HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 86 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE STRICKLER.
2773H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing Section 4(b) of Article X of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating to property tax assessments.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next 2 following the first Monday in November, 2026, or at a special election to be called by the 3 governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for 4 adoption or rejection, the following amendment to Article X of the Constitution of the state of 5 Missouri: Section A. Section 4(b), Article X, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new 2 section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as Section 4(b), to read as follows: Section 4(b). 1. Property in classes 1 and 2 and subclasses of those classes[,] shall be 2 assessed for tax purposes at its value or such percentage of its value as may be fixed by law 3 for each class and for each subclass. Property in class 3 and its subclasses shall be taxed only 4 to the extent authorized and at the rate fixed by law for each class and subclass, and the tax 5 shall be based on the annual yield and shall not exceed eight percent thereof. Property in 6 class 1 shall be subclassed in the following classifications: 7 (1) Residential property; 8 (2) Agricultural and horticultural property;
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language. HJR 86 2
9 (3) Utility, industrial, commercial, railroad, and all other property not included in 10 subclasses (1) and (2) of class 1. 11 12 Property in the subclasses of class 1 may be defined by law, however subclasses (1), (2), and 13 (3) shall not be further divided, provided, land in subclass (2) may by general law be assessed 14 for tax purposes on its productive capability. The same percentage of value shall be applied 15 to all properties within any subclass. No classes or subclass shall have a percentage of its true 16 value in money in excess of thirty-three and one-third percent. 17 2. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section and section 3 18 of this article to the contrary, beginning January 1, 2027, in a new assessment or 19 reassessment of residential real property, the assessed valuation of such property may be 20 increased not more than eight percent from the assessed valuation of such property 21 determined at its most recent previous assessment. The assessed valuation of such 22 residential real property may be increased more than eight percent of the assessed 23 valuation of such property determined at its most recent previous assessment if: 24 (a) The residence sold in the prior year; or 25 (b) The increase reflects the value added to the residential real property as a 26 result of new construction or improvements made to the property if such residence's 27 total square footage was increased by twenty-five percent or greater in the prior year. 28 (2) The provisions of this subsection shall not affect the ability of any county 29 assessor to decrease the assessed value of any residential real property. ✔