By Marie French
(MDN News) -- The University of Missouri System Extension program would be able to get additional funding from voter-approved local taxes under a bill passed by the Senate Monday, Feb. 18.
Districts consisting of one or more counties would be able to collect taxes to fund the activities of the extension program in the area. Voters in each county would have to approve the tax, and a county could withdraw from the district if the voters did not approve the tax.
"It would have to have a majority vote in that whole district," said bill sponsor Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg.
The bill passed by a vote of 23-7. It will now go to the House.
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