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MO Rev Stat § 67.594 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.594 - Deposit — distribution to counties, when — refunds authorized — tax abolished, effect (Buchanan County).

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   67.594. Deposit — distribution to counties, when — refunds authorized — tax abolished, effect (Buchanan County). — 1. All sales taxes collected by the director of revenue under sections 67.590 to 67.594 on behalf of any county, less one percent for cost of collection which shall be deposited in the state's general revenue fund after payment of premiums for surety bonds as provided in section 32.087, shall be deposited with the state treasurer in a special trust fund, which is hereby created, to be known as the "County Correctional Facility Sales Tax Trust Fund". The moneys in the county correctional facility sales tax trust fund shall not be deemed to be state funds and shall not be commingled with any funds of the state. The director of revenue shall keep accurate records of the amount of money in the trust fund which was collected in each county imposing a sales tax under sections 67.590 to 67.594, and the records shall be open to the inspection of officers of the county and the public. Not later than the tenth day of each month the director of revenue shall distribute all moneys deposited in the trust fund during the preceding month to the county which levied the tax; such funds shall be deposited with the county treasurer of each such county, and all expenditures of funds arising from the county correctional facility sales tax trust fund shall be by an appropriation act to be enacted by the governing body of each such county.  2. The director of revenue may authorize the state treasurer to make refunds from the amounts in the trust fund and credited to any county for erroneous payments and overpayments made, and may redeem dishonored checks and drafts deposited to the credit of such counties. If any county abolishes the tax, the county shall notify the director of revenue of the action at least ninety days prior to the effective date of the repeal and the director of revenue may order retention in the trust fund, for a period of one year, of two percent of the amount collected after receipt of such notice to cover possible refunds or overpayment of the tax and to redeem dishonored checks and drafts deposited to the credit of such accounts. After one year has elapsed after the effective date of abolition of the tax in such county, the director of revenue shall authorize the state treasurer to remit the balance in the account to the county and close the account of that county. The director of revenue shall notify each county of each instance of any amount refunded or any check redeemed from receipts due the county. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 852 § 5, A.L. 1991 H.B. 29)
MO Rev Stat § 67.604 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.604 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   67.604. Definitions. — For purposes of sections 67.601 to 67.626, the following terms mean:  (1) "Business", any activity engaged in by any person, or caused to be engaged in by him, with the object of gain, benefit or advantage, either direct or indirect, and the classification of which business is of such a character as to be subject to the terms of sections 67.601 to 67.626;  (2) "City", a constitutional charter city not within a county;  (3) "Commission", the regional convention and visitors commission created in section 67.601;  (4) "County", a constitutional charter county adjoining a constitutional charter city not within a county;  (5) "District", the regional cultural and performing arts development district created in section 67.627;  (6) "Hotel and motel industry", the group of enterprises actively engaged in the business of operating lodging facilities for transient guests;  (7) "Person", any individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, corporation whether municipal or private and whether organized for profit or not, estate, trust, business trust, receiver or trustee appointed by any state or federal court, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit;  (8) "Transient guest", a person who occupies a room or rooms in a hotel or motel for thirty-one days or less during any calendar quarter. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 709 § 1, A.L. 1988 S.B. 424, A.L. 1991 S.B. 373)
MO Rev Stat § 67.607 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.607 - Powers of commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   67.607. Powers of commission. — Each regional convention and visitors commission is empowered to:  (1) Develop and execute plans, policies, and programs exclusively to promote convention and tourist business within the area of the city and county involved;  (2) Cooperate and act jointly with other agencies, bureaus, boards, and associations to promote conventions and tourist business within the area of the city and county involved;  (3) Contract with any public or private agency, individual, partnership, association, corporation or other legal entity for the furnishing of services and supplies for promotion of convention and tourist business within the city and county involved;  (4) Lease and sublease, for a period not to exceed forty years, contract to bear* the cost of operating an existing convention center, including any adjoining southern or eastward expansion thereof, and to operate such facilities; and to provide services to visitors to the area of the city and county involved;  (5) Develop, devise, promote, fund or contribute to the support of advertising and public relations campaigns designed or intended to promote conventions and tourism in the area of the city and county involved, or parts thereof;  (6) Contract for, or exact, a charge from any person in connection with the use, enjoyment, purchase, license, or lease of any property or facility operated under lease by the commission, or any activity, exhibit, function, or personnel of the commission;  (7) Appoint a director and necessary assistants, to fix their compensation and to remove such appointees;  (8) Execute contracts and sue and be sued;  (9) Contract with the county and city, or any convention and visitors bureau thereof, involved to allow such county or city, or any convention and visitors bureau thereof, to pay over to the commission the proceeds of any convention and tourism tax or gross receipts tax on hotels and motels imposed by such county or city for the purpose of promoting conventions and tourism, or providing and maintaining facilities therefor or sales tax on the amount of sales or charges for rooms paid by transient guests of hotels and motels imposed by such county or city pursuant to section 67.657;  (10) Contract with any public or private agency, individual, partnership, association, corporation or other legal entity to provide for limitations on marketing or use or both of the facilities referred to in subdivision (4) of this section or other special purpose civic facilities for assembly, display and entertainment which are owned, leased or operated, in whole or in part, by the city or the county. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 709 § 3, A.L. 1991 S.B. 373)  *Words "and bear" appear here in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 67.611 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.611 - Decisions by majority, exceptions.

Effective - 15 May 1984   67.611. Decisions by majority, exceptions. — All decisions of a regional convention and visitors commission shall be by majority of the commissioners except:  (1) Approval of the annual budget for such commission;  (2) Decisions on proposals for the execution of any lease;  (3) Decisions on proposals for capital expenditures by such commission; which decisions shall have the affirmative votes of at least three of the members of the commission appointed by the chief executive of the county involved, and the affirmative votes of at least three of the members of the bureau appointed by the chief executive of the city involved. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 709 § 4)  Effective 5-15-84
MO Rev Stat § 67.614 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.614 - Penalties may be imposed by ordinances for injuries to commission's property.

Effective - 15 May 1984   67.614. Penalties may be imposed by ordinances for injuries to commission's property. — The legislative authority of any city or county in which property of a regional convention and visitors commission is situated shall have the power to enact ordinances imposing suitable penalties for the punishment of persons committing injury upon the properties of the commission, or the grounds thereof. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 709 § 5)  Effective 5-15-84
MO Rev Stat § 67.617 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.617 - Annual report — annual audit by certified public accountant, compensation — certain exemptions from Sunshine Law.

Effective - 14 Jul 2015   67.617. Annual report — annual audit by certified public accountant, compensation — certain exemptions from Sunshine Law. — 1. Each regional convention and visitors commission shall, before the second Monday in October, make an annual report to the chief executive officers and governing bodies of the city and county, respectively, and to the general assembly stating the condition of the commission on the first day of July of that year, and the various sums of money received and distributed by it during the preceding calendar year. The fiscal year for each regional convention and visitors commission shall begin on the first day of July and end on the thirtieth day of June of the following calendar year.  2. Before the close of the first fiscal year of such commission, and at the close of every third fiscal year thereafter, the chief executives of the city and county, jointly, shall appoint one or more certified public accountants, who shall annually examine the books, accounts, and vouchers of the regional convention and visitors commission, and who shall make due report thereof to the chief executives and the board of the district. The commission shall produce and submit to the accountants for examination all books, papers, documents, vouchers, and accounts of their office belonging or pertaining to the office, and shall in every way assist the accountants in their work. In the report to be made by the accountants they may make any recommendation they deem proper as to the business methods of the officers and employees. A reasonable compensation for the services of the accountants shall be paid by the commission.  3. In addition to the exceptions available under sections 610.010 to 610.225, the leases, agreements, contracts, or subleases, and any amendments thereto, for space, usage, or services in any convention center or related facilities owned or operated by a regional convention and visitors commission, or any drafts or unexecuted versions of such documents, shall not be considered public records within the meaning of subdivision (6) of section 610.010, when, in the reasonable judgment of the commission, the disclosure of the information in the records may endanger the competitiveness of the business or prospects of the commission or provide an unfair advantage to its competitors; provided, however, that the foregoing may not be deemed to include any leases, agreements, contracts, or subleases involving a professional sports franchise. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 709 § 6, A.L. 1995 H.B. 414, A.L. 2015 H.B. 137)  Effective 7-14-15
MO Rev Stat § 67.621 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.621 - Revenues, distribution.

Effective - 15 May 1984   67.621. Revenues, distribution. — 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of this section, the revenues received from the tax authorized in section 67.619 shall be used in furtherance of the commission's powers set forth in section 67.607.  2. The regional convention and visitors commission shall set aside and allocate for the use of the regional cultural and performing arts development district established in section 67.627 an amount equal to, but not greater than, four-fifteenths of the total revenues received from the tax authorized in section 67.619. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 709 § 8)  Effective 5-15-84
MO Rev Stat § 67.623 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.623 - Collection and administration of tax, options.

Effective - 15 May 1984   67.623. Collection and administration of tax, options. — 1. On and after the effective date of any tax authorized under the provisions of section 67.619, each regional convention and visitors commission may adopt one of the two following provisions for the collection and administration of the tax:  (1) Any regional convention and visitors commission may enter into agreements with the license collector of any constitutional charter city not within a county and the collector of revenue of each constitutional charter county adjoining such city for the purpose of collecting the tax authorized in section 67.619. The tax to be collected by the license collector and collector of revenue shall be remitted to the regional convention and visitors commission not later than thirty days following the end of any calendar quarter. In the event such agreements are entered into, the governing bodies of the city not within a county and the constitutional charter county adjoining the city shall adopt rules and regulations for the collection and administration of the tax.  (2) Any regional convention and visitors commission may enter into an agreement with the director of revenue of the state of Missouri for the purpose of collecting the tax authorized in section 67.619. In the event any regional convention and visitors commission enters into an agreement with the director of revenue of the state of Missouri for the collection of the tax authorized in section 67.619, the director of revenue shall perform all functions incident to the administration, collection, enforcement, and operation of such tax, and the director of revenue shall collect the additional tax authorized under the provisions of section 67.619. The tax authorized under the provisions of section 67.619 shall be collected and reported upon such forms and under such administrative rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the director of revenue, and the director of revenue shall retain not less than one percent nor more than three percent for cost of collection.  2. The director of revenue of the state of Missouri is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with political subdivisions to collect on behalf of such political subdivisions taxes levied by such political subdivisions. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 709 § 9)  Effective 5-15-84
MO Rev Stat § 67.626 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.626 - Lien allowed, when, procedure — release of, when — recorder's fee, amount — violations, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   67.626. Lien allowed, when, procedure — release of, when — recorder's fee, amount — violations, penalty. — 1. In any case in which any tax, interest or penalty imposed under sections 67.601 to 67.626 is not paid when due, the commission or its designated agent may file for record in the recorder's office of the city or the county where the business giving rise to the tax, interest or penalty is located, or in which the person owing the tax, interest or penalty resides, a notice of lien specifying the amount of tax, interest or penalty due and the name of the person liable for the same. From the time of filing any such notice, the amount of the tax specified in such notice shall have the force and effect of the lien of a judgment against the person named in the notice of lien and against the personal property of the business of such person for the amount specified in such notice.  2. Such lien may be released by filing for record in the office of the recorder where the lien was originally filed a release of the lien executed by a duly authorized agent of the commission upon payment of the tax, interest and penalty due, or upon receipt by the commission of security sufficient to secure payment thereof, or by final judgment holding such lien to have been erroneously imposed.  3. Each recorder shall receive a fee of three dollars for the filing of each notice of lien and a fee of one dollar and fifty cents for each release of lien filed for record. Such amounts shall be paid from funds collected by the commission. The commission is authorized to collect an additional penalty from each taxpayer equal to the cost of filing a notice of lien or release with respect to such taxpayer.  4. Any person violating any of the provisions of sections 67.601 to 67.626 shall be deemed guilty of a class D misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1988 S.B. 424)
MO Rev Stat § 67.627 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.627 - Regional cultural and performing arts district created — purpose. (St. Louis, city and county).

Effective - 15 May 1984   67.627. Regional cultural and performing arts district created — purpose. (St. Louis, city and county). — There is hereby created a "Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development District" comprising any constitutional charter city not located within a county and any constitutional charter county adjoining such city. Such regional cultural and performing arts development district is created for the public purpose of promoting, encouraging, and fostering the arts and cultural institutions and activities within its boundaries, and shall be deemed to be a public corporation acting in a governmental capacity. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 709 § 11)  Effective 5-15-84
MO Rev Stat § 67.628 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.628 - Definitions.

Effective - 15 May 1984   67.628. Definitions. — For purposes of sections 67.628 to 67.636, the term:  (1) "City" means a constitutional charter city not within a county;  (2) "Commission" means the regional cultural and performing arts development commission created in section 67.629;  (3) "County" means a constitutional charter county adjoining a constitutional charter city not within a county;  (4) "District" means the regional cultural and performing arts development district created in section 67.627. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 709 § 10)  Effective 5-15-84
MO Rev Stat § 67.631 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.631 - Penalties may be imposed by ordinances for injuries — district's property.

Effective - 15 May 1984   67.631. Penalties may be imposed by ordinances for injuries — district's property. — The legislative authority of any city or county in which any property of a regional cultural and performing arts development district is situated shall have the power to enact ordinances imposing suitable penalties for the punishment of persons committing injury upon such district's property. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 709 § 13)  Effective 5-15-84
MO Rev Stat § 67.633 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.633 - Staff and administration expenses, limitation — certain institutions not to receive funds.

Effective - 15 May 1984   67.633. Staff and administration expenses, limitation — certain institutions not to receive funds. — 1. No more than fifteen percent of the annual revenues of the commission shall be used for administrative or staffing expenses.  2. No funds raised through the imposition of a three and three-fourths percent room tax provided for in section 67.619 may be used to promote, fund, or contribute to the support of any institution receiving funds from taxes levied upon real and personal property under the provisions of chapter 184. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 709 § 14)  Effective 5-15-84
MO Rev Stat § 67.636 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.636 - Reports by commission, when — audit by certified public accountant, when, compensation.

Effective - 15 May 1984   67.636. Reports by commission, when — audit by certified public accountant, when, compensation. — 1. Each regional cultural and performing arts development commission shall, before the second Monday in April, make an annual report to the chief executive officers and the governing bodies of the city and county, respectively, and to the general assembly stating the condition of the commission on the first day of January of that year, and the various sums of money received and distributed by it during the preceding calendar year.  2. Before the close of the first fiscal year of such commission, and at the close of every other fiscal year thereafter, the chief executives of the city and county, jointly, shall appoint one or more certified public accountants, who shall annually examine the books, accounts, and vouchers of the commission, and who shall make due report thereof to the chief executives and to the commission. The commission shall produce and submit to the accountants for examination all books, papers, documents, vouchers, and accounts of their office belonging or pertaining to the office, and shall in every way assist the accountants in their work. In the report to be made by the accountants they may make any recommendation they deem proper as to the business methods of the officers and employees. A reasonable compensation for the services of the accountants shall be paid by the commission. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 709 § 15)  Effective 5-15-84
MO Rev Stat § 67.638 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.638 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   67.638. Definitions. — As used in sections 67.638 to 67.645, the following terms mean:  (1) "City", a city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants, located wholly or partially within a first class county with a charter form of government which does not adjoin a city not within a county or a charter city located in a first class county;  (2) "Convention and sports complex fund", the fund established by a county or city pursuant to the provisions of sections 67.638 to 67.645, for the purposes of developing, maintaining or operating within its jurisdiction, sports, convention, exhibition or trade facilities;  (3) "County", a first class county, other than a first class county with a charter form of government which adjoins a city not within a county;  (4) "Governing body", the county commission or other governing body charged with governing the county or the city council charged with governing the city. ­­-------- (L. 1989 S.B. 295 & 312 § 1)