Show-Me Senior Property Tax Relief Moving Forward

An important story to follow given a great deal of advocacy with much slower legislative process in Jeff City and at the Courthouse . . . Here are the basics with a link to more reporting . . .

One year after they passed the original legislation, Missouri legislators have approved a fix to a law allowing property tax freezes for seniors.

Members of the House voted 139-0 Friday to pass the bill. Since it has already gone through the Senate, it now goes to Gov. Mike Parson.

The current law allows local governments to pass ordinances that would freeze property taxes for seniors. It also would allow voters to approve such an ordinance.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Missouri legislature fixes law to allow more seniors to get property tax freezes

Originally passed last year, the Missouri law allows local governments to pass ordinances that would freeze property taxes for seniors. But before the recent fix, seniors who are on pensions like police officers and firefighters weren't eligible.