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MO Rev Stat § 184.604 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.604 - Increase tax rate for district — ballot form — failure to adopt, resubmission, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   184.604. Increase tax rate for district — ballot form — failure to adopt, resubmission, when. — 1. The board of directors of any metropolitan zoo district, as established pursuant to the provisions of section 184.600, on behalf of the district may request the election officials of the city to submit a proposition to increase the maximum tax rate for the district set in section 184.600, to the qualified voters of such district at any general or primary or special election. Such election officials shall give legal notice as provided in chapter 115.  2. Such proposition shall be submitted to the voters in substantially the following form at such election:   Shall the Metropolitan Zoo District of the City of ______ be authorized to increase the tax rate to an amount not to exceed ______ cents on each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of taxable property within the district for the purpose of operating, maintaining and otherwise financially supporting the district? This rate shall replace the present tax rate of ______ cents for the Metropolitan Zoo District.    ☐ YES   ☐ NO     3. In the event that a majority of the voters voting on such proposition in the district at such election cast votes "YES" for the proposition, then the new tax rate for the district shall be in full force and effect as of the first day of the year following the election. The results of the election shall be certified by the election officials of the city not less than thirty days after the day on which such election was held. In the event the proposition fails to receive a majority of the votes "YES" in the district, then such proposition shall not be resubmitted at any election held within one year of the date of the election at which such proposition was rejected. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 184.606 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.606 - Powers of district — city to convey existing public zoo to district, conditions — right to charge fees, when — authority to employ staff.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   184.606. Powers of district — city to convey existing public zoo to district, conditions — right to charge fees, when — authority to employ staff. — 1. Each metropolitan zoo district may own, hold, control, lease, acquire by donation, gift or bequest, purchase, contract, lease, sell, any and all rights in land, buildings, improvements, furnishings, displays, exhibits and programs and any and all other real, personal or mixed property, or to contract with other persons to provide for any and all services for the purposes of the district.  2. All buildings, property and facilities of existing public zoos in the city or owned by the city shall become the property of and vest in the district, except that the city may at its option by filing notice with the district within ninety days after the voters have given approval of the district that it will deed the property subject to certain conditions or contract with the district for conveyance of such property subject to terms and conditions that the city deems appropriate. Any obligations, duties, rights, privileges of whatever description pertaining to or relating to the maintenance, operation, construction, design, or affairs of any such existing zoo shall be assumed by the respective district, including the right to continue to charge fees if such fees were approved by the voters.  3. The district may employ and appoint personnel as the district board deems appropriate and necessary to carry out the functions of the district. All employees of a publicly owned and operated zoological park shall upon the establishment of a district become employees of the district and such appointees' and employees' seniority, pension, salaries, wages and fringe benefits shall be equal to or better than that existing at the time of the establishment of the district insofar as may be possible. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 4 subsecs. 1, 2, 3)
MO Rev Stat § 184.608 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.608 - Collection of taxes, procedure — use of funds collected.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   184.608. Collection of taxes, procedure — use of funds collected. — All taxes levied under section 184.600 or 184.604 shall be collected in the same manner and at the same time as other ad valorem taxes on the taxable property are collected. The county assessor shall transfer the moneys collected on behalf of the metropolitan zoo district to the district board and such moneys shall be used solely for construction, improvement, maintenance or purchase of zoos within the district or for the administration of the district. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 4 subsec. 4)
MO Rev Stat § 184.610 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.610 - Dissolution of district, procedure — ballot form — cost of election, how paid — property donated by city to revert to city.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   184.610. Dissolution of district, procedure — ballot form — cost of election, how paid — property donated by city to revert to city. — 1. Any special purpose district formed under the provisions of sections 184.600 to 184.622 may be dissolved pursuant to this section. Upon the filing with the governing body of the district of a petition containing the signatures of qualified voters representing eight percent of the votes cast at the last preceding election for governor, the governing body shall submit the proposition to the voters in the district using the same procedure and in the same manner so far as practicable as is provided for the submission of the question for forming the district.  2. Such proposition or propositions shall be submitted to the voters in substantially the following form at such election:   Shall the ______ Metropolitan Zoo District be dissolved?    ☐ YES   ☐ NO     3. In the event that a majority of the voters voting on such proposition cast "YES" votes, then the district shall be deemed dissolved. The results of the election shall be certified by the election officials of such city or county, respectively, to the respective chief executive officers of such city or county not less than thirty days after the day on which such election was held. The cost of such election shall be borne by the city and county, respectively, as provided by law.  4. Dissolution of the district shall be carried out in the manner prescribed by section 67.955, except property owned by any city which was donated to the district pursuant to subsection 2 of section 184.606 shall revert to such city. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 5)
MO Rev Stat § 184.612 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.612 - Additional indebtedness may be incurred by district with voter approval, amount.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   184.612. Additional indebtedness may be incurred by district with voter approval, amount. — The metropolitan zoo district by a vote of the qualified voters thereof voting thereon as now or hereafter required by Section 26(b) of Article VI of the Missouri Constitution may incur an additional indebtedness for the purposes of the district. The total indebtedness authorized separately by the voters for the respective district shall not exceed five percent of the taxable tangible property therein as shown by the last completed assessment for state and county purposes in the city and the county. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 184.614 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.614 - Tax levy requirements — additional indebtedness — election — ballot form.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   184.614. Tax levy requirements — additional indebtedness — election — ballot form. — 1. Before incurring any indebtedness under the provisions of section 184.612, the board of the district shall provide for the collection of an annual tax on all taxable tangible property therein sufficient to pay the interest and principal of the indebtedness as they fall due and to retire the same within twenty years from the date contracted. The tax levy shall be in addition to that tax levy authorized by the voters as provided in sections 184.600 and 184.604.  2. For the purpose of incurring additional indebtedness as provided in section 184.612, the board of the district shall submit the question to the voters of the district.  3. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall the ______ Metropolitan Zoo District issue bonds in the amount of ______ dollars for the purpose of ______? ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 7 subsecs. 1, 2, 3)
MO Rev Stat § 184.616 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.616 - Bond issues, payable when — interest rate — bond, form and content — not to be sold for less than par.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   184.616. Bond issues, payable when — interest rate — bond, form and content — not to be sold for less than par. — Upon the result of such question being certified by the election authority respectively to the board and if the proposition to incur or increase such indebtedness be assented to by voters voting on the question as required by or hereafter may be required by Section 26(b) of Article VI of the Missouri Constitution, the board may by resolution declare the results of the submission of the question and cause the bonds of such district to be issued, payable to the bearer, not exceeding the amount authorized, and in denominations of not less than one hundred dollars, or some multiple thereof, payable in not more than twenty years from the date they bear with interest from the date at a rate not exceeding the highest rate of interest permitted by law payable semiannually which bonds shall have interest coupons attached to conform to the fact thereof. All such bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board, attested by the signature of the secretary, and each bond shall have impressed thereon the corporate seal of the district, that whenever one thousand or more bonds are to be executed as of the same date, the resolution pursuant to which such bonds are issued may direct that such bonds be executed by the facsimile signature of the chairman and secretary of the board. Such bonds may be negotiated and sold but in no case shall they be sold for less than par. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 7 subsec. 4)
MO Rev Stat § 184.618 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.618 - Conversion of bond into registered bond, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   184.618. Conversion of bond into registered bond, procedure. — Whenever the owner of any coupon bond, or any bond payable to bearer, already issued or hereafter issued by the district shall present any such bond to the treasurer or other officer of such corporation, who by law performs the duties of treasurer, with a request for the conversion* of such bond into a registered bond, such treasurer, or such other officer, shall cut off and cancel the coupons of any such coupon bond so presented, and shall stamp, print or write upon such coupon bond, or such other bond payable to bearer, so presented, either upon the back or upon the face thereof, as may be convenient, a statement to the effect that the said bond is registered in the name of the owner, and that thereafter the interest and principal of such bond is payable to the registered owner. Thereafter, and from time to time, any such bond may be transferred by such registered owner in person, or by an attorney duly authorized on presentation of such bond to such treasurer, or such other officer, and the bond be again registered as before, a similar statement being stamped, printed or written thereon. Such statement stamped, printed or written upon any such bond may be in substantially the following form:     __________________     (Date, giving month, day and year)   This bond is registered pursuant to the statute in such cases made and provided in the name of ______ (here insert name of owner) and the interest and principal thereof are hereafter payable to such owner.   ______, Treasurer (or such other officer).   ­­After any bond has been so registered, the principal and interest of such bond shall be payable to the registered owner. Such treasurer, or such other officer, shall keep in his office a book or books which shall at all times show what bonds are registered and in whose names. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 8)  *Word "conversation" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 184.620 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.620 - Refunding bonds, authority to issue, when — funding for payment of principal and interest.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   184.620. Refunding bonds, authority to issue, when — funding for payment of principal and interest. — For the purpose of refunding, extending or unifying the whole or any part of its valid bonded indebtedness, the district may issue refunding bonds not exceeding an amount of the principal of the outstanding indebtedness to be refunded and the accrued interest to the date of such refunding bonds. The board shall provide for the payment of interest and principal of such refunding bonds in the same manner as was provided for the payment of interest and principal of the bonds refunded. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 9)
MO Rev Stat § 184.622 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.622 - Penalty ordinances may be enacted by city or county for injury to district property.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   184.622. Penalty ordinances may be enacted by city or county for injury to district property. — The legislative authority of any city or county in which property of the metropolitan zoo district is situated shall have the power to enact ordinances imposing suitable penalties for the punishment of persons committing injury upon the district or district's properties, the grounds or collections of property thereof. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 184.800 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.800 - Law, how cited.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   184.800. Law, how cited. — Sections 184.800 to 184.880 shall be known as the "Missouri Museum and Cultural District Act". ­­-------- (L. 1997 S.B. 21, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23)
MO Rev Stat § 184.805 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.805 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   184.805. Definitions. — 1. As used in sections 184.800 to 184.880, the following terms mean:  (1) "Board", the board of directors of a district;  (2) "Cultural asset", a building or area used for the purposes of promoting community culture and the arts, recreation and knowledge, including for purposes of supporting or promoting the performing arts, theater, music, entertainment, public spaces, public libraries or other public assets;  (3) "Disaster area", an area located within a municipality for which public and individual assistance has been declared by the President under Section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 5121, et seq., provided that the municipality adopts or has adopted an ordinance approving a redevelopment plan within three years after the President declares such disaster;  (4) "District", a museum and cultural district organized pursuant to sections 184.800 to 184.880;  (5) "Museum", a building or area used for the purpose of exhibiting and/or preserving objects or specimens of interest to the public, including but not limited to photographs, art, historical items, items of natural history, and items connected with wildlife, conservation, and historical events;  (6) "Owner of real property", the owner of the fee interest in the real property. An owner may be either a natural person or a legal entity.  2. For the purposes of Sections 11(c), 16 and 22 of Article X of the Constitution of Missouri, section 137.073, and as used in sections 184.800 to 184.880, the following terms shall have the meanings given:  (1) "Approval of the required majority", a simple majority;  (2) "Qualified voters", the owners of real property located within the proposed district. ­­-------- (L. 1997 S.B. 21, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23)
MO Rev Stat § 184.810 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.810 - Authorized purposes of a district — district is a political subdivision — limitation on names of structures.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   184.810. Authorized purposes of a district — district is a political subdivision — limitation on names of structures. — 1. A district where the majority of the property is located within a disaster area may be created to fund, promote, plan, design, construct, improve, maintain and operate one or more projects relating to one or more museums and cultural assets or to assist in such activity.  2. A district is a political subdivision of the state.  3. No structures operated by a museum and cultural district board pursuant to sections 184.800 to 184.880 shall be named for a commercial venture. ­­-------- (L. 1997 S.B. 21, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1905, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23)
MO Rev Stat § 184.815 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.815 - Petition for creation of district to be filed, when — size of district — petition contents — objections to petition, when raised.

Effective - 28 Aug 2019, 2 histories   184.815. Petition for creation of district to be filed, when — size of district — petition contents — objections to petition, when raised. — 1. Whenever the creation of a district is desired, the owners of real property who own at least two-thirds of the real property within the proposed district may file a petition requesting the creation of a district. The petition shall be filed in the circuit court of the county in which the proposed district is located. Any petition to create a museum and cultural district pursuant to the provisions of sections 184.800 to 184.880 shall be filed within fifteen years after the Presidential declaration establishing the disaster area.  2. The proposed district area may contain one or more parcels of real property, which may or may not be contiguous and may further include any portion of one or more municipalities.  3. The petition shall set forth:  (1) The name and address of each owner of real property located within the proposed district;  (2) A specific description of the proposed district boundaries including a map illustrating such boundaries;  (3) A general description of the purpose or purposes for which the district is being formed, including a description of the proposed museum or museums and cultural asset or cultural assets and a general plan for operation of each museum and each cultural asset within the district; and  (4) The name of the proposed district.  4. In the event any owner of real property within the proposed district who is named in the petition shall not join in the petition or file an entry of appearance and waiver of service of process in the case, a copy of the petition shall be served upon said owner in the manner provided by supreme court rule for the service of petitions generally. Any objections to the petition shall be raised by answer within the time provided by supreme court rule for the filing of an answer to a petition. ­­-------- (L. 1997 S.B. 21, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23, A.L. 2019 S.B. 397)
MO Rev Stat § 184.820 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.820 - Petitions, who may file — hearing on petition — appeals.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   184.820. Petitions, who may file — hearing on petition — appeals. — 1. Any owner of real property within the proposed district may join in or file a petition supporting or answer opposing the creation of the district and seeking a judgment respecting these same issues.  2. The court shall hear the case without a jury. If the court determines the petition is defective or the proposed district or its plan of operation is unconstitutional, it shall enter its judgment to that effect and shall refuse to incorporate the district as requested in the pleadings. If the court determines the petition is not legally defective and the proposed district and plan of operation are not unconstitutional, the court shall determine and declare the district organized and incorporated and shall approve the plan of operation stated in the petition.  3. Any party having filed a petition or answer to a petition may appeal the circuit court's order or judgment in the same manner as provided for other appeals. Any order either refusing to incorporate the district or incorporating the district shall be deemed a final judgment for purposes of appeal. ­­-------- (L. 1997 S.B. 21, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23)
MO Rev Stat § 184.825 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.825 - Costs of petition, reimbursement, when.

Effective - 07 Jul 1997   184.825. Costs of petition, reimbursement, when. — The costs of filing and defending the petition and all publication and incidental costs incurred in obtaining circuit court certification of the petition for voter approval shall be paid by the petitioners. If a district is organized pursuant to sections 184.800 to 184.880, the petitioners may be reimbursed for such costs out of the revenues received by the district. ­­-------- (L. 1997 S.B. 21)  Effective 7-7-97
MO Rev Stat § 184.827 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XI - Education and Libraries|Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials|Section 184.827 - Museum and cultural district board, members.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   184.827. Museum and cultural district board, members. — A museum and cultural district created pursuant to sections 184.800 to 184.880 shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of five members who shall be elected as provided in section 184.830. ­­-------- (L. 1998 H.B. 1905, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23)