No ordinance enacted pursuant to the authority granted in sections 92.210 to 92.300 shall be effective unless the legislative body of the city shall have submitted to the voters of the city the question of amending the charter, or revised charter, or amended charter of the city authorizing the legislative body of the city to impose a tax defined under sections 92.210 to 92.300. If a majority of the votes cast on the question by the voters voting thereon are in favor of the charter amendment, then the ordinance and any amendments thereto shall be in effect. If a majority of the votes cast by the voters voting thereon are opposed to the charter amendment, then the legislative body of the city shall have no power to impose the tax herein authorized unless and until the legislative body of the city shall again have submitted another proposal to amend the charter, or revised charter, or amended charter of the city, authorizing the legislative body of the city to impose the tax defined under sections 92.210 to 92.300, and the question has been approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon; except that, any tax rate previously adopted by a majority of the voters under the provisions of sections 92.210 to 92.300 and in effect at the time of the submission of a higher tax rate shall remain in effect if the higher rate is defeated by a majority of the voters voting thereon. If a proposed higher rate of taxation is defeated, no proposal to impose a higher rate of tax than the one remaining in effect after the defeat of the proposed higher rate shall again be submitted to the voters of the city within one year from the date of the election at which the proposed higher rate was defeated.

(L. 1963 p. 152 § 10, A.L. 1969 p. 165, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)