Opinion No. (1990)

R. Kevin Barbour Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Butler County Courthouse Poplar Bluff, Missouri 63901

Dear Mr. Barbour:

This opinion is in response to your questions asking:

1. Can a third class county expend sales tax revenue collected pursuant to RSMo § 67.582 for a facility which houses one or two Associate Circuit Court courtrooms and clerk's offices and/or the county prosecutor's office, in addition to a jail and sheriff's offices?

2. Alternatively, may the county build a facility for jail, sheriff's offices, courtrooms and clerk's offices and prosecutor's offices, but separate the cost…