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2023 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.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• 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.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 4 subsec. 4)
2023 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.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• 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.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 5)
2023 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.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• 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.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 6)
2023 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.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• 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 ______?
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(L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 7 subsecs. 1, 2, 3)
2023 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.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• 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.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 7 subsec. 4)
2023 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.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• 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
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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.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 8)
*Word "conversation" appears in original rolls.
2023 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.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• 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.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 9)
2023 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.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• 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.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.800 - Law, how cited.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• 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".
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(L. 1997 S.B. 21, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.805 - Definitions.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• 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.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 21, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23)
2023 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.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• 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.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 21, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1905, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23)
2023 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.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• 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.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 21, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23, A.L. 2019 S.B. 397)
2023 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.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• 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.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 21, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.825 - Costs of petition, reimbursement, when.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• Effective - 07 Jul 1997, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 21)
Effective 7-7-97
2023 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.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• 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.
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(L. 1998 H.B. 1905, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.830 - Notice of order declaring district, publication, election of board of directors — election of chairman and secretary procedures — term of a director and age qualification.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
184.830. Notice of order declaring district, publication, election of board of directors — election of chairman and secretary procedures — term of a director and age qualification. —
1. Within thirty days after the order declaring the district organized has become final, the circuit clerk of the county in which the petition was filed shall, give notice by causing publication to be made once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, the last publication of which shall be at least ten days before the day of the meeting required by this section, call a meeting of the owners of real property within the district at a day and hour specified in a public place in the county in which the petition was filed for the purpose of electing a board of five directors, to be composed of owners or representatives of owners of real property in the district.
2. The owners of real property, when assembled, shall organize by the election of a chairman and secretary of the meeting who shall conduct the election. At the election, each acre of real property within the district shall be considered as a voting interest, and each owner of real property shall have one vote in person or by proxy for every acre of real property owned within the district for each director to be elected. A director need not be a legal voter of the district.
3. Each director shall serve for a term of three years and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. Successor directors shall be elected in the same manner as the initial directors at a meeting of the owners of real property called by the board. Each successor director shall serve a three-year term. The remaining directors shall have the authority to elect an interim director to complete any unexpired term of a director caused by resignation or disqualification.
4. Directors shall be at least twenty-one years of age.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 21, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.835 - Powers of board of directors — election of officers — employees quorum necessary for board action — reimbursement of expenses.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
184.835. Powers of board of directors — election of officers — employees quorum necessary for board action — reimbursement of expenses. —
1. The board shall possess and exercise all of the district's legislative and executive powers.
2. Within thirty days after the election of the initial directors, the board shall meet. At its first meeting and after each election of new board members the board shall elect a chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as it deems necessary from its members. A director may fill more than one office, except that a director may not fill both the office of chairman and secretary.
3. At the first meeting, the board, by resolution, shall define the first and subsequent fiscal years of the district, and shall adopt a corporate seal.
4. A simple majority of the board shall constitute a quorum. If a quorum exists, a simple majority of those voting shall have the authority to act in the name of the board, and approve any board resolution.
5. Each director shall devote such time to the duties of the office as the faithful discharge thereof may require and may be reimbursed for his or her actual expenditures in the performance of his or her duties on behalf of the district.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 21, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.840 - Funding, authority to receive and expend — appropriations.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
184.840. Funding, authority to receive and expend — appropriations. —
1. A district may receive and use funds for the purposes of planning, designing, constructing, reconstructing, maintaining and operating one or more museums and cultural assets, conducting educational programs in connection therewith which is reasonably connected with the museum or cultural asset and for any other purposes authorized by sections 184.840 to 184.880. Such funds may be derived from any funding method which is authorized by sections 184.800 to 184.880 and from any other source, including but not limited to funds from federal sources, the state of Missouri or an agency thereof, a political subdivision of the state or private sources.
2. The general assembly may annually for a period of twenty years after January 1, 2013, make appropriations from general revenue to a district which is created pursuant to the provisions of sections 184.800 to 184.880.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 21, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1905, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.847 - Admission fee authorized, rate — deposit in special trust fund.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
184.847. Admission fee authorized, rate — deposit in special trust fund. —
1. The board of a district may impose an admissions fee on every person, firm, association, company or partnership of whatever form offering or managing any form of entertainment, amusement, athletic or other commercial or nonprofit event or venue for which admission is charged and which is presented within the district. The fee shall be at a rate of no more than one dollar per seat or admission sold. This fee is in addition to any state or local tax. Such admission fee may be imposed for any museum and cultural purpose designated by the board of the museum and cultural district. If the resolution is adopted, the board of the district may submit the question of whether to impose such admission fee authorized by this section to the qualified voters, who shall have the same voting interests as with the election of members of the board of the district. The question shall specify the particular types of events or venues that shall be subject to such admission fee.
2. The admission fee authorized by this section shall become effective on the first day of the second calendar quarter following the adoption of the admission fee by the qualified voters.
3. All revenue received by a museum and cultural district from the admission fee authorized by this section shall be deposited into a special trust fund and shall be used solely for such designated purpose. All funds remaining in the special trust fund shall continue to be used solely for such designated museum or cultural purpose. Any funds in such special trust fund which are not needed for current expenditures may be invested by the board of directors in accordance with applicable laws relating to the investment of other museum and cultural district funds.
4. On and after the effective date of any admission fee imposed pursuant to this section, the museum and cultural district shall perform all functions incident to the administration, collection, enforcement, and operation of the admission fee. The admission fee imposed under this section shall be collected and reported upon such forms and under such administrative rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the museum and cultural district.
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(L. 2013 S.B. 23)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.850 - Powers of district.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
184.850. Powers of district. —
1. A district may contract and incur obligations appropriate to accomplish its purposes.
2. A district may enter into any lease or lease-purchase agreement for or with respect to any real or personal property necessary or convenient for its purposes.
3. A district may enter into operating agreements and/or management agreements to operate a museum or cultural asset or carry out any other authorized purposes or functions of the district.
4. A district may borrow money for its purposes at such rates of interest as the district may determine.
5. A district may issue bonds, notes and other obligations, and may secure any of such obligations by mortgage, pledge, assignment, security agreement or deed of trust of any or all of the property and income of the district, subject to the restrictions provided in sections 184.800 to 184.880. The district shall also have the power and authority to secure financing on the issuance of bonds for financing through another political subdivision or an agency of the state.
6. A district may enter into labor agreements, establish all bid conditions, decide all contract awards, pay all contractors and generally supervise the construction of a museum or cultural asset project.
7. A district may hire employees, enter leases and contracts, and otherwise take such actions and enter into such agreements as are necessary or incidental to the ownership, operation, and maintenance of each museum and each cultural asset within the district.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 21, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.865 - Contracts with other political subdivisions or other entities.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
184.865. Contracts with other political subdivisions or other entities. —
The district may contract with a federal agency, a state or its agencies and political subdivisions, a corporation, partnership or limited partnership, limited liability company, or individual regarding funding, promotion, planning, designing, constructing, improving, maintaining, or operating any museum or cultural asset within the district or to assist in such activity.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 21, A.L. 2013 S.B. 23)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.870 - Additional powers of district.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• Effective - 07 Jul 1997, see footnote
184.870. Additional powers of district. —
In addition to all other powers granted by sections 184.800 to 184.880 the district shall have the following general powers:
(1) To sue and be sued in its own name, and to receive service of process, which shall be served upon the district secretary;
(2) To fix compensation of its employees and contractors;
(3) To purchase any personal property necessary or convenient for its activities;
(4) To collect and disburse funds for its activities; and
(5) To exercise such other implied powers necessary or convenient for the district to accomplish its purposes which are not inconsistent with its express powers.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 21)
Effective 7-7-97
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials › Section 184.880 - Insurance.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 184
• Effective - 07 Jul 1997, see footnote
184.880. Insurance. —
1. The district may obtain such insurance as it deems appropriate, considering its legal limits of liability, to protect itself, its officers and its employees from any potential liability and may also obtain such other types of insurance as it deems necessary to protect against loss of its real or personal property of any kind. The cost of this insurance shall be charged against the project.
2. The district may also require contractors performing construction or maintenance work on the project and companies providing operational and management services to obtain liability insurance having the district, its directors and employees as additional named insureds.
3. The district shall not attempt to self-insure for its potential liabilities unless it finds that it has sufficient funds available to cover any anticipated judgments or settlements and still complete its project without interruption. The district may self-insure if it is unable to obtain liability insurance coverage at a rate which is economically feasible to the district, considering its resources.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 21)
Effective 7-7-97
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 185 - State Council on the Arts › Section 185.010 - State council on the arts created — appointment of members.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 185
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
185.010. State council on the arts created — appointment of members. —
There is hereby created and established a state commission, to be known as the "Missouri State Council on the Arts", to consist of fifteen members, broadly representative of all fields of the performing and fine arts, to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate from among citizens of Missouri who are widely known for their professional competence and experience in connection with the performing and fine arts. In making such appointments, due consideration shall be given to the recommendations made by representative civic, educational and professional associations and groups, concerned with or engaged in the production or presentation of the performing and fine arts generally.
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(L. 1965 p. 314 § 1)
CROSS REFERENCE:
State council on the arts, transferred to office of lieutenant governor, 620.010
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 185 - State Council on the Arts › Section 185.020 - Terms of members — chairman — vacancies.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 185
Effective - 28 Aug 1965
185.020. Terms of members — chairman — vacancies. —
The term of office of each member shall be five years; provided, however, that of the members first appointed, three shall be appointed for terms of one year, three for terms of two years, three for terms of three years, three for terms of four years and three for terms of five years. Other than the chairman, no member of the council who serves a full five-year term shall be eligible for reappointment during a one-year period following the expiration of his term. The governor shall designate a chairman and a vice chairman from the members of the council, to serve as such at the pleasure of the governor. The chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the council. All vacancies shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments. The members of the council shall not receive any compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the council.
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(L. 1965 p. 314 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 185 - State Council on the Arts › Section 185.030 - Chairman may employ staff.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 185
Effective - 28 Aug 1965
185.030. Chairman may employ staff. —
The chairman may employ, with the approval of the council, such officers, experts and other employees as may be needed and shall fix their compensation within the amounts made available for such purposes.
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(L. 1965 p. 314 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 185 - State Council on the Arts › Section 185.040 - Powers of council — china painting to be recognized as fine art.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 185
Effective - 28 Aug 1993
185.040. Powers of council — china painting to be recognized as fine art. —
1. The duties of the council shall be:
(1) To stimulate and encourage throughout the state the study and presentation of the performing and fine arts and public interest and participation therein;
(2) To make such surveys as may be deemed advisable of public and private institutions engaged within the state in artistic and cultural activities, including, but not limited to, music, theater, dance, painting, sculpture, architecture, and allied arts and crafts, and to make recommendations concerning appropriate methods to encourage participation in and appreciation of the arts to meet the legitimate needs and aspirations of persons in all parts of the state;
(3) To take such steps as may be necessary and appropriate to encourage public interest in the cultural heritage of our state and to expand the state's cultural resources; and
(4) To encourage and assist freedom of artistic expression essential for the well-being of the arts.
2. China painting, which is the overglaze decoration of china, is recognized and declared by the general assembly to be a fine art.
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(L. 1965 p. 314 § 4, A.L. 1993 H.B. 866)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 185 - State Council on the Arts › Section 185.050 - Powers of council.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 185
Effective - 28 Aug 1965
185.050. Powers of council. —
The council is hereby authorized and empowered to hold public and private hearings, to enter into contracts, within the limit of funds available therefor, with individuals, organizations and institutions for services furthering the educational objectives of the council's programs; to enter into contracts, within the limit of funds available therefor, with local and regional associations for cooperative endeavors furthering the educational objectives of the council's programs; to accept gifts, contributions and bequests of unrestricted funds from individuals, foundations, corporations and other organizations or institutions for the purpose of furthering the educational objectives of the council's programs; to make and sign any agreements and to do and perform any acts that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The council may request from any department, division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state such assistance and data as will enable it properly to carry out its powers and duties hereunder.
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(L. 1965 p. 314 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 185 - State Council on the Arts › Section 185.060 - Council designated to receive and disburse federal funds.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 185
Effective - 28 Aug 1965
185.060. Council designated to receive and disburse federal funds. —
The council is the official agency of this state to receive and disburse any funds made available by the federal government for programs related to the performing and fine arts.
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(L. 1965 p. 314 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 185 - State Council on the Arts › Section 185.070 - Missouri historical theater established — definitions — administration, criteria — certificate, list of theaters designated — rulemaking authority.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 185
Effective - 28 Aug 2019
185.070. Missouri historical theater established — definitions — administration, criteria — certificate, list of theaters designated — rulemaking authority. —
1. There is hereby established the designation of "Missouri Historical Theater".
2. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Missouri state council on the arts"
or
"council"
, as established in section 185.010;
(2)
"Theater"
, a 501(c)(3) organization that produces plays, musicals, and other dramatic performances.
3. The council shall administer the Missouri historical theater program including, but not limited to, creating application forms, establishing a time line for applications, announcing theaters receiving the designation, creating a process to ensure theaters who receive the designation maintain eligibility, and establishing an application fee to cover the costs of administering the program and providing the certificate in subsection 5 of this section.
4. The council shall use the following criteria to determine which theaters should receive the state historical theater designation:
(1) The theater is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization;
(2) The theater produces a minimum of three shows open to the public each year;
(3) The extent to which the theater contributes to tourism in Missouri;
(4) The extent to which the theater promotes the arts in its community and throughout Missouri; and
(5) The theater has been operational for a minimum of fifty years.
5. All theaters selected for the state historical theater designation shall receive a certificate, suitable for framing, from the council.
6. Each year, the council shall provide a list of theaters that have the state historical theater designation to the division of tourism.
7. With the advice of the Missouri state council on the arts, the director of the department of economic development may promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2019, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2019 H.B. 266 merged with S.B. 210)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 185 - State Council on the Arts › Section 185.100 - Missouri arts council trust fund created — board of trustees created — council to support certain activities — funds not to lapse into general fund.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 185
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
185.100. Missouri arts council trust fund created — board of trustees created — council to support certain activities — funds not to lapse into general fund. —
1. There is hereby established a special trust fund, to be known as the "Missouri Arts Council Trust Fund", which shall consist of all moneys transferred to the fund by the board of trustees established in this section, moneys transferred to the fund pursuant to section 143.183, and any earnings resulting from the investment of moneys in the fund. The fund shall be administered by a board of trustees, consisting of the state treasurer, two members of the senate appointed by the president pro tem of the senate, two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house, and the members of the Missouri arts council. Any member appointed due to such person's membership in the senate, house of representatives or arts council shall serve only as long as such person holds the office referenced in this section. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in a manner as provided by law. Subject to appropriations, moneys in the fund shall be used solely for the promotion of the arts in Missouri and for the administrative costs of the Missouri arts council. The provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary notwithstanding, money in the Missouri arts council trust fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of the general revenue fund.
2. The Missouri arts council shall support and maintain activities which demonstrate, exhibit, or celebrate the contributions of African-Americans and other minorities.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 759 & 772 § 6, A.L. 1994 S.B. 477, et al., A.L. 1996 H.B. 1244)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 185 - State Council on the Arts › Section 185.200 - Legislative findings.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 185
• Effective - 01 Jul 2006, see footnote
185.200. Legislative findings. —
The general assembly, giving due consideration to the historical and continuing interest of the people of the state of Missouri in encouraging the educational and cultural enrichment of its residents, finds that public television stations, especially with local programming, contribute significantly to such enrichment, are a valuable state resource, and consequently that support of public television is an important public purpose.
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(L. 2006 S.B. 870)
Effective 7-01-06
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 185 - State Council on the Arts › Section 185.205 - Definitions.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 185
• Effective - 01 Jul 2006, see footnote
185.205. Definitions. —
As used in sections 185.200 to 185.230, the term
"public television station"
means a television broadcasting station operating as of January 1, 1980, under authority of Section 73.621 of the Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations as a noncommercial educational or public television station, owned and operated by a political subdivision of this state, an educational institution of this state, or by a not-for-profit corporation, accepting or broadcasting no commercial messages, and receiving all or part of its operating revenues from public funds, federal funds, donations or grants, or public subscriptions.
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(L. 2006 S.B. 870)
Effective 7-01-06
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 185 - State Council on the Arts › Section 185.210 - Appropriation of funds for grants to public television stations, requirements, use of funds, amounts for grants, unused funds returned to state.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 185
• Effective - 01 Jul 2006, see footnote
185.210. Appropriation of funds for grants to public television stations, requirements, use of funds, amounts for grants, unused funds returned to state. —
The general assembly may appropriate funds to the state council on the arts for use as grants to public television stations. Such grants shall be distributed to each of the public television stations in this state after receipt of the station's certification of operating and programming expenses for the prior fiscal year. Certification shall consist of the most recent fiscal year financial statement submitted by a station to the corporation for public broadcasting. At least twenty percent of the state funds received under sections 185.200 to 185.230 by any public television station shall be used for instructional television services to be provided through local agreements. A substantial portion of the state funds received under this or any other act by any public television station shall be used for local programming related to the needs and problems of the community served by the broadcast licensee. The grants shall be divided into two categories, an annual basic service grant and an operating grant. The basic service grant shall be equal to thirty-five percent of the total amount appropriated and shall be divided equally among the public television stations receiving grants. The remaining amount of the appropriation shall be distributed as an operating grant to the stations on the basis of the proportion that the total operating expenses of the individual station in the prior fiscal year bears to the aggregate total of operating expenses for the same fiscal year for all Missouri public television stations receiving state grants. State funds received by a public television station under sections 185.200 to 185.230 and not expended shall be returned to the state of Missouri.
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(L. 2006 S.B. 870)
Effective 7-01-06
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 185 - State Council on the Arts › Section 185.215 - Limitation on funding percentage.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 185
• Effective - 01 Jul 2006, see footnote
185.215. Limitation on funding percentage. —
The amount of any state funding provided by sections 185.200 to 185.230 shall not exceed thirty percent of the operating expenditures for the previous year of the public television station receiving said grant.
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(L. 2006 S.B. 870)
Effective 7-01-06
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XI - Education and Libraries › Chapter 185 - State Council on the Arts › Section 185.220 - Application and certification of expenses required.

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 185
• Effective - 01 Jul 2006, see footnote
185.220. Application and certification of expenses required. —
Eligible public television stations desiring to receive grants under the provisions of sections 185.200 to 185.230 shall make an annual application to the state council on the arts and submit a certification of its actual operating and programming expenses for the previous fiscal year.
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(L. 2006 S.B. 870)
Effective 7-01-06