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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 3015

To grant the consent of Congress to the Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan

Culture District Compact.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 7, 2000

Mr. ASHCROFT introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To grant the consent of Congress to the Kansas and Missouri

Metropolitan Culture District Compact.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. CONSENT TO COMPACT.

4 Congress consents to the Kansas and Missouri Metro5 politan Culture District Compact entered into between the

6 State of Kansas and the State of Missouri. The compact

7 reads substantially as follows:
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1 ‘‘KANSAS AND MISSOURI METROPOLITAN

2 CULTURE DISTRICT COMPACT

3 ‘‘ARTICLE I. AGREEMENT AND PLEDGE

4 ‘‘The states of Kansas and Missouri agree to and

5 pledge, each to the other, faithful cooperation in the future

6 planning and development of the metropolitan culture dis7 trict, holding in high trust for the benefit of this people

8 and of the nation, the special blessings and natural advan9 tages thereof.

10 ‘‘ARTICLE II. POLICY AND PURPOSE

11 ‘‘The party states, desiring by common action to fully

12 utilize and improve their cultural facilities, coordinate the

13 services of their cultural organizations, enhance the cul14 tural activities of their citizens, and achieve solid financial

15 support for such cultural facilities, organizations and ac16 tivities, declare that it is the policy of each state to realize

17 such desires on a basis of cooperation with one another,

18 thereby serving the best interests of their citizenry and

19 effecting economies in capital expenditures and oper20 ational costs. The purpose of this compact is to provide

21 for the creation of a metropolitan culture district as the

22 means to implementation of the policy herein declared

23 with the most beneficial and economical use of human and

24 material resources.
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1 ‘‘ARTICLE III. DEFINITIONS

2 ‘‘As used in this compact, unless the context clearly

3 requires otherwise:

4 ‘‘(a) ‘Metropolitan culture district’ means a political

5 subdivision of the states of Kansas and Missouri which

6 is created under and pursuant to the provisions of this

7 compact and which is composed of the counties in the

8 states of Kansas and Missouri which act to create or to

9 become a part of the district in accordance with the provi10 sions of Article IV.

11 ‘‘(b) ‘Commission’ means the governing body of the

12 metropolitan culture district.

13 ‘‘(c) ‘Cultural activities’ means sports or activities

14 which contribute to or enhance the aesthetic, artistic, his15 torical, intellectual or social development or appreciation

16 of members of the general public.

17 ‘‘(d) ‘Cultural organizations’ means nonprofit and tax

18 exempt social, civic or community organizations and asso19 ciations which are dedicated to the development, provision,

20 operation, supervision, promotion or support of cultural

21 activities in which members of the general public may en22 gage or participate.

23 ‘‘(e) ‘Cultural facilities’ means facilities operated or

24 used for sports or participation or engagement in cultural

25 activities by members of the general public.
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1 ‘‘ARTICLE IV. THE DISTRICT

2 ‘‘(a) The counties in Kansas and Missouri eligible to

3 create and initially compose the metropolitan culture dis4 trict shall be those counties which meet one or more of

5 the following criteria:

6 ‘‘(1) The county has a population in excess of

7 300,000, and is adjacent to the state line;

8 ‘‘(2) The county contains a part of a city with

9 a population according to the most recent federal

10 census of at least 400,000; or

11 ‘‘(3) The county is contiguous to any county de12 scribed in provisions (1) or (2) of this subpart (a).

13 The counties of Johnson in Kansas and Jackson in

14 Missouri shall be sine qua non to the creation and

15 initial composition of the district. Additional coun16 ties in Kansas and Missouri shall be eligible to be17 come a part of the metropolitan culture district if

18 such counties are contiguous to any one or more of

19 the counties which compose the district and within

20 60 miles of the counties that are required by this ar21 ticle to establish the district;

22 ‘‘(b)(1) Whenever the governing body of any county

23 which is eligible to create or become a part of the metro24 politan culture district shall determine that creation of or

25 participation in the district is in the best interests of the
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1 citizens of the county and that the levy of a tax to provide

2 on a cooperative basis with another county or other coun3 ties for financial support of the district would be economi4 cally practical and cost beneficial to the citizens of the

5 county, the governing body may adopt by majority vote

6 a resolution authorizing the same.

7 ‘‘(2) Wherever a petition, signed by not less than the

8 number of qualified electors of an eligible county equal to

9 5% of the number of ballots cast and counted at the last

10 preceding gubernatorial election held in the county and re11 questing adoption of a resolution authorizing creation of

12 or participation in the metropolitan culture district and

13 the levy of a tax for the purpose of contributing to the

14 financial support of the district, is filed with the governing

15 body of the county, the governing body shall adopt such

16 a resolution.

17 ‘‘(3) Implementation of a resolution adopted under

18 this subpart (b) shall be conditioned upon approval of the

19 resolution by a majority of the qualified electors of the

20 county voting at an election conducted for such purpose.

21 ‘‘(c)(1) Upon adoption of a resolution pursuant to

22 subpart (b)(1) or subpart (b)(2), the governing body of

23 the county shall request, within 36 months after adoption

24 of the resolution, the county election officer to submit to

25 the qualified electors of the county the question of whether
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1 the governing body shall be authorized to implement the

2 resolution. The resolution shall be printed on the ballot

3 and in the notice of election. The question shall be sub4 mitted to the electors of the county at the primary or gen5 eral election next following the date of the request filed

6 with the county election officer. If a majority of the quali7 fied electors are opposed to implementation of the resolu8 tion authorizing creation of, or participation in, the dis9 trict and the levy of a tax for financial support thereof,

10 the same shall not be implemented. The governing body

11 of the county may review procedures for authorization to

12 create or become a part of the district and to levy a tax

13 for financial support thereof at any time following rejec14 tion of the question.

15 ‘‘(2) The ballot for the proposition in any county shall

16 be in substantially the following form:

17 ‘‘Shall a retail sales tax of llllll (insert

amount, not to exceed 1 18 ⁄4 cent) be levied and collected in

19 Kansas and Missouri metropolitan culture district con20 sisting of the county(ies) of llllll (insert name

21 of counties) for the support of cultural facilities and orga22 nizations within the district?

23 YES NO

24 The governing body of the county may place additional

25 language on the ballot to describe the use or allocation

26 of the funds.
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1 ‘‘(d)(1) The metropolitan culture district shall be cre2 ated when implementation of a resolution authorizing the

3 creation of the district and the levy of a tax for contribu4 tion to the financial support thereof is approved by respec5 tive majorities of the qualified electors of at least Johnson

6 County, Kansas, and Jackson County, Missouri.

7 ‘‘(2) When implementation of a resolution author8 izing participation in the metropolitan culture district and

9 the levy of a tax for contribution to the financial support

10 thereof is approved by a majority of the qualified electors

11 of any county eligible to become a part of the district, the

12 governing body of the county shall proceed with the per13 formance of all things necessary and incidental to partici14 pation in the district.

15 ‘‘(3) Any question for the levy of a tax submitted

16 after July 1, 2000, may be submitted to the electors of

17 the county at the primary or general election next fol18 lowing the date of the request filed with the county elec19 tion officer; at a special election called and held as other20 wise provided by law; at an election called and held on

21 the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February, ex22 cept in Presidential election years; at an election called

23 and held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in

24 March, June, August, or November; or at an election

25 called and held on the first Tuesday in April, except that
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1 no question for a tax levy may be submitted to the electors

2 prior to January 1, 2002.

3 ‘‘(4) No question shall be submitted to the electors

4 authorizing the levy of a tax the proceeds of which will

5 be exclusively dedicated to sports or sports facilities.

6 ‘‘(e) Any of the counties composing the metropolitan

7 culture district may withdraw from the district by adop8 tion of a resolution and approval of the resolution by a

9 majority of the qualified electors of the county, all in the

10 same manner provided in this Article IV for creating or

11 becoming a part of the metropolitan culture district. The

12 governing body of a withdrawing county shall provide for

13 the sending of formal written notice of withdrawal from

14 the district to the governing body of the other county or

15 each of the other counties comprising the district. Actual

16 withdrawal shall not take effect until 90 days after notice

17 has been sent. A withdrawing county shall not be relieved

18 from any obligation which such county may have assumed

19 or incurred by reason of being a part of the district, in20 cluding, but not limited to, the retirement of any out21 standing bonded indebtedness of the district.

22 ‘‘ARTICLE V. THE COMMISSION

23 ‘‘(a) The metropolitan culture district shall be gov24 erned by the metropolitan culture commission which shall

25 be a body corporate and politic and which shall be com-
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1 posed of resident electors of the states of Kansas and Mis2 souri, respectively, as follows:

3 ‘‘(1) A member of the governing body of each

4 county which is a part of the district, who shall be

5 appointed by majority vote of such governing body;

6 ‘‘(2) A member of the governing body of each

7 city, with a population according to the most recent

8 federal census of at least 50,000, located in whole or

9 in part within each county which is a part of the dis10 trict, who shall be appointed by majority vote of

11 such governing body;

12 ‘‘(3) Two members of the governing body of a

13 county with a consolidated or unified county govern14 ment and city of the first class which is a part of

15 the district, who shall be appointed by majority vote

16 of such governing body;

17 ‘‘(4) A member of the arts commission of Kan18 sas or the Kansas commission for the humanities,

19 who shall be appointed by the governor of Kansas;

20 and

21 ‘‘(5) A member of the arts commission of Mis22 souri or the Missouri humanities council, who shall

23 be appointed by the governor of Missouri.

24 To the extent possible, the gubernatorial appointees to the

25 commission shall be residents of the district. The term of
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1 each commissioner initially appointed by a county gov2 erning body shall expire concurrently with such commis3 sioner’s tenure as a county officer or three years after the

4 date of appointment as a commissioner, whichever occurs

5 sooner. The term of each commissioner succeeding a com6 missioner initially appointed by a county governing body

7 shall expire concurrently with such successor commis8 sioner’s tenure as a county officer or four years after the

9 date of appointment as a commissioner, whichever occurs

10 sooner. The term of each commissioner initially appointed

11 by a city governing body shall expire concurrently with

12 such commissioner’s tenure as a city officer or two years

13 after the date of appointment as a commissioner, which14 ever occurs sooner. The term of each commissioner suc15 ceeding a commissioner initially appointed by a city gov16 erning body shall expire concurrently with such successor

17 commissioner’s tenure as a city officer or four years after

18 the date of appointment as a commissioner, whichever oc19 curs sooner. The term of each commissioner appointed by

20 the governor of Kansas or the governor of Missouri shall

21 expire concurrently with the term of the appointing gov22 ernor, the commissioner’s tenure as a state officer, or four

23 years after the date of appointment as a commissioner of

24 the district, whichever occurs sooner. Any vacancy occur25 ring in a commissioner position for reasons other than ex-
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1 piration of terms of office shall be filled for the unexpired

2 term by appointment in the same manner that the original

3 appointment was made. Any commissioner may be re4 moved for cause by the appointing authority of the com5 missioner.

6 ‘‘(b) The commission shall select annually, from its

7 membership, a chairperson, a vice chairperson, and a

8 treasurer. The treasurer shall be bonded in such amounts

9 as the commission may require.

10 ‘‘(c) The commission may appoint such officers,

11 agents and employees as it may require for the perform12 ance of its duties, and shall determine the qualifications

13 and duties and fix the compensation of such officers,

14 agents and employees.

15 ‘‘(d) The commission shall fix the time and place at

16 which its meetings shall be held. Meetings shall be held

17 within the district and shall be open to the public. Public

18 notice shall be given of all meetings.

19 ‘‘(e) A majority of the commissioners from each state

20 shall constitute, in the aggregate, a quorum for the trans21 action of business. No action of the commission shall be

22 binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least a

23 quorum is present, and unless a majority of the commis24 sioners from each state, present at such meeting, shall

25 vote in favor thereof. No action of the commission taken
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1 at a meeting thereof shall be binding unless the subject

2 of such action is included in a written agenda for such

3 meeting, the agenda and notice of meeting having been

4 mailed to each commissioner by postage paid first-class

5 mail at least 14 calendar days prior to the meeting.

6 ‘‘(f) The commissioners from each state shall be sub7 ject to the provisions of the laws of the states of Kansas

8 and Missouri, respectively, which relate to conflicts of in9 terest of public officers and employees. If any commis10 sioner has a direct or indirect financial interest in any cul11 tural facility, organization or activity supported by the dis12 trict or commission or in any other business transaction

13 of the district or commission, the commissioner shall dis14 close such interest in writing to the other commissioners

15 and shall abstain from voting on any matter relating to

16 such facility, organization or activity or to such business

17 transaction.

18 ‘‘(g) If any action at law or equity, or other legal pro19 ceeding, shall be brought against any commissioner for

20 any act or omission arising out of the performance of du21 ties as a commissioner, the commissioner shall be indem22 nified in whole and held harmless by the commission for

23 any judgment or decree entered against the commissioner

24 and, further, shall be defended at the cost and expense

25 of the commission in any such proceeding.
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1 ‘‘ARTICLE VI. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE

2 COMMISSION

3 ‘‘(a) The commission shall adopt a seal and suitable

4 bylaws governing its management and procedure.

5 ‘‘(b) The commission has the power to contract and

6 to be contracted with, and to sue and to be sued.

7 ‘‘(c) The commission may receive for any of its pur8 poses and functions any contributions or moneys appro9 priated by counties or cities and may solicit and receive

10 any and all donations, and grants of money, equipment,

11 supplies, materials and services from any state or the

12 United States or any agency thereof, or from any institu13 tion, foundation, organization, person, firm or corporation,

14 and may utilize and dispose of the same.

15 ‘‘(d) Upon receipt of recommendations from the advi16 sory committee provided in subsection (g), the commission

17 may provide donations, contributions and grants or other

18 support, financial or otherwise, or in aid of cultural orga19 nizations, facilities or activities in counties which are part

20 of the district. In determining whether to provide any such

21 support the commission shall consider the following fac22 tors:

23 ‘‘(1) economic impact upon the district;

24 ‘‘(2) cultural benefit to citizens of the district

25 and to the general public;
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1 ‘‘(3) contribution to the quality of life and pop2 ular image of the district;

3 ‘‘(4) contribution to the geographical balance of

4 cultural facilities and activities within and outside

5 the district;

6 ‘‘(5) the breadth of popular appeal within and

7 outside the district;

8 ‘‘(6) the needs of the community as identified

9 in an objective cultural needs assessment study of

10 the metropolitan area; and

11 ‘‘(7) any other factor deemed appropriate by

12 the commission.

13 ‘‘(e) The commission may own and acquire by gift,

14 purchase, lease or devise cultural facilities within the terri15 tory of the district. The commission may plan, construct,

16 operate and maintain and contract for the operation and

17 maintenance of cultural facilities within the territory of

18 the district. The commission may sell, lease, or otherwise

19 dispose of cultural facilities within the territory of the dis20 trict.

21 ‘‘(f) At any time following five years from and after

22 the creation of the metropolitan cultural district as pro23 vided in paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of article IV, the

24 commission may borrow moneys for the planning, con25 struction, equipping, operation, maintenance, repair, ex-
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1 tension, expansion, or improvement of any cultural facility

2 and, in that regard, the commission at such time may:

3 ‘‘(1) issue notes, bonds or other instruments in

4 writing of the commission in evidence of the sum or

5 sums to be borrowed. No notes, bonds or other in6 struments in writing shall be issued pursuant to this

7 subsection until the issuance of such notes, bonds or

8 instruments has been submitted to and approved by

9 a majority of the qualified electors of the district

10 voting at an election called and held thereon. Such

11 election shall be called and held in the manner pro12 vided by law;

13 ‘‘(2) issue refunding notes, bonds or other in14 struments in writing for the purpose of refunding,

15 extending or unifying the whole or any part of its

16 outstanding indebtedness from time to time whether

17 evidenced by notes, bonds or other instruments in

18 writing. Such refunding notes, bonds or other instru19 ments in writing shall not exceed in amount the

20 principal of the outstanding indebtedness to be re21 funded and the accrued interest thereon to the date

22 of such refunding;

23 ‘‘(3) provide that all notes, bonds and other in24 struments in writing issued hereunder shall or may

25 be payable, both as to principal and interest, from
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1 sales tax revenues authorized under this compact

2 and disbursed to the district by counties comprising

3 the district, admissions and other revenues collected

4 from the use of any cultural facility or facilities con5 structed hereunder, or from any other resources of

6 the commission, and further may be secured by a

7 mortgage or deed of trust upon any property inter8 est of the commission; and

9 ‘‘(4) prescribe the details of all notes, bonds or

10 other instruments in writing, and of the issuance

11 and sale thereof. The commission shall have the

12 power to enter into covenants with the holders of

13 such notes, bonds or other instruments in writing,

14 not inconsistent with the powers granted herein,

15 without further legislative authority.

16 ‘‘(g) The commission shall appoint an advisory com17 mittee composed of members of the general public con18 sisting of an equal number of persons from both the states

19 of Kansas and Missouri who have demonstrated interest,

20 expertise, knowledge or experience in cultural organiza21 tions or activities. The advisory committee shall make rec22 ommendations annually to the commission regarding do23 nations, contributions and grants or other support, finan24 cial or otherwise, for or in aid of cultural organizations,
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1 facilities and activities in counties which are part of the

2 district.

3 ‘‘(h) The commission may provide for actual and nec4 essary expenses of commissioners and advisory committee

5 members incurred in the performance of their official du6 ties.

7 ‘‘(i) The commission shall cause to be prepared annu8 ally a report on the operations and transactions conducted

9 by the commission during the preceding year. The report

10 shall be submitted to the legislatures and governors of the

11 compacting states, to the governing bodies of the counties

12 comprising the district, and to the governing body of each

13 city that appoints a commissioner. The commission shall

14 publish the annual report in the official county newspaper

15 of each of the counties comprising the district.

16 ‘‘(j) The commission has the power to apply to the

17 congress of the United States for its consent and approval

18 of the compact. In the absence of the consent of congress

19 and until consent is secured, the compact is binding upon

20 the states of Kansas and Missouri in all respects permitted

21 by law for the two states, without the consent of congress,

22 for the purposes enumerated and in the manner provided

23 in the compact.

24 ‘‘(k) The commission has the power to perform all

25 other necessary and incidental functions and duties and
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1 to exercise all other necessary and appropriate powers not

2 inconsistent with the constitution or laws of the United

3 States or of either of the states of Kansas or Missouri

4 to effectuate the same.

5 ‘‘ARTICLE VII. FINANCE

6 ‘‘(a) The moneys necessary to finance the operation

7 of the metropolitan culture district and the execution of

8 the powers, duties and responsibilities of the commission

9 shall be appropriated to the commission by the counties

10 comprising the district. The moneys to be appropriated to

11 the commission shall be raised by the governing bodies of

12 the respective counties by the levy of taxes as authorized

13 by the legislatures of the respective party states.

14 ‘‘(b) The commission shall not incur any indebtedness

15 or obligation of any kind; nor shall the commission pledge

16 the credit of either or any of the counties comprising the

17 district or either of the states party to this compact, ex18 cept as authorized in article VI. The budget of the district

19 shall be prepared, adopted and published as provided by

20 law for other political subdivisions of the party states. No

21 budget shall be adopted by the commission until it has

22 been submitted to and reviewed by the governing bodies

23 of the counties comprising the district and the governing

24 body of each city represented on the commission.
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1 ‘‘(c) The commission shall keep accurate accounts of

2 all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disburse3 ments of the commission shall be audited yearly by a cer4 tified or licensed public accountant and the report of the

5 audit shall be included in and become a part of the annual

6 report of the commission.

7 ‘‘(d) The accounts of the commission shall be open

8 at any reasonable time for inspection by duly authorized

9 representatives of the compacting states, the counties

10 comprising the district, the cities that appoint a commis11 sioner, and other persons authorized by the commission.

12 ‘‘ARTICLE VIII. ENTRY INTO FORCE

13 ‘‘(a) This compact shall enter into force and become

14 effective and binding upon the states of Kansas and Mis15 souri when it has been entered into law by the legislatures

16 of the respective states.

17 ‘‘(b) Amendments to the compact shall become effec18 tive upon enactment by the legislatures of the respective

19 states.

20 ‘‘ARTICLE IX. TERMINATION

21 ‘‘This compact shall continue in force and remain

22 binding upon a party state until its legislature shall have

23 enacted a statute repealing the same and providing for

24 the sending of formal written notice of enactment of such

25 statute to the legislature of the other party state. Upon
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1 enactment of such a statute by the legislature of either

2 party state, the sending of notice thereof to the other

3 party state, and payment of any obligations which the

4 metropolitan culture district commission may have in5 curred prior to the effective date of such statute, includ6 ing, but not limited to, the retirement of any outstanding

7 bonded indebtedness of the district, the agreement of the

8 party states embodied in the compact shall be deemed fully

9 executed, the compact shall be null and void and of no

10 further force or effect, the metropolitan culture district

11 shall be dissolved, and the metropolitan culture district

12 commission shall be abolished.

13 ‘‘ARTICLE X. CONSTRUCTION AND

14 SEVERABILITY

15 ‘‘The provisions of this compact shall be liberally con16 strued and shall be severable. If any phrase, clause, sen17 tence or provision of this compact is declared to be con18 trary to the constitution of either of the party states or

19 of the United States or the applicability thereof to any

20 government, agency, person or circumstance is held in21 valid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and

22 the applicability thereof to any government, agency, per23 son or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this

24 compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of either
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1 of the states party thereto, the compact shall thereby be

2 nullified and voided and of no further force or effect.

3 ‘‘(a) The board of county commissioners of any coun4 ty which has been authorized by a majority of the electors

5 of the county to create or to become a part of the metro6 politan culture district and to levy and collect a tax for

7 the purpose of contributing to the financial support of the

8 district shall adopt a resolution imposing a countywide re9 tailers’ sales tax and pledging the revenues received there10 from for such purpose. The rate of such tax shall be fixed

11 in an amount of not more than .25%. Any county levying

12 a retailers’ sales tax under authority of this section is

13 hereby prohibited from administering or collecting such

14 tax locally, but shall utilize the services of the state de15 partment of revenue to administer, enforce and collect

16 such tax. The sales tax shall be administered, enforced and

17 collected in the same manner and by the same procedure

18 as other countywide retailers’ sales taxes are levied and

19 collected and shall be in addition to any other sales tax

20 authorized by law. Upon receipt of a certified copy of a

21 resolution authorizing the levy of a countywide retailers’

22 sales tax pursuant to this section, the state director of tax23 ation shall cause such tax to be collected within and out24 side the boundaries of such county at the same time and

25 in the same manner provided for the collection of the state
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1 retailers’ sales tax. All moneys collected by the director

2 of taxation under the provisions of this section shall be

3 credited to the metropolitan culture district retailers’ sales

4 tax fund which fund is hereby established in the state

5 treasury. Any refund due on any countywide retailers’

6 sales tax collected pursuant to this section shall be paid

7 out of the sales tax refund fund and reimbursed by the

8 director of taxation from retailers’ sales tax revenue col9 lected pursuant to this section. All countywide retailers’

10 sales tax revenue collected within any county pursuant to

11 this section shall be remitted at least quarterly by the

12 state treasurer, on instruction from the director of tax13 ation, to the treasurer of such county.

14 ‘‘(b) All revenue received by any county treasurer

15 from a countywide retailers’ sales tax imposed pursuant

16 to this section shall be appropriated by the county to the

17 metropolitan culture district commission within 60 days

18 of receipt of the funds by the county for expenditure by

19 the commission pursuant to and in accordance with the

20 provisions of the Kansas and Missouri metropolitan cul21 ture district compact. If any such revenue remains upon

22 nullification and voidance of the Kansas and Missouri

23 metropolitan culture district compact, the county treas24 urer shall deposit such revenue to the credit of the general

25 fund of the county.
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1 ‘‘(c) Any countywide retailers’ sales tax imposed pur2 suant to this section shall expire upon the date of actual

3 withdrawal of the county from the metropolitan culture

4 district or at any time the Kansas and Missouri metropoli5 tan culture district compact becomes null and void and

6 of no further force or effect. If any moneys remain in the

7 metropolitan culture district retailers’ sales tax fund upon

8 nullification and voidance of the Kansas and Missouri

9 metropolitan culture district compact, the state treasurer

10 shall transfer such moneys to the county and city retailers’

11 sales tax fund to be apportioned and remitted at the same

12 time and in the same manner as other countywide retail13 ers’ sales tax revenues are apportioned and remitted.’’.

14 SEC. 2. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.

15 Congress expressly deserves the right to alter, amend,

16 or repeal this Act.

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