Opinion No. (1987)

Dear Mr. Evans:

This opinion is in response to your question asking:

May the County of Monroe increase the general tax levy on taxable real and personal property in the county, by five cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation, for the limited purpose, expressed on the ballot, of funding of the Monroe County Extension Division Office, by placing such levy increase on the election ballot for approval by the people?

The law relating to county extension programs includes these provisions:

Section 262.553. University may receive and disburse federal grants for extension work. — The assent of…