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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.683 - Tourism board, appointment — qualifications — term — duties — staff authorized.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
67.683. Tourism board, appointment — qualifications — term — duties — staff authorized. —
1. In each county where a tourism sales tax is levied and collected throughout or in any part of the county under the provisions of sections 67.671 to 67.685, the governing body of the county shall appoint a tourism board consisting of seven members, who shall be active in the travel industry, and no more than four shall be of the same political party affiliation as the presiding commissioner.
2. Members shall be appointed for three-year terms, but of the members first appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, three shall be appointed for terms of two years, and three shall be appointed for terms of three years.
3. Members shall serve only while actively engaged in the business which they represent, and each shall be a resident of the county from which he is appointed.
4. The tourism board shall determine in what manner moneys within the county advertising and tourism promotion trust fund will be expended, and disbursements from the fund shall be made strictly in accordance with the directions of the board. Expenditures from the fund may be made for the employment of personnel selected by the board to engage in advertising and promotion activities, and the board is expressly empowered to employ such personnel.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 129 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.685 - Counties may cooperate — percentage of total collection — effect on additional board member.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
67.685. Counties may cooperate — percentage of total collection — effect on additional board member. —
Any two or more counties levying a tourism sales tax throughout or in any area of the county under the provisions of sections 67.671 to 67.685 may act cooperatively in carrying on activities for the advertising and promotion of tourism activities within their respective areas as authorized by the provisions of chapter 70; and, in such event, at the end of the first full year in which the tax is collected, the proceeds from the tax in all cooperating counties shall be totaled. If in any one cooperating county at least forty percent of the total amount was collected, the governing body of that county shall appoint an additional member to the board; if at least sixty percent of the total was collected in one county, the governing body of that county shall appoint two additional members to the board, with all of such additional appointments being made from the general public of the county from which the appointment is made.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 129 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.701 - Submission of ballot — limitations on use of revenue (St. Louis County).

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
67.701. Submission of ballot — limitations on use of revenue (St. Louis County). —
1. In any county of the first class having a charter form of government and having a population of nine hundred thousand or more the ballot of submission shall contain, but need not be limited to, the following language:
Shall the county of ______ (County's name)impose a countywide sales tax at the rate of ______ (Insert amount) for a period of ______ (Insert number) years from the date on which such tax is first imposed for the purpose of ______ (Insert capital improvement), one-fifth of such tax to fund storm water control and public works projects.
☐ YES
☐ NO
If you are in favor of the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "YES". If you are opposed to the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "NO".
2. No tax shall be imposed pursuant to this section for the purpose of funding in whole or in part the construction, operation or maintenance of a sports stadium, field house, indoor or outdoor recreational facility, center, playing field, parking facility or anything incidental or necessary to a complex suitable for any type of professional sport or recreation, either upon, above or below the ground.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 210, A.L. 1991 S.B. 34)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Municipalities in St. Louis County, additional sales tax for capital improvement purposes, 94.890
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.712 - Deposit — distribution to county, when — refunds authorized — tax repealed, effect.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
67.712. Deposit — distribution to county, when — refunds authorized — tax repealed, effect. —
1. All sales taxes collected by the director of revenue under sections 67.700 to 67.727 on behalf of any county, less one percent for the 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 Alternate Sales Tax Trust Fund". The moneys in the county alternate 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 67.700 to 67.727, and the records shall be open to the inspection of officers of each county and the general 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 by distributing to the county treasurer, or such other officer as may be designated by the county ordinance or order, of each county imposing the tax authorized by sections 67.700 to 67.727, the sum, as certified by the director of revenue, due the 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 repeals the tax authorized by sections 67.700 to 67.727, 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 such 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 repeal of the tax authorized by sections 67.700 to 67.727 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.
3. Except as modified in sections 67.700 to 67.727, all provisions of sections 32.085 and 32.087 shall apply to the tax imposed under sections 67.700 to 67.727.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 269 & 514 § 5, A.L. 1991 H.B. 29)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.721 - Repeal or amendment of sales tax, procedure.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
67.721. Repeal or amendment of sales tax, procedure. —
1. No county imposing a sales tax pursuant to sections 67.700 to 67.727 may repeal or amend such sales tax unless such repeal or amendment is submitted to and approved by the voters of the county in the manner provided in section 67.700. An amendment to such tax may include a revision of the rate which may be levied and capital improvements purpose which the proceeds of the tax may be used for.
2. Whenever the governing body of any county in which a county sales tax has been imposed in the manner provided by sections 67.700 to 67.727 receives a petition, signed by ten percent of the registered voters of such county voting in the last gubernatorial election, calling for an election to repeal such county sales tax, the governing body shall submit to the voters of such county a proposal to repeal the county sales tax imposed under the provisions of sections 67.700 to 67.727. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the registered voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal to repeal the county sales tax, then the ordinance or order imposing the county sales tax, along with any amendments thereto, is repealed. If a majority of the votes cast by the registered voters voting thereon are opposed to the proposal to repeal the county sales tax, then the ordinance or order imposing the county sales tax, along with any amendments thereto, shall remain in effect.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 269 & 514 § 8, A.L. 1991 S.B. 415)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.724 - Definition of county.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1987
67.724. Definition of county. —
For purposes of sections 67.700 to 67.727, the term
"county"
shall include all counties, except any city not within a county.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 269 & 514 § 9, A.L. 1987 H.B. 210)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.727 - Tax may be imposed in addition to other sales taxes — counties may contract with certain political subdivisions to handle projects.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
67.727. Tax may be imposed in addition to other sales taxes — counties may contract with certain political subdivisions to handle projects. —
1. The tax authorized by sections 67.700 to 67.727 may be imposed, in accordance with sections 67.700 to 67.727, by a county in addition to or in lieu of the tax authorized by sections 67.500 to 67.545.
2. Any county imposing a sales tax pursuant to the provisions of sections 67.700 to 67.727 may contract with any other county or with any city for the construction, maintenance, or utilization of any facility or project funded in whole or in part from revenues derived from the tax levied pursuant to the provisions of sections 67.700 to 67.727.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 269 & 514 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.730 - Capital improvements sales tax — bonds — election procedure — ballot form.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
67.730. Capital improvements sales tax — bonds — election procedure — ballot form. —
1. Any county of the first class having a charter form of government and containing the major portion of a city with a population of over three hundred fifty thousand may, upon the vote of a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting thereon, issue and sell its negotiable interest-bearing revenue bonds for the purpose of paying all or part of the cost of any capital improvements project or projects designated by the governing body of the county. The bonds shall be retired from the proceeds of a countywide sales tax on all retail sales made in such county which are subject to taxation under the provisions of sections 144.010 to 144.525. The sales tax to retire the revenue bonds shall be approved as a part of the proposal to issue the bonds submitted to the qualified voters of the county and may be imposed in addition to or in lieu of all and any other sales tax authorized by law to be imposed by the county.
2. The proposal to issue negotiable interest-bearing revenue bonds for the purpose of capital improvement projects and the imposition of a sales tax to pay the principal and interest on such bonds may be submitted by the governing body of the county to the voters of the county at a county or state general, primary, or special election. The ballot of submission shall contain, but need not be limited to, the following language:
Shall the county of ______ issue its negotiable interest-bearing revenue bonds in the total face amount of $______ payable in ______ years for the purpose of funding capital improvement projects in the county and impose a countywide sales tax at the rate of ______ to pay the principal and interest on such bonds?
☐ YES
☐ NO
If you are in favor of the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "YES". If you are opposed to the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "NO".
3. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal, then the bonds may be issued by the county from time to time and in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the county's program of capital improvements, but not to exceed the total amount of bonds authorized by the vote of the qualified voters. If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters voting thereon are opposed to the proposal, then the county shall have no power to issue the revenue bonds or impose the sales tax authorized by sections 67.730 to 67.739 unless and until the governing body of the county shall again have submitted the proposal and such proposal is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 210 § 5, A.L. 1991 H.B. 29)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.731 - Bonds, advertisement and sale, limitations on use of proceeds, retirement, interest rate — not an indebtedness of the county — bonds shall be negotiable instruments.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1987
67.731. Bonds, advertisement and sale, limitations on use of proceeds, retirement, interest rate — not an indebtedness of the county — bonds shall be negotiable instruments. —
The governing body of the county shall provide the method for the advertisement and sale of the bonds. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be deposited in the county treasury and used only for the capital improvement project or projects for which the bonds were issued. The bonds shall be retired serially and by installments within a period of twenty years from their date of issue and shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding the rate permitted by law. Any such revenue bonds so issued shall not be deemed to be an indebtedness of the county within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation upon the incurring of an indebtedness and the principal and interest of the revenue bond shall be payable only from the proceeds of the sales tax imposed pursuant to the provisions of sections 67.730 to 67.739. The bonds may be issued with or without the reservation of the right to call them for payment and redemption in advance of their maturity, upon the giving of such notice and with or without a covenant requiring the payment of a premium in the event of such payment and redemption prior to maturity, as the governing body of the county determines. The bond, when issued and sold, shall be negotiable instruments within the meaning of the merchant and the negotiable instruments law.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 210 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.732 - Imposition of tax, when — interest and sinking fund, limitations on use.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
67.732. Imposition of tax, when — interest and sinking fund, limitations on use. —
At the time the county issues the first bonds, the governing body shall impose a sales tax on all retail sales made in the county which are subject to taxation under the provisions of sections 144.010 to 144.525 at the rate approved by the qualified voters. The ordinance or order imposing the sales tax shall specify that the tax shall expire upon the payment of all principal and interest on the revenue bonds for which the tax was imposed to provide the funds for such payment. Proceeds from the sales tax shall be used to provide and maintain an interest and sinking fund in an amount adequate to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds and for no other purpose. Any money remaining in the interest and sinking fund after the payment of all outstanding principal and interest on the bonds may be transferred by the governing body of the county to the county's general revenue fund.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 210 § 7, A.L. 1991 H.B. 29)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.733 - Bonds, refunding.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1987
67.733. Bonds, refunding. —
1. The revenue bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 67.730 to 67.739 may be refunded, in whole or in part, in any of the following circumstances:
(1) When any such bonds have by their terms become due and payable and there are not sufficient funds in the interest and sinking fund provided for their payment to pay such bonds and the interest thereon;
(2) When any such bonds are by their terms callable for payment and redemption in advance of their date of maturity and are duly called for payment and redemption;
(3) When any such bonds are voluntarily surrendered by the holder or holders thereof for exchange for refunding bonds.
2. For the purpose of refunding any bonds issued under the provisions of sections 67.730 to 67.739, including refunding bonds, the governing body of the county may make and issue refunding bonds in the amount necessary to pay off and redeem the bond to be refunded together with unpaid and past due interest thereon and any premium which may be due under the terms of the bonds, together also with the cost of issuing the refunding bonds, and may sell the same in like manner as is herein provided for the sale of revenue bonds, and with the proceeds thereof pay off, redeem and cancel the old bonds and coupons that have matured, or the bonds that have been called for payment and redemption, together with the past due interest and the premium, if any, due thereon, or the bonds may be issued and delivered in exchange for a like par value amount of bonds to refund which the refunding bonds were issued. No refunding bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 67.730 to 67.739 shall be payable in more than twenty years from the date thereof.
3. The refunding bonds shall be payable from proceeds of the sales tax imposed for payment of the bonds refunded thereby. Bonds of two or more issues may be refunded by a single issue of refunding bonds.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 210 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.734 - Rate of tax.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
67.734. Rate of tax. —
The sales tax authorized under sections 67.730 to 67.739 may be imposed at a rate of one-fourth of one percent, three-eighths of one percent, one-half of one percent, or one percent, on the receipts from the sale at retail of all tangible personal property or taxable services at retail within the county adopting such tax, if such property and services are subject to taxation by the state of Missouri under the provisions of sections 144.010 to 144.525.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 210 § 9, A.L. 1991 H.B. 29)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.737 - Applicable provisions, administration.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
67.737. Applicable provisions, administration. —
Except as modified in sections 67.730 to 67.739, all provisions of sections 32.085 and 32.087 shall apply to the tax imposed under sections 67.730 to 67.739.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 210 § 12, A.L. 1991 H.B. 29)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.738 - Trust fund, distribution of proceeds — additional duties of director of revenue — refunds authorized.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
67.738. Trust fund, distribution of proceeds — additional duties of director of revenue — refunds authorized. —
1. All sales taxes collected by the director of revenue under sections 67.730 to 67.739 on behalf of any county, less one percent for the 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 Capital Improvement Bond Sales Tax Trust Fund". The moneys in the county capital improvement bond 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 67.730 to 67.739, and the records shall be open to the inspection of officers of each county and the general 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 by distributing to the county treasurer, or such other officer as may be designated by the county ordinance or order, of each county imposing the tax authorized by sections 67.730 to 67.739, the sum, as certified by the director of revenue, due the county.
2. The director of revenue may authorize the state treasurer to make refund 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 repeals the tax authorized by sections 67.730 to 67.739, the county shall notify the director of revenue of the action at least ninety days prior to the effective date of the repeal or expiration 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 such 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 repeal or expiration of the tax authorized by sections 67.730 to 67.739 in such county, the director of revenue shall 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.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 210 § 13, A.L. 1991 H.B. 29)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.739 - Voter approval required for removal or amendment — contracts with other political subdivisions authorized.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
67.739. Voter approval required for removal or amendment — contracts with other political subdivisions authorized. —
1. No county imposing a sales tax pursuant to sections 67.730 to 67.739 may repeal or amend such sales tax unless such repeal or amendment is submitted to and approved by the voters of the county in the manner provided in section 67.730.
2. Any county imposing a sales tax pursuant to the provisions of sections 67.730 to 67.739 may contract with any other county or with any city for the construction, maintenance, or utilization of any facility or project funded in whole or in part from revenues derived from the tax levied pursuant to the provisions of sections 67.730 to 67.739.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 210 § 14, A.L. 1991 H.B. 29)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.750 - Definitions.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 2012
67.750. Definitions. —
As used in sections 67.750 to 67.799 and sections 67.1700 to 67.1769, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Board"
, any board, commission, committee or council appointed or designated to carry out the provisions of sections 67.750 to 67.799 and sections 67.1700 to 67.1769;
(2)
"County"
, any county or any city not within a county;
(3)
"District"
, any regional recreational district proposed or created pursuant to sections 67.750 to 67.799 and sections 67.1700 to 67.1769;
(4)
"Executive"
, any mayor, county executive, presiding commissioner, or other chief executive of a county;
(5)
"Gateway Arch grounds"
, the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial National Historic Site as defined by the United States Department of the Interior, and related public property and improvements;
(6)
"Governing body"
, any city council, county commission, board of aldermen, county council, board of education or township board;
(7)
"Metropolitan district"
, any metropolitan park and recreation district established pursuant to sections 67.1700 to 67.1769;
(8)
"Political subdivision"
, any county, township, city, incorporated town or village in the state of Missouri, and any school district in any county of the first classification without a charter form of government with a population of one hundred thousand or more inhabitants which contains all or part of a city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants;
(9)
"Regional recreation fund"
or
"metropolitan park and recreation fund"
, the fund held in the treasury of the county providing the largest financial contribution to the district or metropolitan district, as appropriate, which shall be the repository for all taxes and other moneys raised by or for the regional recreation district or metropolitan park and recreation district pursuant to sections 67.792 to 67.799 and sections 67.1700 to 67.1769.
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(L. 1961 p. 304 § 1, A.L. 1963 p. 120, A.L. 1993 S.B. 194, A.L. 1999 S.B. 405, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1504)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.755 - Subdivision may establish recreational system, restriction — tax levy — limits — excess property may be sold, exception.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
67.755. Subdivision may establish recreational system, restriction — tax levy — limits — excess property may be sold, exception. —
1. The governing body of any political subdivision may provide, establish, equip, develop, operate, maintain and conduct a system of public recreation, including parks and other recreational grounds, playgrounds, recreational centers, swimming pools, and any and all other recreational areas, facilities and activities, and may do so by purchase, gift, lease, condemnation, exchange or otherwise, and may employ necessary personnel, except that a board of education shall not obtain property for recreational areas or facilities by condemnation. Funds to be spent for such purposes may be set up in their respective budgets by any governing body.
2. If sufficient funds cannot be made available from ordinary levies, additional funds may be raised by a special tax levy, general obligation bond issue within constitutional limits or revenue bond issue, but no special tax shall be levied or any bonds issued by any political subdivision unless the rate and purpose of the tax or bond issue is submitted to a vote and a two-thirds majority of the voters voting thereon vote therefor. The rate of such special tax levied by one or more political subdivisions shall not total in the aggregate more than twenty cents on each one hundred dollars assessed valuation of all real and tangible personal property subject to its or their taxing powers. In the event that any political subdivision is now authorized by statute to levy a tax for this purpose, the combined levies authorized by such statute and by this section shall not exceed the larger levy authorized.
All ballots submitting such special tax to the voters shall state on their face the rate of the proposed levy in cents per hundred dollars of assessed valuation.
3. The governing body charged with the administration of a public recreational facility may sell at public sale any property acquired for the facility by means other than condemnation, in excess of that actually occupied by the public recreational facility, and all proceeds from such sales shall be used to retire any revenue bonds issued to finance the project.
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(L. 1961 p. 304 § 2, A.L. 1963 p. 120, A.L. 1967 p. 139, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1993 S.B. 194)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.760 - Joint operation of recreation system.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
67.760. Joint operation of recreation system. —
Any two or more governing bodies may establish and conduct jointly a system of public recreation and may exercise all the powers authorized by sections 67.750 to 67.780. The respective governing bodies administering programs jointly may provide by agreement among themselves for all matters connected with the programs and determine what items of cost and expense shall be paid by each.
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(L. 1961 p. 304 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.765 - Administration by existing agency or by board or commission — organization of board.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
67.765. Administration by existing agency or by board or commission — organization of board. —
The governing bodies establishing a system of public recreation may conduct the same through any existing board or body or may establish a separate recreational board or commission, or park and recreational board or commission, and delegate thereto all administrative powers and responsibilities of the governing body under sections 67.750 to 67.780. The board or commission shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine persons. Members shall be appointed by the mayor or other presiding officer of each governing body subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the governing body. Members shall serve for a term of five years or until their successors are appointed and qualified, except that members first appointed shall be appointed for such terms that the terms of not more than two of the members shall expire annually thereafter. Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as an original appointment. Members of the board shall serve without pay. Within fifteen days after their appointment they shall meet and organize by selecting one of their members as president and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary. Subject to the approval of the governing bodies, they shall adopt and promulgate the rules and regulations for the conduct, administration and management of the public recreational program.
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(L. 1961 p. 304 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.770 - Subdivision may accept gifts for recreational purposes.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
67.770. Subdivision may accept gifts for recreational purposes. —
The governing body of any political subdivision may accept or reject any grant or devise of real estate or any gift or bequest of any other project or any donation to be applied, principal or income, for either temporary or permanent use for recreational grounds or other recreational purpose.
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(L. 1961 p. 304 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.775 - Use of facilities of other governmental agencies, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
67.775. Use of facilities of other governmental agencies, when. —
The board, by consent of those in charge, may use the facilities of other municipal or county departments, including those of schools and park boards and districts, if such use does not interfere with the primary purpose the facilities are intended to serve, and the trusteeship and responsibility for such physical properties and lands shall remain with the political subdivision which is responsible for them when not used for recreation.
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(L. 1961 p. 304 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.780 - Effect on other powers of subdivision.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
67.780. Effect on other powers of subdivision. —
The provisions of sections 67.750 to 67.780 shall not in any way repeal, affect or limit the powers heretofore or hereafter granted to any county, city, township, village or school district, under the provisions of any charter or by law, to establish, maintain and conduct parks and other recreational grounds and public recreation.
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(L. 1961 p. 304 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.781 - County recreational system — citation of law — definitions.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
67.781. County recreational system — citation of law — definitions. —
1. Sections 67.781 to 67.790 may be referred to and cited as the "County Recreational System Act".
2. As used in sections 67.781 to 67.790, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Authority"
, any county recreational lake authority created by sections 67.781 to 67.790;
(2)
"Conservation storage level"
, the target elevation established for a recreational lake at the time of design and construction of such lake;
(3)
"Costs"
, the sum total of all reasonable or necessary expenses incidental to the acquisition, construction, expansion, repair, alteration and improvement of the project, including without limitation the following: the expense of studies and surveys; the cost of all lands, properties, rights, easements and franchises acquired; land title and mortgage guaranty policies; architectural and engineering services; legal, organizational marketing or other special services; provisions for working capital; reserves for principal and interest; and all other necessary and incidental expenses, including interest during construction on bonds issued to finance the project and for a period subsequent to the estimated date of completion of the project;
(4)
"Project"
, recreation and tourist facilities and services, including, but not limited to, lakes, parks, recreation centers, restaurants, hunting and fishing reserves, historic sites and attractions and any other facilities that the authority may desire to undertake, including the related infrastructure buildings and the usual and convenient facilities appertaining to any undertakings, and any extensions or improvements of any facilities, and the acquisition of any property necessary therefor, all as may be related to the development of recreational and tourist accommodations and facilities.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 776)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.783 - Recreational lake authority — purpose and powers — exemption — immunity.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
67.783. Recreational lake authority — purpose and powers — exemption — immunity. —
1. There is hereby created within any county of the third class having a population of more than ten thousand and less than fifteen thousand and any county of the second class having a population of more than fifty-eight thousand and less than seventy thousand adjacent to such third class county, both counties making up the same judicial circuit, a joint county recreational lake authority, which shall be a body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of this state.
2. Subject to the limitations in section 67.788, the authority may exercise its powers over the reservoir area encompassing any recreational lake and within five thousand feet of the conservation storage level of any recreational lake constructed or to be constructed by the authority pursuant to sections 67.781 to 67.790.
3. It shall be the purpose of each authority to promote the general welfare, to promote recreation and to encourage private capital investment through the construction, operation and maintenance of a recreational lake and related improvements to be located jointly in the second class county and the third class county.
4. The income of the authority and all property at any time owned by the authority shall be exempt from all taxation or any assessments whatsoever to the state or of any political subdivision, municipality or other governmental agency thereof.
5. No county in which an authority is organized shall be held liable in connection with the construction, operation or maintenance of any project or program undertaken pursuant to sections 67.781 to 67.790, including any actions taken by the authority in connection with any project or program undertaken pursuant to sections 67.781 to 67.790.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 776)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.787 - Lake authority — initial meeting — officers — duties — bond, amount — restrictions.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
67.787. Lake authority — initial meeting — officers — duties — bond, amount — restrictions. —
1. The county commissions shall by joint resolution establish a date and time for the initial meeting of the authority. At the initial meeting and annually thereafter, the authority shall elect one of its members as chairman and one as vice chairman. In addition, at the initial meeting and annually thereafter, the authority shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, either of whom may be a member of the authority and, if not a member of the authority, shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed from time to time by action of the authority. The authority may appoint an executive director who shall not be a member of the authority and who shall serve at its pleasure. If an executive director is appointed, he shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed from time to time by action of the authority. The authority may designate the secretary to act in lieu of the executive director. The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the authority and shall be the custodian of all books, documents, and papers filed with the authority, the minute books or journal thereof, and its official seal. The secretary may cause copies to be made of all minutes and other records and documents of the authority and may give certificates under the official seal of the authority to the effect that the copies are true and correct copies, and all persons dealing with the authority may rely on such certificates. The authority, by resolution duly adopted, shall fix the powers and duties of its executive director as it may from time to time deem proper and necessary.
2. Each member of the authority shall execute a surety bond in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars or, in lieu thereof, the chairman of the authority shall execute a blanket bond covering each member and the employees or other officers of the authority, each surety bond to be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office or offices covered, to be executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in the state as surety, and to be approved by the attorney general and filed in the office of the secretary of state. The cost of each such bond shall be paid by the authority.
3. No authority member shall participate in any deliberations or decisions concerning issues where the authority member has a direct financial interest in contracts, property, supplies, services, facilities or equipment purchased, sold, or leased by the authority. Authority members shall additionally be subject to the limitations regarding the conduct of public officials as provided in chapter 105.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 776)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.790 - Lake authority — tax increment financing — approval, by whom.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
67.790. Lake authority — tax increment financing — approval, by whom. —
1. The authority shall have the power to adopt tax increment financing within its boundaries in the same manner as provided for a municipality under sections 99.800 to 99.865.
2. If the authority desires to implement a tax increment financing project within the boundaries of a municipality partially or totally within the boundaries of the authority, the authority shall first obtain the permission of the governing body of the municipality.
3. Any tax increment financing project of the authority shall first be approved by the county commission of the county in which the proposed tax increment financing project lies.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 776)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.794 - Hearing on petition — notice by publication, content — costs how paid — two petitions filed covering in part same territory, procedure.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
67.794. Hearing on petition — notice by publication, content — costs how paid — two petitions filed covering in part same territory, procedure. —
1. Upon the filing of the petition with the county clerk pursuant to section 67.793, the county clerk shall present it to the governing body of the county who shall set the petition for hearing not less than thirty days nor more than forty days after the filing.
2. Notice shall be given by the governing body of the county of the time and place where the hearing will be held, by publication on three separate days in one or more newspapers having a general circulation within the territory proposed to be incorporated as a regional recreational district or to be added to an existing regional recreational district, the first of which publications shall be not less than twenty days prior to the date set for the hearing and if there is no such newspaper, then notice shall be posted in ten of the most public places in the territory, not less than twenty days prior to the date set for the hearing. This notice shall include a description of the territory as set out in the petition, names of municipalities located therein, and the type and rate of the tax to be levied, the name of the proposed district and the question of creating a regional recreational district or adding to an existing district.
3. The costs of printing and publication or posting of notices of public hearing thereon shall be paid in advance by the petitioners, and, if a district is organized or territory is added to an existing district pursuant to sections 67.792 to 67.799, such persons shall be reimbursed out of the funds received by the district from taxation or other sources.
4. If two or more petitions covering in part the same territory are filed prior to the public hearing upon the petition which is first filed, the petitions shall be consolidated for public hearing, and hearing on such petitions may be continued to permit the giving of notice of any subsequent petitions. At the public hearing upon the petitions, the petitioners in the petition first filed may move to amend the petition to include any part of the territory described in the subsequent petitions, either as originally filed or as amended. Any such motion shall be allowed by the governing body of the county. The public hearing shall proceed upon the first petition as originally filed or as so amended, and further proceedings upon any other petitions subsequently filed shall be stayed until the termination of all proceedings upon the first petition, or any petition may be dismissed or withdrawn upon motion of the petitioners therein by their representatives.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 88 § 3, A.L. 1999 S.B. 405)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers › Section 67.795 - Submission of question, formation or expansion of a regional recreation district, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 67
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
67.795. Submission of question, formation or expansion of a regional recreation district, when. —
If the governing body of the county finds that the petition and notice meets the requirements of sections 67.793 and 67.794, and that the boundaries as defined are reasonable boundaries for the formation of or addition to a regional recreational district, the question of the creation of or addition to a regional recreational district shall be submitted to the voters in the proposed or existing district.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 88 § 4, A.L. 1999 S.B. 405)