirtieth, unless otherwise set by the board of trustees, and each year the librarian shall submit to the board of trustees a budget for the forthcoming fiscal year. The board of trustees shall approve the budget after making any changes therein that it deems necessary. The budget shall be approved on or before [June thirtieth] the last day of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the budget was prepared. The board of trustees on its own motion or at the request of the librarian, from time to time, may amend or modify the approved budget. A copy of the approved budget shall be filed with the state auditor. 2. The treasurer of the board of trustees of an urban public library district shall receive and be the custodian of all money belonging to the district from whatever source derived. All funds of the urban public library district derived from local taxation to be used for normal operations of the district shall be kept in a library operating fund. All funds belonging to the district which are to be used for building purposes shall be kept in a library building fund; all funds derived from state aid or federal grants, other than land, building and furnishing grants, shall be kept in the library operating fund; and the board of trustees may establish any other funds that it deems necessary. The treasurer shall deposit all moneys belonging to the urban public library district in the depositaries that are selected by the board of trustees. The treasurer shall also be the custodian of all bonds or other securities belonging to the urban public library district. 3. Urban public library district moneys shall be disbursed by the treasurer by appropriate instrument of payment only upon due authorization of the board of trustees and duly certified for payment by the president. The certification shall specify the amount to be paid, to whom payment is to be made and the purpose for which payment is being made. The board of trustees by resolution may direct that the signature of the president or treasurer be a facsimile signature in the manner provided by sections 105.272 to 105.278. 4. No authorization or certification shall be made, and no instrument of payment shall be issued for the payment of any urban public library district indebtedness unless there is sufficient money in the treasury and the proper fund for the payment of the indebtedness and the indebtedness is in the proper form. 5. The treasurer of the board of trustees shall submit to the board of trustees, at each regularly scheduled meeting thereof, an accounting reflecting receipt and disbursement of funds belonging to the urban public library district. 182.802. 1. (1) Any public library district located in any of the following counties may impose a tax as provided in this section: (a)
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in which the sales tax24 is imposed. The ballot of submission for such district24 shall contain, but need not be limited to, the following24 removed: of directors to impose the sales tax and reduce the property27 tax under the provisions of this section and such proposal27 is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting27 thereon.27 added: (b) Each year in which a sales tax is imposed pursuant27 to this section, the board of directors shall, after27 determining its budget, within the limits set by the27 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 constitution and laws of this state for the following27 calendar year and the total property tax levy
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sales tax is imposed. The ballot of30 submission for such district shall contain, but need not be30 limited to, the following language:30 30 30 removed: thereto shall be in effect. If a majority of the votes cast31 by the qualified voters voting are opposed to the proposal,31 then the board of directors shall have no power to impose31 added: 30 30 30 the sales tax and eliminate the property tax as herein31 again have submitted another proposal to authorize removed: the board32 of added: board of32 directors to impose the sales tax and eliminate removed: the32 property added: the property32 tax under the provisions of this section and removed: such32 proposal added: such proposal32 is approved by a majority of the qualified removed: voters32 voting added: voters voting32 thereon.32 3. As used in this section, "qualified voters" or32 "voters" means any individuals residing within the district32 who are eligible to be registered
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adoption of an ordinance33 by the governing body imposing a tax authorized in this33 section. If the owner of the property within the proposed33 removed: 30 30 30 this section.33 library district" shall mean any city library district,34 county library district, city-county library district,34 municipal library district, consolidated library district,34 added: district is a political subdivision or removed: urban library district.34 5. The provisions added: corporation of removed: section 1.100 shall apply to any34 sales tax approved by added: the33 state, the removed: voters added: governing body of removed: a public library34 district located in a county described in subsection 1 of34 this section. Once a library district located in such34 county has come under added: such political subdivision or33 corporation shall be considered the removed: operation of added: owner for purposes of33 this removed: section, a34 added: section.33 3 3 3 remove that county from the operation of this section35 regardless of whether the county comes under the operation35 of this section after the effective
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the city of St. Louis, or the circuit court in any circuit that reimburses the state for the salaries of family court commissioners under removed: SS#2 SCS SB 1023 added: and pursuant to section 487.020, may change the fee to any amount not to exceed fifteen dollars. The circuit court in Jackson County, the circuit court in the city of St. Louis, or the circuit
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