[Ord. No. 536, § 1, 4-6-1993]
Every owner of and dealer in motor vehicles, residing in the
City, shall pay an annual motor vehicle tax, which shall be valid
from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December, for each
motor vehicle that they own as of the 1st day of January each year.
[Ord. No. 536, § 4, 4-6-1993]
No resident of the City, that owns a motor vehicle used exclusively outside of the City, shall be required to pay any motor vehicle license tax as set forth in Section
23-56. The fact that the motor vehicle is used exclusively outside of the City may be shown by an affidavit of the owner of the motor vehicle for the purpose of securing a state registration certificate without producing a receipt for municipal license taxes.
[Ord. No. 360, § 15-178, 3-4-1980; Ord. No. 522, § 4, 11-17-1992; Ord. No. 536, § 2, 4-6-1993; Ord. No. 816, § 1, 5-17-2005]
(a) Annual motor vehicle license taxes for all motor vehicles shall be
as follows:
(1)
For passenger cars and vans: $4.50.
(2)
For trucks of all sizes: $4.50.
(3)
For motorcycles, motor tricycles, motor scooters and other miscellaneous
vehicles not otherwise classified: $4.50.
[Ord. No. 536, § 3, 4-6-1993]
The collector of revenue of Bates County shall include as a
charge on bills issued for personal property taxes the charge for
City motor vehicle license taxes and collect the same with and in
the same payment as personal property taxes. Said collector shall
collect delinquent receipts of such motor vehicle license taxes, and
penalties thereon, in the same manner and form as provided by law
for the collection of delinquent ad valorem property taxes, as provided
for in RSMo 301.340.
[Ord. No. 536, § 5, 4-6-1993]
It shall not be required that any evidence of payment of the
annual motor vehicle license tax be displayed on any vehicle for which
the payment of said tax is required.
[Ord. No. 360, § 15-184, 3-4-1980]
The City Clerk shall not issue to any applicant a City license
sticker unless the applicant has paid to the City all personal taxes
which may have been assessed against his property and appear upon
the personal tax records of the City.
[Ord. No. 360, § 15-185, 3-4-1980; Ord. No. 536, § 6, 4-6-1993]
All money derived from the motor vehicle license tax required
by this article shall be expended in the maintenance, cleaning, construction
and repair of the streets and highways within the City and for no
other purpose.