Opinion No. (1988)

Dear Representative Birch:

This opinion is in response to your question asking:

Is it legally permissible for Platte County to expend a portion of its sales tax revenue derived from Section 67.700, RSMo 1986, for the maintenance of roads in a special road district?

Sections 67.700 to 67.727, RSMo 1986, set up provisions regarding a capital improvements sales tax for certain counties including the county of Platte. The only provisions within those sections describing the use to which these sales tax revenues may be put are as follows:

1. Any county, as defined in section 67.724, may, by ordinance…