Missouri Statute | Act | Code |Education And Libraries| US Code - US Statute | Chapter 184 Museums--metropolitan Park Districts And Memorials

1. *The department of natural resources shall maintain a
Missouri state museum which shall be a conservational and historical
museum in which shall be collected and displayed such exhibits of the
products of the mines, mills, fields and forests of this state and such
other articles and products as will display the natural resources of this
state and their utilization as the department may deem necessary and
expedient. The department shall design and install necessary cases,
racks, tables and other equipment desirable to the purposes of the
exhibits.

2. The department shall appoint a director of the state museum, who shall
have such duties and responsibilities as the department may direct.

3. The board of public buildings shall designate such part of the first
and second floor of the capitol building as it thinks advisable to be
used as a part of the Missouri state museum and shall also designate a
wing or section of such space to be known as the Missouri soldiers and
sailors' memorial hall.

4. The department shall coordinate its activities relating to the museum
with those of the board of public buildings in the use and utilization of
the corridors, halls, walls, and other space within the state capitol
building as may be necessary for the display and exhibits of the museum
and the memorial hall.

5. The department shall receive from the adjutant general all matters and
records pertaining to Missouri soldiers, sailors and marines serving in
all wars declared by the United States, including such inscriptions and
tablets as may be desirable and available. (L. 1943 p. 978 § 10b, A. 1949
S.B. 1049)

*See Reorganization Plan No. 12 of 1976, on file with the Secretary of
State.

1. Any administrative board of control of an art museum may
contract to furnish the use of the facilities or services of the
institution it operates and maintains to any incorporated city,
incorporated village, school district or county in this state, or to the
citizens or residents of any such city, village, school district or
county, whether or not such city, village, school district or county
maintains an art museum.

2. Any incorporated city, incorporated village, school district or county
may contract with the administrative board of control of any art museum
for the use of the facilities or services of any institution operated and
maintained by such administrative board of control, such use to be by or
for the benefit of the citizens or residents of any political subdivision
herein named.

3. Any contract entered into hereunder shall be made and performed
pursuant to the provisions of sections 70.210 to 70.230, RSMo, both
inclusive. It shall define the nature and extent of the use of the
facility or service and the compensation to be paid therefor.

4. Payments contracted for under the provisions of any contract executed
under the provisions of this section are authorized to be paid from the
general revenues of any city, village or county or from the incidental
fund of any school district, and shall be paid from any such funds that
may be available for such purposes. (L. 1963 p. 357 §§ 1 to 4)

Sections 184.101 to 184.122 shall be known and may be cited as
the "Museum Property Act". (L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 1)

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As used in sections 184.102 to 184.122, unless the context
requires otherwise, the following terms mean:

(1) "Claimant", a person who files a notice of intent to preserve an
interest in property on loan to a museum as provided in section 184.114;

(2) "Claimant's address", the most recent address as shown on a notice of
intent to preserve an interest in property on loan to a museum, or notice
of change of address, which notice is on file with the museum;

(3) "Director", the director of the department of economic development;

(4) "Lender", a person whose name appears on the records of a museum as
the person legally entitled to, or claiming to be legally entitled to,
property held or owing by the museum;

(5) "Lender's address", the most recent address of the lender as shown on
the museum's records pertaining to the property on loan from the lender;

(6) "Loan", a deposit of property to a museum that is not accompanied by
a transfer of title to the property;

(7) "Museum", an institution located in this state and operated by a
permanent nonprofit corporation, trust association, or public agency,
operated primarily for educational, scientific, historical preservation
or aesthetic purposes, which owns, borrows, cares for, studies, archives,
or exhibits property. "Museum" includes, but is not limited to,
libraries, botanical gardens, zoos, nature centers, planetariums,
technology centers, arboretums, historic sites, art centers, and history,
natural history and art museums;

(8) "Person", an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, estate, or
association;

(9) "Property", a document or tangible object, animate or inanimate, in
the custody of a museum, that has intrinsic historic, artistic,
scientific, or cultural value;

(10) "Restricted certified mail", certified mail which carries on its
face, in a conspicuous place where it will not be obliterated, the
endorsement "deliver to addressee only", and for which the post office
provides the sender with a return receipt showing the date of delivery,
the place of delivery and the person to whom delivered; and

(11) "Undocumented property", property in the possession of a museum for
which the museum cannot determine the owner by reference to the museum's
records. (L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 2)

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1. In addition to any other information prescribed for a
particular notice, all notices given by a museum pursuant to sections
184.101 to 184.122 shall contain the following information:

(1) The lender's or claimant's name;

(2) The lender's or claimant's last known address;

(3) A brief description of the property on loan to the museum referenced
in the notice;

(4) The date of the loan, if known, or the approximate date of
acquisition of the property;

(5) The name of the museum; and

(6) The name, address, and telephone number of the appropriate official
or office to be contacted regarding the property.

2. All notices given by a museum pursuant to sections 184.101 to 184.122
shall be mailed by restricted certified mail to the lender's or
claimant's last known address shown on the museum's records. Notice is
deemed given as of the date of receipt by the lender or claimant if the
museum receives proof of receipt by the lender or claimant within thirty
days after mailing the notice.

3. If, after a diligent search of its records, the museum does not know
the identity of the lender, or does not have an address for the lender or
claimant, or if proof of receipt is not received by the museum within
thirty days of mailing a notice under subsection 2 of this section,
notice is deemed given if the museum publishes notice at least once each
week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in
both the county, or city if appropriate, in which the museum is located
and the county, or city if appropriate, of the lender's or claimant's
last address, if known. The date of a notice under this subsection shall
be the date of the second published notice. For purposes of this section,
a museum is located in the county, or city if appropriate, in which it
has its principal place of business, or, if a loan of property was made
to a branch of a museum in the county, or city if appropriate, in which
the branch is located. (L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 3)

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1. Unless there is a written loan agreement to the contrary, a
museum may apply conservation measures to or dispose of property on loan
to the museum without the lender's or claimant's permission and without
giving formal notice to the lender or claimant, if immediate action is
required to protect the property on loan or other property in the custody
of the museum or if the property on loan is a hazard to the health and
safety of the public or the museum's staff, and if one of the following
applies:

(1) The museum is unable to contact the lender or claimant at the
lender's or claimant's last address of record if action is to be taken
within more than three days but less than one week from the time the
museum determined action was necessary;

(2) The museum is unable to contact the lender or claimant at the
lender's or claimant's last address or telephone number of record prior
to taking action if the action is to be taken within three days or less
from the time the museum determined action was necessary; or

(3) The lender or claimant does not respond within five days from the day
the lender or claimant is contacted by the museum or will not agree to
the protective measures the museum recommends, and does not terminate the
loan and retrieve the property.

2. If a museum applies conservation measures to or disposes of property
under this section or with the agreement of the lender or claimant,
unless the loan agreement provides otherwise, the museum:

(1) Shall have a lien on the property and on the proceeds of any
disposition of the property for the costs incurred by the museum in
applying conservation measures or disposing of the property under this
section; and

(2) Shall not be liable to the lender or claimant for injury to or loss
of the property if the museum:

(a) Had a reasonable belief at the time the action was taken that the
action was necessary to protect the property on loan or other property in
the custody of the museum or that the property on loan was a hazard to
the health and safety of the public or the museum staff; and

(b) Exercised reasonable care in choosing and applying conservation
measures or disposal methods. (L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 4)

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A museum shall give the lender or claimant written notice of any
known injury to or loss of loaned property, in the form required under
this section. The director shall adopt by rule a form of notice of injury
or loss, no later than December 31, 1991, and shall distribute the rule
and form to all identified museums in this state within sixty days after
the promulgation of the rule. The notice shall be mailed to the lender's
or claimant's last address of record within thirty days after the date on
which the injury or loss is first known by the museum. Published notice
of injury to or loss of undocumented property shall not be required. (L.
1991 S.B. 344 § 5)

Effective 12-31-91

1. A museum may give the lender or claimant notice of the
museum's intent to terminate a loan of property at any time after:

(1) The date on which the property was loaned to the museum for an
indefinite term, if the property has been in the custody of the museum
for at least seven years and, during that time, the museum received no
written contact from the lender concerning the loaned property, as
evidenced in the museum's records; or

(2) The date on which a loan of property for a specified time expired, if
the property has been in the custody of the museum for at least seven
years.

2. A notice of intent to terminate a loan shall include a statement
containing substantially the following information:

"The records of ................ (name of museum) indicate that you have
property on loan to it. The museum wishes to terminate the loan. You must
contact the museum in writing, establish your ownership of the property,
and make arrangements to collect the property. If you fail to do so
within ninety days after the date of this notice, you will be considered
to have donated the property to the museum."

3. If the lender or claimant does not respond to the notice of intent to
terminate provided by the museum under this section within ninety days
after the date of the last notice by filing with the museum a notice of
intent to preserve interest in loaned property, the museum shall acquire
title to the property. (L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 6)

Effective 12-31-91

1. A museum may acquire title to undocumented property in the
custody of the museum for at least seven years if, during that time, the
museum received no valid claim or written contact from any person, as
evidenced in the museum's records, by giving notice of acquisition of
title to undocumented property under this section.

2. A notice of acquisition of title shall include a statement containing
substantially the following information:

"The records of ................... (name of museum) do not indicate the
owner of record of certain property in its possession. The museum intends
to acquire title to the property described below:
............................................ (general description of the
property). If you claim ownership or other legal interest in this
property you must contact the museum in writing, establish your ownership
of the property, and make arrangements to collect the property. If you
fail to make written contact within ninety days after the date of this
notice, you will be considered to have waived any claim you may have to
the property."

3. If a person does not respond to the notice of acquisition of title to
undocumented property within ninety days after the date of the last
notice by filing a notice of intent to preserve an interest in property
on loan, the museum's title to the property shall become incontestable
under section 184.116. (L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 7)

Effective 12-31-91

1. A notice of intent to preserve an interest in property on
loan to a museum filed pursuant to sections 184.101 to 184.122 shall be
in writing and shall be filed with the museum within ninety days after
the date of the notice given by the museum pursuant to section 184.111 or
184.112. Notice of intent to preserve an interest shall be deemed filed
with the museum on the date it is received by the museum. Filing of the
notice does not validate or make enforceable any claim which would be
extinguished under the terms of a written loan agreement or which would
otherwise be invalid or unenforceable. The notice of intent to preserve
an interest in loaned property shall be effective for two years after it
is filed with the museum. The museum shall notify the lender by
restricted certified mail within thirty days after the expiration of the
initial two-year period covered by the notice of intent to preserve an
interest. The lender or claimant may extend his intent to preserve an
interest for two years by filing another notice in accordance with this
section.

2. A notice of intent to preserve an interest in loaned property shall
contain the following information:

(1) A description of the property adequate to enable the museum to
identify the property;

(2) Documentation sufficient to establish the claimant as the true owner
of the property;

(3) A statement attesting to the truth, to the best of the claimant's
knowledge, of all information included in or with the notice of intent to
preserve an interest in loaned property;

(4) The signature, under penalty of perjury, of the claimant or a person
authorized to act on behalf of the claimant.

3. The museum need not retain a notice to preserve an interest in
property that does not meet the requirements set forth in subsections 1
and 2 of this section. The museum may notify the claimant at the address
given on the notice of intent to preserve an interest in property that
the museum believes the notice is ineffective to preserve an interest in
the property, and the reasons for the insufficiency. The claimant may
file with the museum an amended notice of intent to preserve an interest
in the property within the later of the time remaining to file a notice
or twenty days after the date of notification of ineffectiveness.
Retention by the museum of a notice under section 184.121 does not mean
that the museum accepts the sufficiency or accuracy of the notice or that
the notice is effective to preserve an interest in property on loan to
the museum.

4. The director shall adopt by rule a form of notice of intent to
preserve an interest in property on loan to a museum. The form shall
satisfy the requirements of subsection 1 of this section and shall notify
the claimant of the rights and procedures to preserve an interest in
museum property. The form shall also facilitate record keeping and record
retrieval by a museum. At a minimum, the form shall provide a place for
recording evidence of receipt of a notice by a museum, including the date
of receipt, signature of the person receiving the notice, and the date on
which a copy of the receipt is returned to the claimant.

5. Sections 184.101 to 184.114 shall become effective December 31, 1991.
(L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 8)

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1. No action for damages shall be brought against a museum
because of injury to or loss of property on loan to the museum more than
two years from the date the museum gives the lender or claimant notice of
the injury or loss or five years from the date of the injury or loss,
whichever occurs earlier.

2. No action to recover property on loan shall be brought against a
museum more than one year from the date the museum gives the lender or
claimant notice of intent to terminate the loan or notice of acquisition
of title to undocumented property, or more than five years from the date
a notice of intent to preserve an interest in the property was filed with
the museum by the lender or claimant, whichever occurs earlier.

3. A lender or claimant is considered to have donated loaned property to
the museum if the lender or claimant fails to file an action to recover
the property on loan to the museum within the periods specified in
subsections 1 and 2 of this section.

4. A person who purchases property from a museum acquires good and valid
title to the property if the museum represents to the person that it has
acquired title to the property pursuant to sections 184.101 to 184.122.

5. Notwithstanding subsections 3 and 4 of this section, a lender or
claimant who was not given notice of intent to terminate a loan or notice
of acquisition of title as provided in sections 184.111 and 184.112,
respectively, and who proves that the museum received from the lender or
claimant an adequate notice of intent to preserve an interest in loaned
property, which satisfies all of the requirements of section 184.114,
within the seven years immediately preceding the filing of an action to
recover the property, may bring an action to recover the property or, if
the property has been disposed of, the reasonable value of the property
at the time it was disposed of plus interest at the legal rate.

6. A museum is not liable at any time, in the absence of a court order,
for returning property to the original lender, even if a claimant other
than the lender has filed a notice of intent to preserve an interest in
property. If persons claim competing interests in property in the custody
of a museum, the burden is upon the claimants to prove their interest in
an action in equity initiated by a claimant. A museum is not liable at
any time for returning property to an uncontested claimant who produced
reasonable proof of ownership pursuant to section 184.114.

7. This section shall become effective July 1, 1992. (L. 1991 S.B. 344 §
9)

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In order to take title pursuant to sections 184.101 to 184.122,
a museum has the following obligations to a lender or claimant:

(1) The museum shall retain all written records regarding the property
for at least three years from the date of taking title pursuant to
sections 184.101 to 184.122;

(2) The museum shall keep written records of all loaned property acquired
pursuant to section 184.111 or 184.112. Records maintained under this
subsection shall contain the following information, as available:

(a) The lender's name, address, and phone number;

(b) The claimant's name, address, and phone number;

(c) The nature and terms of the loan;

(d) The beginning date of the loan period, if known;

(3) On or after December 31, 1991, a museum accepting a loan of property
for an indefinite term or for a term of seven years or longer shall
inform the lender in writing at the time of the loan of the provisions of
sections 184.101 to 184.122. A copy of the form notice prescribed in
section 184.114 or a citation to the provisions of sections 184.101 to
184.122 shall fulfill this obligation;

(4) The museum is responsible for notifying a lender or claimant of the
museum's change of address or dissolution. (L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 10)

1. On or after December 31, 1991, a museum shall, at a minimum,
maintain and retain the following records, either originals or accurate
copies, for a period of not less than twenty-five years:

(1) A notice of intent to preserve an interest in property provided
pursuant to section 184.114;

(2) The loan agreement, if any, and a receipt or ledger for property on
loan to the museum;

(3) A receipt or ledger for property delivered by the museum to lender or
claimant;

(4) Records containing the following information, as available, for
property in the custody of the museum:

(a) The lender's name, address, and telephone number;

(b) The claimant's name, address, and telephone number;

(c) The donor's name, address, and telephone number;

(d) The seller's name, address, and telephone number;

(e) The nature and terms of the transaction;

(f) The beginning date of the loan period, the transaction date, or the
date of acquisition of the property.

2. The director may by rule determine the minimum form and substance of
record keeping by museums with regard to museum property to implement
sections 184.101 to 184.122. (L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 11)

1. The lender or claimant of property on loan to a museum shall
notify the museum of a change of address or change in ownership of the
property. Failure to notify the museum of these changes may result in the
lender's or claimant's loss of rights in the property.

2. The lender or claimant of property on loan to a museum may file with
the museum a notice of intent to preserve an interest in the property as
provided for in section 184.114. The filing of a notice of intent to
preserve an interest in property on loan to a museum does not validate or
make enforceable any claim which would be extinguished under the terms of
a written agreement, or which would otherwise be invalid or
unenforceable. (L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 12)

The provisions of sections 184.101 to 184.122, to the extent
applicable, shall supersede the provisions of the lost and unclaimed
property act, sections 447.010 to 447.595, RSMo. (L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 13)

In appreciation of the services rendered by the citizen soldiery
of Missouri in the war against Germany and her allies and for the purpose
of preserving the records and perpetuating the memory of their heroic
achievements, a memorial building, monument or other suitable testimonial
shall be erected or placed in each of the counties of the state and in
cities not part of a county. Such memorial may be a building or a
monument or in the form of tablets suitably inscribed and placed in some
building at the county seat of such counties or at such places designated
by the county commissions of said county and in said cities not part of a
county. The exact nature of such memorial shall be determined by the
county commission of the county or by the municipal assembly of said
city. (RSMo 1939 § 15444)

Prior revision: 1929 § 14320

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections
184.250 to 184.270 the county commissions of the several counties and the
municipal assemblies of the said cities are authorized to erect said
buildings, monuments or tablets and to do all things necessary to carry
out the provisions of sections 184.250 to 184.270. Such county
commissions and municipal assemblies are hereby authorized to appropriate
funds for such purpose and to receive, manage and expend funds donated
for such purpose and to make all contracts and purchases, including the
acquiring of real estate, necessary in the premises. It shall be the duty
of the county commissions of the several counties and of the municipal
assemblies of said cities, under the supervision and with the assistance
of the adjutant general and in the form to be prescribed by him, to
collect and file in such memorial building, or in the office of the
county clerk of such county or other suitable place designated by the
county commission, or in such place as may be designated by the municipal
assemblies of said cities a record of the soldiers, sailors and marines
who, as citizens of said county or city, served in the war against
Germany and her allies and it shall be the duty of said county clerk and
of the custodian designated by the municipal assembly of said city to
safely keep and preserve such records properly indexed for ready
reference thereto. (RSMo 1939 § 15445)

Prior revision: 1929 § 14321

When the county commission of any county or the mayor of said
city shall certify to the governor that it has appropriated or raised the
sum of not less than two hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of sections 184.250 to 184.270, a like sum,
not to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars shall be allotted said
county or city for such purpose from the appropriation herein made. (RSMo
1939 § 15446)

Prior revision: 1929 § 14322

CROSS REFERENCE: Memorial airports, state aid for, RSMo 305.230

The county commissions of the several counties of this state are
hereby authorized to purchase land, establish, construct and maintain a
public war memorial and community building and may issue bonds therefor
in accordance with the general law governing the issuance of bonds by
counties. (L. 1945 p. 1316 § 1)

Any county in this state shall be eligible to receive state
financial aid to be paid from moneys appropriated therefor upon
certification to the governor by the county commission that such county
has available an adequate sum of money to be used for the purchase or
erection and the operation of a county memorial hospital, or a memorial
addition to an existing county hospital, commemorating the services of
our armed forces during World War II and upon certification to the
governor by the director of the department of health and senior services
that the purchase or erection and operation of the proposed county
memorial hospital, or a memorial addition to an existing county hospital,
is, in his judgment, in the interest of public health and welfare and
that sufficient funds are available to finance not only the purchase or
erection of the memorial hospital, or a memorial addition to an existing
county hospital, but also the operation of such hospital. State financial
aid allocated to a county eligible for aid under the provisions of this
section shall be equivalent to the amount of money actually expended by
the county in the purchase or erection of a memorial hospital, or a
memorial addition to an existing county hospital, but in no case shall
such state financial aid to any county exceed ten thousand dollars. (L.
1947 V. II p. 333 § 1, A.L. 1971 S.B. 163)

1. Whenever qualified voters representing five percent of the
votes cast at the last preceding election for governor in any
constitutional charter city not located within a county and qualified
voters representing five percent of the votes cast at the last preceding
election for governor in a constitutional charter county adjoining such
city shall file verified petitions for the establishment of a
metropolitan zoological park and museum district, comprising a zoological
subdistrict, and art museum subdistrict or a St. Louis Science Center
subdistrict with the respective election officials of such city and
county, respectively, requesting such election officials to submit a
proposition for the establishment of a metropolitan zoological park and
museum district comprised of a zoological subdistrict, and art museum
subdistrict and a St. Louis Science Center subdistrict at the next
general or primary election for the election of state officers or special
election for the submission of such proposition, such election officials
shall communicate to their corresponding counterparts and the chief
executive officers of the respective city and county the fact a verified
petition has been filed. At such time that both election officials have
received the verified petitions described above, then such officials
shall submit the above described proposition or propositions to the
qualified voters of such city and county at the next general or primary
election for the election of state officers or special election. Such
election officials shall give legal notice at least sixty days prior to
such general or primary election or special election in at least two
newspapers that such proposition or propositions shall be submitted at
the next general or primary election or special election held for
submission of this proposition.

2. Such proposition shall be submitted to the voters in substantially the
following form at such election:

Shall there be established a Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum
District comprising the City of ...... and the County of ...... which
district shall consist of all or any one of the following subdistricts:

a. Zoological Subdistrict with a tax rate not in excess of four cents on
each $100 of assessed valuation of all taxable property within the
district.

FOR AGAINST

b. Art Museum Subdistrict with a tax rate not in excess of four cents on
each $100 of assessed valuation of taxable property within the district.

FOR AGAINST

c. St. Louis Science Center Subdistrict with a tax rate not in excess of
one cent on each $100 of assessed valuation of taxable property within
the district.

FOR AGAINST

3. In the event that a majority of the voters voting on such propositions
in such city and the majority of voters voting on such propositions in
such county at said election cast votes "FOR" one or more of the
propositions, then the district shall be deemed established and the tax
rate, as established by the board, for such subdistrict shall be deemed
in full force and effect as of the first day of the year following the
year of said election. The results of the aforesaid election shall be
certified by the election officials of such city and county,
respectively, to the respective chief executive officers of such city and
county not less than thirty days after the day of election. In the event
one or more of the propositions shall fail to receive a majority of the
votes "FOR" in either the city or the county, then such proposition shall
not be resubmitted at any election held within one year of the date of
the election the proposition was rejected. Any such resubmissions of one
or more of such propositions shall substantially comply with the
provisions of sections 184.350 to 184.384.

4. All costs of the election shall be paid as provided by sections
115.063 and 115.065, RSMo. (L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 23 § 1, A.L. 1985
H.B. 620, A.L. 1989 H.B. 116, et al.)

1. The board of directors of any metropolitan zoological park
and museum district, as established pursuant to the provisions of
sections 184.350 to 184.384, on behalf of the district may request the
election officials of any city and county containing all or part of such
district to submit a proposition to increase the maximum tax rate for the
St. Louis Science Center subdistrict set in section 184.350, to the
qualified voters of such district at any general or primary or special
election. Such election officials shall give legal notice as provided in
chapter 115, RSMo.

2. Such proposition shall be submitted to the voters in substantially the
following form at such election:

Shall the Zoological Park and Museum District of the City of . . . . . .
. . . and County of . . . . . . . . be authorized to increase the St.
Louis Science Center Subdistrict to a tax rate not in excess of six cents
on each $100 of assessed valuation of taxable property within the
district for the purpose of operating, maintaining and otherwise
financially supporting the subdistrict? The tax rate shall be set
annually by the board based on the budget submitted by the St. Louis
Science Center and approved by the board. This rate shall replace the
present tax rate of . . . . . cent for the St. Louis Science Center
Subdistrict.

YES NO

3. In the event that a majority of the voters voting on such proposition
in such city and the majority of voters voting on such proposition in
such county at such election cast votes "YES" for the proposition, then
the tax rate for such subdistrict shall be deemed in full force and
effect as of the first day of the second month following the election.
The results of the aforesaid election shall be certified by the election
officials of such city and county, respectively, to the respective chief
executive officers of such city and county not less than thirty days
after the day on which such election was held. All costs of the election
shall be paid as provided by sections 115.063 and 115.065, RSMo. In the
event the proposition shall fail to receive a majority of the votes "YES"
in either the city or the county, then such proposition shall not be
resubmitted at any election held within one year of the date of the
election at which such proposition was rejected. (L. 1979 S.B. 337 § 1,
A.L. 1982 S.B. 711, A.L. 1984 S.B. 628, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L.
1989 H.B. 116, et al.)

The following terms whenever used or referred to in sections
184.350 to 184.384 shall unless a different intent clearly appears from
the context be construed to have the following meaning:

(1) "African-American history museum and cultural subdistrict" shall
consist of a political subdistrict which shall provide for the
collection, preservation, and exhibition of items relating to the history
and culture of African-Americans, more specifically for interpretation
through core exhibits that may include wax sculptures, photographs,
paintings, and other artistic expressions; and further for the collection
of costumes, archaeological anthropological material, artifacts, and
memorabilia; and for the maintenance of archives, including manuscripts,
personal records, and other material that relates to the African-American
experience to American history; and to provide for the preservation of
American music traditions, including ragtime, jazz, blues, and gospel;
and to provide technical assistance and advisory service for historic
research or which may contract with another person with the capability of
providing such services;

(2) "Art museum subdistrict" shall consist of such institutions and
places for the purpose of collection and exhibition of pictures, statuary
and other works of art and whatever else may be of artistic interest and
appropriate for exhibition in an art gallery or museum for instruction in
art and in general for the promotion by all proper means of aesthetic or
artistic education;

(3) "Board", the governing body of the metropolitan zoological park and
museum district;

(4) "Botanical garden subdistrict" shall consist of a political
subdistrict which shall provide for the collection and exhibition of
displays of things relating to plants or botany, for the promotion of
plant life and related subjects, educational and research activities, for
the maintenance of a botanical library, and for the promotion by all
proper means of public interest in plant life and botany; or which may
contract with another person with the capability of providing such
services;

(5) "City", a constitutional charter city not located within a county;

(6) "Commission", the governing body of each of the respective
subdistricts as may be authorized as provided in section 184.350,
184.351, or 184.353;

(7) "County", a constitutional charter county adjoining a constitutional
charter city;

(8) "District", the metropolitan zoological park and museum district;

(9) "Missouri history museum subdistrict" shall consist of a political
subdistrict which shall provide for the collection, preservation, and
exhibition of items relating to the history of the entire state of
Missouri and of the Louisiana Purchase Territory, and more specifically
for the collection and display of photographs, paintings, costumes,
archaeological and anthropological material, artifacts and memorabilia
pertaining to the political, commercial and cultural history of the
region, including extensive artifacts, memorabilia, historical documents
concerning the first solo transatlantic flight, for the promotion of
archaeological and historical studies, for the maintenance of a history
library and archives, including manuscripts documenting the first United
States- sponsored exploratory expedition of the Louisiana Purchase
Territory as well as papers of the president who authorized the Louisiana
Purchase, and for the promotion by all proper means of public interest in
the history of Missouri and the region in which it is located, and, as
otherwise provided by law and in cooperation with the department of
natural resources of the state of Missouri, to provide technical
assistance and advisory services for the collection, preservation, and
exhibition of recordings, instruments, and memorabilia of ragtime, jazz
and blues music including ragtime pianos and ragtime piano sheet music to
be housed and maintained at the Scott Joplin house state historic site;
or which may contract with another person having all of the historical
materials listed herein as well as the capability of providing all of the
services listed herein;

(10) "Recreation and amateur sports subdistrict" shall consist of a
political subdistrict which shall provide for and assist in the planning,
development, financing, maintenance, improvement and construction of
facilities and venues to be publicly owned and operated by political
subdivisions, public school districts, universities and colleges, or
not-for-profit corporations chartered to attract, promote and manage
major national and international amateur sports events, competitions and
programs for the use of the general public. Such subdistrict shall
structure its procedures for procuring supplies, services and
construction to achieve the result that a minimum of twenty percent in
the aggregate of the total dollar value of annual procurements is made
directly or indirectly from certified socially and economically
disadvantaged small business concerns;

(11) "St. Louis Science Center subdistrict" shall consist of such
institutions and places for the purpose of collection and exhibition of
displays of items of natural historical, industrial, transport and
scientific interest, the instruction and recreation of the people, for
the promotion of the study of science, industrial, transport and natural
history and kindred subjects and for the promotion by all proper means of
public interest in natural history, transport, industry and science;

(12) "Special election", an election held on the first Tuesday of April
or whenever propositions are submitted to the voters of the whole
district;

(13) "Symphony orchestra subdistrict" shall consist of a political
subdistrict which shall provide for regular performances of a symphony
orchestra with not less than ninety full-time symphonic musicians, own
its own concert hall in which a substantial number of its concerts shall
be held, and provide for the promotion by all proper means of public
interest in music; or which may contract with another person with the
capability of providing such services and which owns it own concert hall;

(14) "Transport museum subdistrict" shall consist of a political
subdistrict which shall provide for institutions and places for the
edification of the public in the history and science of transportation,
communications and powering, and more specifically for the preservation
and display of artifacts related to man's efforts to transport materials,
people, and ideas and to create, transmit, and utilize power, and for the
provision of a library of publications and other records containing
history and technology related to transportation, communications and
powering, and facilities for the study of such efforts; or which may
contract with another person with the capability of providing such
services;

(15) "Zoological subdistrict" shall consist of such institutions and
places for the collection and exhibition of animals and animal life, for
the instruction and recreation of the people, for the promotion of
zoology and kindred subjects, for the encouragement of zoological study
and research and for the increase of public interest in wild animals and
in the protection of wild animal life. (L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 23 § 2,
A.L. 1981 S.B. 48, A.L. 1984 S.B. 628, A.L. 1985 S.B. 32, A.L. 1989 H.B.
116, et al., A.L. 1990 S.B. 525, A.L. 2005 H.B. 186)

1. (1) The board of directors of any metropolitan zoological
park and museum district, as established according to the provisions of
sections 184.350 to 184.384, on behalf of the district may request the
election officials of any city and county containing all or part of such
district to submit the following described proposition to the qualified
voters of such district at any general, primary or special election. Such
election officials shall give legal notice at least sixty days prior to
such general, primary or special election in at least two newspapers that
such proposition shall be submitted at any general, primary or special
election held for submission of the proposition.

(2) Such proposition shall be submitted to the voters in substantially
the following form at such election:

Shall the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District of the City of
............ and County of ............ be authorized to provide for a
Botanical Garden Subdistrict and be authorized to provide the Botanical
Garden Subdistrict with a tax rate not in excess of four cents on each
$100 of assessed valuation of taxable property within the district?

[ ] YES [ ] NO

(3) In the event that a majority of all the voters voting on such
proposition in such city and a majority of voters voting on such
proposition in such county cast "YES" votes on the proposition, then the
botanical garden subdistrict shall be deemed established and the tax
rate, as established by the board for such subdistrict, shall be deemed
in full force and effect as of the first day of the second month
following the election. The results of the election shall be certified by
the election officials of such city and county, respectively, to the
respective chief executive officers of such city and county not less than
thirty days after the day of the election. The cost of the election shall
be paid as provided by sections 115.063 and 115.065, RSMo. In the event
the proposition shall fail to receive a majority of the "YES" votes in
either the city or the county, then the proposition shall not be
resubmitted at any election held prior to the next general or primary
election in such city or county in the following year. Any such
resubmission shall subsequently comply with the provisions of sections
184.350 to 184.384.

(4) If the botanical garden subdistrict shall be established, then its
commissioners, or any person with whom its commissioners contract, may
establish and charge fees for admission to the premises of the botanical
garden subdistrict, or to the premises of any person with whom its
commissioners contract, not to exceed one dollar for adults and fifty
cents for children under sixteen years of age. Any increase in the fees
shall be presented prior to implementation for approval or disapproval to
the board of the metropolitan zoological park and museum district of
which the botanical garden subdistrict is a member.

2. (1) The board of directors of any metropolitan zoological park and
museum district, as established according to the provisions of sections
184.350 to 184.384, on behalf of the district may request the election
officials of any city and county containing all or part of such district
to submit the following described proposition to the qualified voters of
such district at any general, primary or special election. Such election
officials shall give legal notice at least sixty days prior to such
general, primary or special election in at least two newspapers that such
proposition shall be submitted at any general, primary or special
election held for submission of the proposition.

(2) Such proposition shall be submitted to the voters in substantially
the following form at such election:

Shall the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District of the City of
............ and County of ............ be authorized to provide for a
Transport Museum Subdistrict and be authorized to provide the Transport
Museum Subdistrict with a tax rate not in excess of four cents on each
$100 of assessed valuation of taxable property within the district?

[ ] YES [ ] NO

(3) In the event that a majority of all the voters voting on such
proposition in such city and a majority of voters voting on such
proposition in such county cast "YES" votes on the proposition, then the
transport museum subdistrict shall be deemed established and the tax
rate, as established by the board for such subdistrict, shall be deemed
in full force and effect as of the first day of the second month
following the election. The results of the election shall be certified by
the election officials of such city and county, respectively, to the
respective chief executive officers of such city and county not less than
thirty days after the day of the election. The cost of the election shall
be paid as provided by sections 115.063 and 115.065, RSMo. In the event
the proposition shall fail to receive a majority of the "YES" votes in
either the city or the county, then the proposition shall not be
resubmitted at any election held prior to the next general or primary
election in such city or county in the following year. Any such
resubmission shall subsequently comply with the provisions of sections
184.350 to 184.384.

(4) If the transport museum subdistrict shall be established, then its
commissioners, or any person with whom its commissioners contract, may
establish and charge fees for admission to the premises of the transport
museum subdistrict, or to the premises of any person with whom its
commissioners contract, not to exceed one dollar for adults and fifty
cents for children under sixteen years of age. Any increase in the fees
shall be presented prior to implementation for approval or disapproval to
the board of the metropolitan zoological park and museum district of
which the transport museum subdistrict is a member.

3. (1) The board of directors of any metropolitan zoological park and
museum district, as established according to the provisions of sections
184.350 to 184.384, on behalf of the district may request the election
officials of any city and county containing all or part of such district
to submit the following described proposition to the qualified voters of
such district at any general, primary or special election. Such election
officials shall give legal notice at least sixty days prior to such
general, primary or special election in at least two newspapers that such
proposition shall be submitted at any general, primary or special
election held for submission of the proposition.

(2) Such proposition shall be submitted to the voters in substantially
the following form at such election:

Shall the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District of the City of
............ and the County of ............ be authorized to provide for
a Missouri History Museum Subdistrict and be authorized to provide the
Missouri History Museum Subdistrict with a tax rate not in excess of four
cents on each $100 of assessed valuation of taxable property within the
district?

[ ] YES [ ] NO

(3) In the event that a majority of all the voters voting on such
proposition in such city and a majority of voters voting on such
proposition in such county cast "YES" votes on the proposition, then the
Missouri history museum subdistrict shall be deemed established and the
tax rate, as established by the board for such subdistrict, shall be
deemed in full force and effect as of the first day of the second month
following the election. The results of the election shall be certified by
the election officials of such city and county, respectively, to the
respective chief executive officers of such city and county not less than
thirty days after the day of the election. The cost of the election shall
be paid as provided by sections 115.063 and 115.065, RSMo. In the event
the proposition shall fail to receive a majority of the "YES" votes in
either the city or the county, then the proposition shall not be
resubmitted at any election held prior to the next general or primary or
special election in such city or county in the following year. Any such
resubmission shall subsequently comply with the provisions of sections
184.350 to 184.384.

4. (1) The board of directors of any metropolitan zoological park and
museum district, as established according to the provisions of sections
184.350 to 184.354, on behalf of the district may request the election
officials of any city and county containing all or part of such district
to submit the following described proposition to the qualified voters of
such district at any general, primary or special election. Such election
officials shall give legal notice at least sixty days prior to such
general, primary or special election in at least two newspapers that such
proposition shall be submitted at any general, primary or special
election held for submission of the proposition.

(2) Such proposition shall be submitted to the voters in substantially
the following form at such election:

Shall the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District of the City of
............ and County of ............ be authorized to provide for a
Symphony Orchestra Subdistrict and be authorized to provide the Symphony
Orchestra Subdistrict with a tax rate not in excess of four cents on each
$100 of assessed valuation of taxable property within the district?

[ ] YES [ ] NO

(3) In the event that a majority of all the voters voting on such
proposition in such city and a majority of voters voting on such
proposition in such county cast "YES" votes on the proposition, then the
symphony orchestra subdistrict shall be deemed established and the tax
rate, as established by the board for such subdistrict, shall be deemed
in full force and effect as of the first day of the second month
following the election. The results of the election shall be certified by
the election officials of such city and county not less than thirty days
after the day of election. The cost of the election shall be paid as
provided by sections 115.063 and 115.065, RSMo. In the event the
proposition shall fail to receive a majority of the "YES" votes in either
the city or the county, then the proposition shall not be resubmitted at
any election held prior to the next general or primary in such city or
county in the following year. Any such resubmission shall subsequently
comply with the provisions of sections 184.350 to 184.384.

(4) If the symphony orchestra subdistrict shall be established, then its
commissioners, or any person with whom its commissioners contract, may
charge such prices from time to time for tickets for performances
conducted under the auspices of the subdistrict or as they or such person
deem proper; provided, however, that no fewer than fifty tickets for each
such performance conducted at the principal concert hall of such
subdistrict or such person shall be made available without charge for
distribution to members of the general public and no fewer than fifty
tickets shall be made available without charge for distribution to
students in public and private elementary, secondary schools and colleges
and universities in the metropolitan zoological park and museum district
and all performances of the symphony orchestra conducted at the principal
concert hall of the symphony orchestra within the district shall be
offered for broadcast live on a public or commercial AM or FM radio
station located in and generally receivable in the district or on a
public or commercial broadcast television station located in or generally
receivable in the district. The symphony orchestra subdistrict shall
institute a fully staffed educational music appreciation program to
benefit all of the citizens of the taxing district at a nominal charge.

(5) Immediately following the effective date of the symphony orchestra
subdistrict tax rate any person receiving funds from said tax rate shall
become ineligible for program assistance funding from the Missouri state
council on the arts.

5. The board of directors of any metropolitan zoological park and museum
district, as established according to the provisions of sections 184.350
to 184.384, on behalf of the district may request the election officials
of any city and county containing all or part of such district to submit
the following described proposition to the qualified voters of such
district at any general, primary or special election. Such election
officials shall give legal notice at least sixty days prior to such
general, primary or special election in at least two newspapers that such
proposition shall be submitted at any general, primary or special
election held for submission of the proposition. Such proposition shall
be submitted to the voters in substantially the following form at such
election:

Shall a Recreational and Amateur Sports Subdistrict be authorized and
provided for by the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District of
the City of ................ and the County of .................. and
such subdistrict be authorized to establish a tax rate not in excess of
four cents on each $100 of assessed valuation of taxable property within
the district for a period not to exceed nine years?

[ ] YES [ ] NO

In the event that a majority of all the voters voting on such proposition
in such city and a majority of voters voting on such proposition in such
county cast "YES" votes on the proposition, then the recreation and
amateur sports subdistrict shall be deemed established and the tax rate,
as established by the board for such subdistrict, shall be deemed in full
force and effect as of the first day of the second month following the
election for a period not to exceed nine years. The results of the
election shall be certified by the election officials of such city and
county, respectively, to the respective chief executive officers of such
city and county not less than thirty days after the day of the election.
The cost of the election shall be paid as provided by sections 115.063
and 115.065, RSMo. In the event the proposition shall fail to receive a
majority of the "YES" votes in either the city or the county, then the
proposition shall not be resubmitted at any election held prior to the
next general or primary or special election in such city or county in the
following year. Any such resubmission shall subsequently comply with the
provisions of sections 184.350 to 184.384.

6. (1) The board of directors of any metropolitan zoological park and
museum district, as established according to the provisions of sections
184.350 to 184.384, on behalf of the district may request the election
officials of any city and county containing all or part of such district
to submit the following described proposition to the qualified voters of
such district at any general, primary or special election. Such election
officials shall give legal notice at least sixty days prior to such
general, primary or special election in at least two newspapers that such
proposition shall be submitted at any general, primary or special
election held for submission of the proposition.

(2) Such proposition shall be submitted to the voters in substantially
the following form at such election:

Shall the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District of the City of
............ and County of ............ be authorized to provide for an
African-American History Museum and Cultural Subdistrict and be
authorized to provide the African- American history museum and cultural
subdistrict with a tax rate not in excess of four cents on each $100 of
assessed valuation of taxable property within the district?

[ ] YES [ ] NO

(3) In the event that a majority of all the voters voting on such
proposition in such city and a majority of voters voting on such
proposition in such county cast "YES" votes on the proposition, then the
African-American history museum and cultural subdistrict shall be deemed
established and the tax rate, as established by the board for such
subdistrict, shall be deemed in full force and effect as of the first day
of the second month following the election. The results of the election
shall be certified by the election officials of such city and county,
respectively, to the respective chief executive officers of such city and
county not less than thirty days after the day of the election. The cost
of the election shall be paid as provided by sections 115.063 and
115.065, RSMo. In the event the proposition shall fail to receive a
majority of the "YES" votes in either the city or the county, then the
proposition shall not be resubmitted at any election held prior to the
next general or primary election in such city or county in the following
year. Any such resubmission shall subsequently comply with the provisions
of sections 184.350 to 184.384.

(4) If the African-American history museum and cultural subdistrict shall
be established, then its commissioners, or any person with whom its
commissioners contract, may establish and charge fees for admission to
the premises of the African-American history museum and cultural
subdistrict, or to the premises of any person with whom its commissioners
contract, not to exceed one dollar for adults and fifty cents for
children under sixteen years of age. Any increase in the fees shall be
presented prior to implementation for approval or disapproval to the
board of the metropolitan zoological park and museum district of which
the African-American history museum and cultural subdistrict is a member.
(L. 1981 S.B. 48, A.L. 1982 S.B. 711, A.L. 1984 S.B. 628, A.L. 1985 S.B.
32, A.L. 1989 H.B. 116, et al., A.L. 1990 S.B. 525, A.L. 2005 H.B. 186)

When in any city and county as described in section 184.350 it
shall have been decided by vote in the manner provided in section 184.350
that a tax shall be levied for any of the aforesaid described
subdistricts, then the chief executive officer of the city shall appoint
four members to the metropolitan zoological park and museum district
board, and the chief executive officer of the county shall appoint four
members to the metropolitan zoological park and museum district board.
Said board members shall serve without compensation for a term of four
years and until their successors are appointed and qualified; provided,
however, that of the initial appointments by each of said chief
executives one shall be for a term of one year, one shall be for a term
of two years, one for a term of three years, and one shall be for a four
year term respectively. Any vacancy shall be filled by the chief
executive officer for the unexpired term. Each member appointed by the
chief executive officer of the city shall have been a qualified voter of
the city for at least one year next before his appointment and shall
continue to reside therein during his tenure in office. Each member
appointed by the chief executive officer of the county shall have been a
qualified voter of the county for at least one year next before his
appointment and shall continue to reside therein during his tenure in
office. The legislative body of the constitutional charter city upon the
petition of the chief executive officer of such city may remove any
member appointed by said chief executive officer of that board for
misconduct or neglect of duties and the legislative body of the county
may upon petition of the chief executive officer of the county may remove
any member appointed by him of the board for misconduct or neglect of
duties. No member so removed shall be eligible for appointment to said
district board thereafter. The board shall elect its own chairman,
secretary and such other officers that it deems necessary and expedient
and it may make such rules, regulations and bylaws to effectuate its
purposes it deems necessary. (L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 23 § 3)

1. Any special purpose subdistrict formed under the provisions
of sections 184.350 to 184.384 after July 1, 1981, may be dissolved in
the following manner: Upon the filing with the governing body of the
subdistrict of a petition containing the signatures of qualified voters
representing eight percent of the votes cast at the last preceding
election for governor of any constitutional charter city not located
within a county and qualified voters representing eight percent of the
votes cast at the last preceding election for governor of a
constitutional charter county adjoining such city, the governing body
shall submit the proposition to the voters in the subdistrict 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 subdistrict.
Separate petitions shall be filed for each subdistrict sought to be
dissolved.

2. Such proposition or propositions shall be submitted to the voters in
substantially the following form at such election:

Shall the .......... Subdistrict of the Metropolitan Zoological Park and
Museum District comprising the City of .......... and the County of
.......... be dissolved?

YES NO

3. In the event that a majority of the voters voting on such proposition
or propositions in such city and the majority of voters voting on such
proposition or propositions in such county at such election cast "YES"
votes on any such proposition or propositions, then the subdistrict shall
be deemed dissolved. The results of the aforesaid election shall be
certified by the election officials of such city and county,
respectively, to the respective chief executive officers of such city and
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 a subdistrict shall be carried out in the manner
prescribed by section 67.955, RSMo. (L. 1981 S.B. 48, A.L. 1982 S.B. 711,
A.L. 1984 S.B. 628)

The metropolitan zoological park and museum district shall
collect all revenues on behalf of such subdistricts and shall deposit
same in separate subdistrict funds respectively. All funds collected for
a subdistrict shall be kept separate and apart from any other funds and
shall be drawn upon by the proper officers of the subdistrict upon
submission of properly authenticated vouchers. The district may render
common services to the various subdistricts including but not limited to
auditing, accounting, pension servicing and payroll. In performing such
services the board is hereby authorized to employ and appoint such
persons as are deemed necessary, to fix compensation and to cause the
removal of employees and appointees of the board. The cost of operating
the district shall be borne out of the tax funds of the subdistricts
based on the ratio of each subdistrict's tax rate to the total of the tax
rates of all the subdistricts. In no event shall such operating cost ever
exceed five percent of the total authorized tax revenues received by all
of the subdistricts. (L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 23 § 4, A.L. 1982 S.B.
711, A.L. 1984 S.B. 628)

1. The board of directors of any metropolitan zoological park
and museum district as established pursuant to the provisions of sections
184.350 to 184.384, on behalf of the district, may request the election
officials of any city and county of such district to submit a proposition
or propositions to increase the tax rate for the zoological park
subdistrict and the art museum subdistrict set in section 184.350 and to
increase the rate for the botanical garden subdistrict set in section
184.353 to the qualified voters of such district at any general, primary
or special election. Such election officials, upon receipt of such
request in the form of a verified resolution or resolutions approved by
the majority of the members of such district board of directors, shall
set the date of such election and give notice of such election as
provided by sections 115.063 and 115.065, RSMo.

2. Such proposition or propositions shall be jointly or severally
submitted to the voters in substantially the following form at such
election:

(1) Shall the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District of the
City of .......... and County of ............ be authorized to increase
the tax rate for the zoological park subdistrict up to the maximum tax
rate of eight cents, or any percent thereof, on each $100 of assessed
valuation of taxable property within the district for the purpose of
operating, maintaining and otherwise financially supporting the
subdistrict? The tax rate shall be set annually by the board based on the
budget submitted by the zoological park subdistrict and approved by the
board. This tax rate shall replace the present tax rate of ...... cents
for the zoological park subdistrict.

[ ] YES [ ] NO

(2) Shall the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District of the
City of .......... and County of .......... be authorized to increase the
tax rate for the art museum subdistrict up to the maximum tax rate of
eight cents, or any percent thereof, on each $100 of assessed valuation
of taxable property within the district for the purpose of operating,
maintaining and otherwise financially supporting the subdistrict and
approved by the board? The tax rate shall be set annually by the board
based on the budget submitted by the art museum subdistrict and approved
by the board. This tax rate shall replace the present tax rate of ......
cents for the art museum subdistrict.

[ ] YES [ ] NO

(3) Shall the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District of the
City of .......... and County of .......... be authorized to increase the
tax rate for the botanical garden subdistrict up to the maximum tax rate
of six cents, or any percent thereof, on each $100 of assessed valuation
of taxable property within the district for the purpose of operating,
maintaining and otherwise financially supporting the subdistrict and
approved by the board? The tax rate shall be set annually by the board
based on the budget submitted by the botanical garden subdistrict and
approved by the board. This tax rate shall replace the present tax rate
of ...... cents for the botanical garden subdistrict.

[ ] YES [ ] NO

(4) Shall the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District of the
City of .............. and County of ........... be authorized to
increase the tax rate for the Missouri history museum subdistrict up to
the maximum tax rate of six cents, or any percent thereof, on each $100
of assessed valuation of taxable property within the district for the
purpose of operating, maintaining, and otherwise financially supporting
the subdistrict and approved by the board? The tax rate shall be set
annually by the board based on the budget submitted by the Missouri
history museum subdistrict and approved by the board. This tax rate shall
replace the present tax rate of ....... cents for the Missouri history
museum subdistrict.

[ ] YES [ ] NO

In the event that a majority of the voters voting on such proposition or
propositions in such city and the majority of the voters voting on such
proposition or propositions in such county cast votes "YES" on the
proposition or propositions, then the tax rate for such subdistrict shall
be deemed in full force and effect as of the first day of the second
month following the election. The results of the aforesaid election shall
be certified by the election officials of such city and county,
respectively, to the respective chief executive officers of such city and
county not less than thirty days after the day on which such election was
held. The cost of the election shall be paid as provided by sections
115.063 and 115.065, RSMo. In the event the proposition or propositions
shall fail to receive a majority of the votes "YES" in either the city or
the county, then the proposition or propositions shall not be resubmitted
at any election held within one year of the date of the election the
proposition or propositions were rejected. (L. 1981 H.B. 400 & 568, A.L.
1982 S.B. 711, A.L. 1984 S.B. 628, A.L. 1989 H.B. 116, et al., A.L. 2005
H.B. 186)

1. Each subdistrict established by the voters as provided in
section 184.350 shall be governed by a commission consisting of ten
members to serve without compensation for a term of four years except as
provided in this section. Five commissioners and their respective
successors shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of the
constitutional charter county and five commissioners and their respective
successors shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of the
constitutional charter city, from persons nominated and submitted by the
respective then existing commissions. The authority to appoint shall
include the authority to reject and in such case an additional nominee or
nominees shall be submitted. The commissioners shall nominate a person to
replace members whose terms are to expire or to fill a vacancy.
Commissioners who have been appointed by the chief executive officer of
the city shall be residents of the city during their tenure in office and
commissioners appointed by the chief executive officer of the county
shall be residents of the county during their tenure in office. Nothing
in this section is designed nor should it be construed to prohibit the
appointment by the commission of nonvoting commissioners to the
commission of any subdistrict nor shall the residency requirements be
applicable. The legislative body of the constitutional charter city upon
the petition of the chief executive officer of such city after a public
hearing thereon may remove any commissioner residing in the city for
misconduct or neglect of duty, and the legislative body of the
constitutional charter county upon petition of the chief executive
officer of the county after a public hearing thereon may remove any
commissioner residing in the county for misconduct or neglect of duty. No
commissioner removed shall be eligible to appointment to any subdistrict,
commission, office, or to the board of the district. There shall also be
four nonvoting advisory members. Two of the advisory members shall be
selected by the chief executive officer of the constitutional charter
county and two of the advisory members shall be selected by the chief
executive officer of the constitutional charter city, with such four-year
terms beginning October 1, 1992, subject to the advice and consent of the
respective legislative bodies of the city or county in which the proposed
member resides.

2. Each botanical garden subdistrict, each transport museum subdistrict,
each Missouri history museum subdistrict, each symphony orchestra
subdistrict and each recreation and amateur sports subdistrict
established as provided in section 184.353 shall be governed by a
commission consisting of ten members to serve without compensation for a
term of four years except as provided in this section. Five commissioners
and their respective successors of each commission shall be appointed by
the chief executive officer of the constitutional charter county and five
commissioners and their respective successors of each commission shall be
appointed by the chief executive officer of the constitutional charter
city from persons nominated and submitted by the respective then existing
commissions. The authority to appoint shall include the authority to
reject and in such case an additional nominee or nominees shall be
submitted. The commissioners shall be appointed by the appropriate
appointing authority within seven days after the certification by the
election officials of the subdistrict as provided in subdivision (3) of
subsection 1, subdivision (3) of subsection 2, subdivision (3) of
subsection 3, subdivision (3) of subsection 4, and subsection 5 of
section 184.353. The commissioners so appointed shall be divided upon
appointment into four classes. The first class shall hold office for a
term of one year. The second class shall hold office for a term of two
years. The third class shall hold office for a term of three years and
the fourth class shall hold office for a term of four years, such terms
to run from the first of January following their appointment and annually
thereafter. The commission shall nominate a person to replace members of
the class whose terms are to expire or to fill a vacancy. Commissioners
who have been appointed by the chief executive officer of the city shall
be residents and registered voters of the city during their tenure in
office and commissioners who have been appointed by the chief executive
officer of the county shall be residents and registered voters of the
county during their tenure in office. Nothing in this section is designed
nor should it be construed to prohibit the appointment by the commission
of nonvoting commissioners to the commission of any subdistrict nor shall
the residency requirements be applicable. The legislative body of the
constitutional charter city upon the petition of the chief executive
officer of such city after a public hearing thereon may remove any
commissioner residing in the city for misconduct or neglect of duty, and
the legislative body of the constitutional charter county upon petition
of the chief executive officer of the county after a public hearing
thereon may remove any commissioner residing in the county for misconduct
or neglect of duty. No commissioner removed shall be eligible to
appointment to any subdistrict, commission, office, or to the board of
the district. There shall also be four nonvoting advisory members. Two of
the advisory members shall be selected by the chief executive officer of
the constitutional charter county and two of the advisory members shall
be selected by the chief executive officer of the constitutional charter
city, with such four-year terms beginning on October 1, 1992, subject to
the advice and consent of the respective legislative bodies of the city
or county in which the proposed member resides. (L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess.
H.B. 23 § 5, A.L. 1981 S.B. 48, A.L. 1982 S.B. 711, A.L. 1984 S.B. 628,
A.L. 1985 S.B. 32, A.L. 1989 H.B. 116, et al., A.L. 1990 S.B. 525, A.L.
1992 S.B. 553)

1. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of chapter 137, RSMo,
the board of directors of any metropolitan zoological park and museum
district, as established according to the provisions of sections 184.350
to 184.384, on behalf of such district, may request the election
officials of any city and county containing all or part of such district
to submit to the qualified voters of such district at any municipal,
special, primary or general election or elections a referendum or
referendums to permit or restore, in part, or, in whole, the tax rate or
rates authorized for any subdistrict of such district from time to time
under the provisions of sections 184.350 to 184.384.

2. Such proposal or proposals shall be submitted to the voters in
substantially the following form at such election or elections:

Shall the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District of the City of
.......... and the County of .......... be authorized to increase the tax
rate for the .......... Subdistrict to .......... cents on each $100 of
assessed valuation of taxable property within the District? This tax rate
shall replace the present tax rate of .......... for the ..........
Subdistrict.

YES NO

3. The proposed tax rate shall not exceed the maximum tax rate authorized
by the voters from time to time pursuant to sections 184.350 to 184.384,
prior to reduction or reductions in such rate following any reassessment
pursuant to chapter 137, RSMo.

4. In the event that a majority of the voters voting thereon in such city
and a majority of the voters voting thereon in such county cast votes in
favor of the proposal or proposals, then the tax rate or rates for such
subdistrict or subdistricts shall be deemed in full force and effect as
of the first day of the second month following the election. The results
of the election shall be certified by the election officials of such city
and county, respectively, to such district not less than thirty days
after the day of the election. The cost of the election shall be paid as
provided by sections 115.063 and 115.065, RSMo. In the event any proposal
shall fail to receive a majority of the "YES" votes in either the city or
the county, then such proposal shall not be resubmitted at any election
held within one year of the date of the election on which such proposal
was rejected.

5. Such proposal or proposals to the qualified voters of the district may
be submitted by a verified resolution of the district board of directors
to the respective election officials of the city and county wherein the
district is located. (L. 1989 H.B. 116, et al.)

1. Each respective subdistrict is hereby empowered to own, hold,
control, lease, acquire by donation, gift or bequest, purchase, contract,
lease, sell, any and all rights in land, buildings, improvements,
furnishings, displays, exhibits and programs and any and all other real,
personal or mixed property, or to contract with other persons to provide
for any and all services for the purposes of the subdistrict.

2. All buildings, property and facilities of existing publicly owned and
operated zoological parks and museums established pursuant to the
constitution or laws of this state or museum of science and natural
history upon which a majority of the voters of both the city and county
have passed upon as provided for in section 184.350 shall become the
property of and vest in the respective and applicable subdistrict on the
date such subdistrict shall be established as provided in section
184.350. Any obligations, duties, rights, privileges of whatever
description pertaining to or relating to the maintenance, operation,
construction, design, or affairs of any such existing zoological park or
museum shall be assumed by the respective subdistricts.

3. Upon the creation of a botanical subdistrict as provided for in
section 184.353, all buildings, property, and facilities which are wholly
publicly owned and which are then in the care and custody of the
botanical subdistrict or of any person providing botanical services to
the botanical subdistrict by contract shall become the property of and
vest in the botanical subdistrict on the date such subdistrict shall be
established as provided in section 184.353. Any obligations, duties,
rights, privileges of whatever description pertaining to or relating to
the maintenance, operation, construction, design, or affairs of such
buildings, property, and facilities shall be assumed by the botanical
subdistrict.

4. Upon the creation of a transport museum subdistrict as provided for in
section 184.353, all buildings, property, and facilities which are wholly
publicly owned and which are then in the care and custody of the
transport museum subdistrict, or of any person providing services to the
transport museum subdistrict by contract, shall become the property of
and vest in the transport museum subdistrict on the date such subdistrict
shall be established as provided in section 184.353. Any obligations,
duties, rights, privileges of whatever description pertaining to or
relating to the maintenance, operation, construction, design, or affairs
of such buildings, property, and facilities shall be assumed by the
transport museum subdistrict.

5. Upon the creation of a Missouri history museum subdistrict as provided
for in section 184.353, all buildings, property, and facilities which are
wholly publicly owned and which are then in the care and custody of the
Missouri history museum subdistrict or of any person providing Missouri
history services to the Missouri history museum subdistrict by contract
shall become the property of and vest in the Missouri history museum
subdistrict on the date such subdistrict shall be established as provided
in section 184.353. Any obligations, duties, rights, privileges of
whatever description pertaining to or relating to the maintenance,
operation, construction, design, or affairs of such buildings, property,
and facilities shall be assumed by the Missouri history museum
subdistrict.

6. Upon the creation of a symphony orchestra subdistrict as provided for
in section 184.353, all buildings, property, and facilities which are
wholly publicly owned and which are then in the care and custody of the
symphony orchestra subdistrict by contract, shall become the property of
and vest in the symphony orchestra subdistrict on the date such
subdistrict shall be established as provided in section 184.353. Any
obligations, duties, rights, privileges of whatever description
pertaining to or relating to the maintenance, operation, construction,
design, or affairs of such buildings, property, and facilities shall be
assumed by the symphony orchestra subdistrict. (L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B.
23 § 6, A.L. 1981 S.B. 48, A.L. 1982 S.B. 711, A.L. 1984 S.B. 628, A.L.
1985 S.B. 32, A.L. 1989 H.B. 116, et al., A.L. 1998 H.B. 1578)

The use and enjoyment of such institutions and places, museums
and parks of any and all of the subdistricts established under sections
184.350 to 184.384 shall be forever free and open to the public at such
times as may be provided by the reasonable rules and regulations adopted
by the respective commissions in order to render the use of the said
subdistrict's facilities of the greatest benefit and efficiently to the
greatest number. The respective commissions may exclude from the use of
the said facilities any and all persons who willfully violate such rules.
In addition said commission shall make and adopt such bylaws, rules and
regulations for its own guidance and for the election of its members and
for the administration of the subdistrict as it* may deem expedient and
as may not be inconsistent with the provisions of the law. The respective
commissions may contract for, or exact, a charge from any person in
connection with the use, enjoyment, purchase, license or lease of any
property, facility, activity, exhibit, function, or personnel of the
respective subdistricts. Said commission shall have exclusive control of
the expenditures of all moneys collected by the district to the credit of
the subdistrict's fund. The commission of any subdistrict established by
the voters under the authority of section 184.350 shall have exclusive
control of the construction and maintenance of any subdistrict buildings
built or maintained in whole or in part with moneys of said fund and of
the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings
constructed, leased or set apart for the purposes of the subdistrict
under the authority conferred in this law. The commission of any
subdistrict established by the voters under the authority of section
184.350 shall have the power to appoint a director and necessary
assistants, to fix their compensation and shall also have power to remove
such appointees. All employees, appointees and officers of publicly owned
and operated museums and zoological parks shall on the establishment of a
subdistrict related thereto become employees of the subdistrict and such
appointees' and employees' seniority, pension, salaries, wages and fringe
benefits shall be equal to or better than that existing at the time of
the establishment of the subdistrict insofar as may be possible. The
respective commissions shall whenever the need arises transmit to the
district a complete survey and report of the subdistrict's need for
construction, reconstruction and repair of improvements, buildings and
other facilities and shall include all information and data necessary for
the purpose of ascertaining the cost of such improvements and shall
further certify to the district the need for incurring additional
indebtedness as provided in sections 184.364 to 184.376 herein. (L. 1969
3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 23 § 7, A.L. 1981 S.B. 48)

*Word "they" appears in original rolls.

The metropolitan zoological park and museum 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 said
subdistricts separately. The total indebtedness authorized separately by
the voters for the respective subdistricts shall not exceed five percent
of the taxable tangible property therein as shown by the last completed
assessment for state and county purposes in said city and said county.
(L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 23 § 8)

Before incurring any indebtedness under the provisions herein
the board of said district is hereby authorized and 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 said tax levy shall be in addition to that tax levy
authorized by the voters as provided in section 184.350. (L. 1969 3d Ex.
Sess. H.B. 23 § 9)

For the purpose of incurring additional indebtedness as provided
herein the board of the district shall submit the question to the voters
of the district. (L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 23 § 10, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)

The question shall be submitted in substantially the following
form:

Shall the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District on behalf of
..... (name of subdistrict) issue bonds in the amount of ..... dollars
for the purpose of.....? (L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 23 § 11, A.L. 1978
H.B. 971)

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 face 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;
provided, however, that whenever one thousand or more bonds are to be
executed as of the same date, the resolution pursuant to which such bonds
are issued may direct that such bonds be executed by the facsimile
signature of the chairman and secretary of the board. Such bonds may be
negotiated and sold but in no case shall they be sold for less than par.
(L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 23 § 12, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)

*Word "with" does not appear in original rolls.

Whenever the owner of any coupon bond, or any bond payable to
bearer, already issued or hereafter issued by the district shall present
any such bond to the treasurer or other officer of such corporation, who
by law performs the duties of treasurer, with a request for the
conversion of such bond into a registered bond, such treasurer, or such
other officer, shall cut off and cancel the coupons of any such coupon
bond so presented, and shall stamp, print or write upon such coupon bond,
or such other bond payable to bearer, so presented, either upon the back
or upon the face thereof, as may be convenient, a statement to the effect
that the said bond is registered in the name of the owner, and that
thereafter the interest and principal of said bond are 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 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 shall have been
registered as aforesaid, the principal and interest of such bond shall be
payable to the registered owner. Such treasurer, or such other officer,
shall keep in his office a book or books which shall at all times show
what bonds are registered and in whose names. (L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B.
23 § 13)

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 in amount of the principal of the
outstanding indebtedness to be refunded and the accrued interest to the
date of such refunding bonds. The board shall provide for the payment of
interest and principal of such refunding bonds in the same manner as was
provided for the payment of interest and principal of the bonds refunded.
(L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 23 § 14)

The legislative authority of any city or county in which
property of the metropolitan zoological park and museum district and the
respective subdistricts is situated shall have the power to enact
ordinances imposing suitable penalties for the punishment of persons
committing injury upon said district's or subdistrict's properties, the
grounds or collections of property thereof. (L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 23
§ 15)

The metropolitan zoological park and museum district board shall
make before the second Monday in April an annual report to the chief
executive officers of the said city and county respectively stating the
condition of their trust on the first day of January of that year, the
various sums of money received and distributed by it on behalf of the
subdistricts and shall further make a combined annual report of those
reports submitted by the respective subdistricts as provided hereunder.
(L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 23 § 16)

The commissioners of each subdistrict shall make on or before
the second Monday in March an annual report to the district board setting
forth the various sums of money received from the said subdistrict's fund
and the amounts which have been expended and for what purposes, the
number and character of the acquisitions and such other information and
suggestions as they may deem important. (L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 23 §
17)

The district and subdistricts and the officers and employees
thereof shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 296, RSMo, or any
amendment thereto hereafter enacted. (L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 23 § 18)

1. A metropolitan zoo district may be established in any city
with a population of one hundred thousand or more inhabitants located
within a first class county which does not adjoin any other first class
county, after voter approval pursuant to this section. A zoo district
shall consist of such institutions and places for the collection and
exhibition of animals and animal life, for the instruction and recreation
of the people, for the promotion of zoology and kindred subjects, for the
encouragement of zoological study and research and for the increase of
public interest in wild animals and in the protection of wild animal
life. The boundaries of any such metropolitan zoo district shall be the
corporate boundaries of the city, any lands annexed into the city after
the establishment of the district and areas adjacent to the city which
petition and vote to become part of the district pursuant to section
184.602. The question shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the
city at a local or state general, primary or special election upon the
petition of five percent of the qualified voters of the city as
determined on the basis of the number of votes cast in the city for
governor at the last election held prior to the filing of the petition,
except that such election shall not be held prior to 1992. The election
officials shall give legal notice at least sixty days prior to such
general or primary election or special election in at least one newspaper
of general circulation within the city that such proposition shall be
submitted at the next general or primary election or special election
held for submission of this proposition. A municipality shall include in
the ballot a provision for a tax to support the district in an amount not
to exceed ten cents per one hundred dollars assessed valuation of all
taxable property within the district.

2. Citizens living in a first class county in an area adjacent to and
within two miles of a city that has formed or has called an election to
form a metropolitan zoo may petition the county commission where the city
is located to become part of the metropolitan zoo district by filing with
the county commission a petition containing a description of the area to
be included in the district and the signatures of five percent of the
qualified voters of the area as determined by the county clerk on the
basis of the number of votes cast in the area for governor at the last
election held prior to the filing of the petition. The question shall be
submitted to the qualified voters of the area at a local or state
general, primary or special election upon the certification by the county
clerk that the petition contains the signatures of the required number of
qualified voters. The election officials shall give legal notice at least
sixty days prior to such general or primary election or special election
in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the county that
such proposition shall be submitted at the next general or primary
election or special election held for submission of this proposition. The
commission shall include in the ballot as requested in the petition a
provision for a tax to support the district at the rate of tax which
residents of the city are required to pay to support the district.

3. If the election is held in the city such proposition shall be
submitted to the voters in substantially the following form at such
election:

Shall there be established a Metropolitan Zoo District comprising the
City of .................. with a tax rate not to exceed ......... cents
on each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of all taxable property
within the district?

FOR AGAINST

4. If the election is held in an area outside the city such proposition
shall be submitted to the voters in substantially the following form at
such election:

Shall the area be part of a Metropolitan Zoo District with the City of
................. with a tax rate not to exceed ............ cents on
each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of all taxable property
within the area?

FOR AGAINST

5. In the event that a majority of the voters voting on such proposition
in the city at such election cast votes "FOR" the proposition, then the
district shall be established and the tax rate shall be in full force and
effect as of the first day of the year following the year of the
election. The results of the election shall be certified by the election
officials of the city not less than thirty days after the day of
election. In the event the proposition fails to receive a majority of the
votes "FOR" in the city, then such proposition shall not be resubmitted
at any election held within one year of the date of the election the
proposition was rejected.

6. In the event that a majority of the voters voting on such proposition
in an area outside the city at such election cast votes "FOR" the
proposition, then the area shall be part of the metropolitan zoo district
as of the first day of the year following the year of the election
provided the voters in the city have voted to form such a district. The
results of the election shall be certified by the election official of
the county not less than thirty days after the election. In the event the
proposition fails to receive a majority of the votes "FOR" in the area
outside the city, then such proposition shall not be resubmitted at any
election held within one year of the date of the election the proposition
was rejected. (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 1)

1. When in any city as described in section 184.600 it has been
decided by vote in the manner provided in section 184.600 that a tax
shall be levied for the metropolitan zoo district, then the mayor of the
city shall appoint nine members to the metropolitan zoo district board,
with the approval of the city council. Such board members shall serve
without compensation for a term of three years and until their successors
are appointed and qualified, except that of the initial appointments
three shall be for a term of one year, three shall be for a term of two
years, and three shall be for a term of three years. Any vacancy shall be
filled by the mayor, with the approval of the city council, for the
unexpired term. Each member appointed shall have been a qualified voter
of the city for at least one year immediately before his appointment and
shall continue to reside therein during his tenure in office. The board
shall elect its own chairman, secretary and such other officers that it
deems necessary and it may make such rules, regulations and bylaws to
effectuate its purposes it deems necessary.

2. If an area outside the city votes to join the district, then such area
shall be entitled to proportional representation on the board in
accordance with its population to the population of the city provided
such area shall be entitled to at least one representative on the board.
The county clerk shall determine the number of additional representatives
by dividing the population of the city based on the last census by nine
to produce the quotient and shall allocate to an area that has voted to
join the district one representative per quotient or part thereof which
representative or representatives shall be in addition to the nine
representatives from the city. The county commission shall appoint board
members who shall have resided in the area outside the city for terms of
three years. (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 2)

1. The board of directors of any metropolitan zoo district, as
established pursuant to the provisions of section 184.600, on behalf of
the district may request the election officials of the city to submit a
proposition to increase the maximum tax rate for the district set in
section 184.600, to the qualified voters of such district at any general
or primary or special election. Such election officials shall give legal
notice as provided in chapter 115, RSMo.

2. Such proposition shall be submitted to the voters in substantially the
following form at such election:

Shall the Metropolitan Zoo District of the City of ......... ....... be
authorized to increase the tax rate to an amount not to exceed
........... cents on each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of
taxable property within the district for the purpose of operating,
maintaining and otherwise financially supporting the district? This rate
shall replace the present tax rate of ......... cents for the
Metropolitan Zoo District.

YES NO

3. In the event that a majority of the voters voting on such proposition
in the district at such election cast votes "YES" for the proposition,
then the new tax rate for the district shall be in full force and effect
as of the first day of the year following the election. The results of
the election shall be certified by the election officials of the city not
less than thirty days after the day on which such election was held. In
the event the proposition fails to receive a majority of the votes "YES"
in the district, then such proposition shall not be resubmitted at any
election held within one year of the date of the election at which such
proposition was rejected. (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 3)

1. Each metropolitan zoo district may own, hold, control, lease,
acquire by donation, gift or bequest, purchase, contract, lease, sell,
any and all rights in land, buildings, improvements, furnishings,
displays, exhibits and programs and any and all other real, personal or
mixed property, or to contract with other persons to provide for any and
all services for the purposes of the district.

2. All buildings, property and facilities of existing public zoos in the
city or owned by the city shall become the property of and vest in the
district, except that the city may at its option by filing notice with
the district within ninety days after the voters have given approval of
the district that it will deed the property subject to certain conditions
or contract with the district for conveyance of such property subject to
terms and conditions that the city deems appropriate. Any obligations,
duties, rights, privileges of whatever description pertaining to or
relating to the maintenance, operation, construction, design, or affairs
of any such existing zoo shall be assumed by the respective district,
including the right to continue to charge fees if such fees were approved
by the voters.

3. The district may employ and appoint personnel as the district board
deems appropriate and necessary to carry out the functions of the
district. All employees of a publicly owned and operated zoological park
shall upon the establishment of a district become employees of the
district and such appointees' and employees' seniority, pension,
salaries, wages and fringe benefits shall be equal to or better than that
existing at the time of the establishment of the district insofar as may
be possible. (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 4 subsecs. 1, 2, 3)

All taxes levied under section 184.600 or 184.604 shall be
collected in the same manner and at the same time as other ad valorem
taxes on the taxable property are collected. The county assessor shall
transfer the moneys collected on behalf of the metropolitan zoo district
to the district board and such moneys shall be used solely for
construction, improvement, maintenance or purchase of zoos within the
district or for the administration of the district. (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 4
subsec. 4)

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, RSMo, except property owned by any city
which was donated to the district pursuant to subsection 2 of section
184.606 shall revert to such city. (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 5)

The metropolitan zoo district by a vote of the qualified voters
thereof voting thereon as now or hereafter required by section 26(b) of
article VI of the Missouri Constitution may incur an additional
indebtedness for the purposes of the district. The total indebtedness
authorized separately by the voters for the respective district shall not
exceed five percent of the taxable tangible property therein as shown by
the last completed assessment for state and county purposes in the city
and the county. (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 6)

1. Before incurring any indebtedness under the provisions of
section 184.612, the board of the district shall provide for the
collection of an annual tax on all taxable tangible property therein
sufficient to pay the interest and principal of the indebtedness as they
fall due and to retire the same within twenty years from the date
contracted. The tax levy shall be in addition to that tax levy authorized
by the voters as provided in sections 184.600 and 184.604.

2. For the purpose of incurring additional indebtedness as provided in
section 184.612, the board of the district shall submit the question to
the voters of the district.

3. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall the ................... Metropolitan Zoo District issue bonds in
the amount of ................. dollars for the purpose of
...............? (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 7 subsecs. 1, 2, 3)

Upon the result of such question being certified by the election
authority respectively to the board and if the proposition to incur or
increase such indebtedness be assented to by voters voting on the
question as required by or hereafter may be required by section 26(b) of
article VI of the Missouri Constitution, the board may by resolution
declare the results of the submission of the question and cause the bonds
of such district to be issued, payable to the bearer, not exceeding the
amount authorized, and in denominations of not less than one hundred
dollars, or some multiple thereof, payable in not more than twenty years
from the date they bear with interest from the date at a rate not
exceeding the highest rate of interest permitted by law payable
semiannually which bonds shall have interest coupons attached to conform
to the fact thereof. All such bonds shall be signed by the chairman of
the board, attested by the signature of the secretary, and each bond
shall have impressed thereon the corporate seal of the district, that
whenever one thousand or more bonds are to be executed as of the same
date, the resolution pursuant to which such bonds are issued may direct
that such bonds be executed by the facsimile signature of the chairman
and secretary of the board. Such bonds may be negotiated and sold but in
no case shall they be sold for less than par. (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 7
subsec. 4)

Whenever the owner of any coupon bond, or any bond payable to
bearer, already issued or hereafter issued by the district shall present
any such bond to the treasurer or other officer of such corporation, who
by law performs the duties of treasurer, with a request for the
conversion* of such bond into a registered bond, such treasurer, or such
other officer, shall cut off and cancel the coupons of any such coupon
bond so presented, and shall stamp, print or write upon such coupon bond,
or such other bond payable to bearer, so presented, either upon the back
or upon the face thereof, as may be convenient, a statement to the effect
that the said bond is registered in the name of the owner, and that
thereafter the interest and principal of such bond is payable to the
registered owner. Thereafter, and from time to time, any such bond may be
transferred by such registered owner in person, or by an attorney duly
authorized on presentation of such bond to such treasurer, or such other
officer, and the bond be again registered as before, a similar statement
being stamped, printed or written thereon. Such statement stamped,
printed or written upon any such bond may be in substantially the
following form:

..........................................

(Date, giving month, day and year)

This bond is registered pursuant to the statute in such cases made and
provided in the name of ........... (here insert name of owner) and the
interest and principal thereof are hereafter payable to such owner.

............................, Treasurer (or such other officer).

After any bond has been so registered, the principal and interest of such
bond shall be payable to the registered owner. Such treasurer, or such
other officer, shall keep in his office a book or books which shall at
all times show what bonds are registered and in whose names. (L. 1990
S.B. 525 § 8)

*Word "conversation" appears in original rolls.

For the purpose of refunding, extending or unifying the whole or
any part of its valid bonded indebtedness, the district may issue
refunding bonds not exceeding an amount of the principal of the
outstanding indebtedness to be refunded and the accrued interest to the
date of such refunding bonds. The board shall provide for the payment of
interest and principal of such refunding bonds in the same manner as was
provided for the payment of interest and principal of the bonds refunded.
(L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 9)

The legislative authority of any city or county in which
property of the metropolitan zoo district is situated shall have the
power to enact ordinances imposing suitable penalties for the punishment
of persons committing injury upon the district or district's properties,
the grounds or collections of property thereof. (L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 10)

Sections 184.800 to 184.880 shall be known as the "Missouri
Museum District Act". (L. 1997 S.B. 21)

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1. As used in sections 184.800 to 184.880, the following terms
mean:

(1) "Board", the board of directors of a district;

(2) "District", a museum district organized pursuant to sections 184.800
to 184.880;

(3) "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 art, items of natural history, and items
connected with wildlife and conservation;

(4) "Owner of real property", the owner of the fee interest in the real
property, except that when the real property is subject to a lease of ten
or more years, the lessee rather than the owner of the fee interest shall
be considered as the "owner of real property". An owner may be either a
natural person or a juridical entity.

2. For the purposes of sections 11(c), 16 and 22 of article X of the
Constitution of Missouri, section 137.073, RSMo, and as used in sections
184.800 to 184.880, the following terms shall have the meanings given:

(1) "Approval of the required majority" or "direct voter approval", a
simple majority;

(2) "Qualified voters", the owners of real property located within the
proposed district or any person residing in the district who is a legal
voter within the district. (L. 1997 S.B. 21)

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1. A district may be created to fund, promote, plan, design,
construct, improve, maintain and operate one or more projects relating to
a museum or to assist in such activity.

2. A district is a political subdivision of the state.

3. No structures operated by a museum district board pursuant to sections
184.800 to 184.880 shall be named for a commercial venture. (L. 1997 S.B.
21, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1905)

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 district pursuant to the provisions of sections 184.800 to 184.880
shall be filed on or before December 31, 1998.

2. The proposed district area shall be contiguous and may contain 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 or who is a legal voter resident 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 a general plan for its operation; 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 or any legal voter resident within the
district 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 or legal voter in the manner provided by
supreme court rule for the service of petitions generally. Any objections
to the petition shall be raised by answer within the time provided by
supreme court rule for the filing of an answer to a petition. (L. 1997
S.B. 21)

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1. Any owner of real property within the proposed district and
any legal voter who is a resident within the proposed district may join
in or file a petition supporting or answer opposing the creation of the
district and seeking a judgment respecting these same issues.

2. The court shall hear the case without a jury. If the court determines
the petition is defective or the proposed district or its plan of
operation is unconstitutional, it shall enter its judgment to that effect
and shall refuse to incorporate* the district as requested in the
pleadings. If the court determines the petition is not legally defective
and the proposed district and plan of operation are not unconstitutional,
the court shall determine and declare the district organized and
incorporated and shall approve the plan of operation stated in the
petition.

3. Any party having filed a petition or answer to a** petition may appeal
the circuit court's order or judgment in the same manner as provided for
other appeals. Any order either refusing to incorporate the district or
incorporating the district shall be deemed a final judgment for purposes
of appeal. (L. 1997 S.B. 21)

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*Word "incorporation" appears in original rolls.

**Word "or" appears in original rolls. Words "to a" did not appear in
original rolls.

The costs of filing and defending the petition and all
publication and incidental costs incurred in obtaining circuit court
certification of the petition for voter approval shall be paid by the
petitioners. If a district is organized pursuant to sections 184.800 to
184.880, the petitioners may be reimbursed for such costs out of the
revenues received by the district. (L. 1997 S.B. 21)

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A museum district created pursuant to sections 184.800 to
184.880 shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of eight
members. Five of the members shall be elected as provided in section
184.830. Three members of the board of directors shall be appointed by
the governor with the advice and consent of the senate for a three-year
term. Not more than two of the three members appointed by the governor
shall be of the same political party. The governor shall appoint an
interim director to complete the unexpired term of a director caused by
resignation or disqualification who was appointed by the governor. (L.
1998 H.B. 1905)

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
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. (L. 1997 S.B. 21)

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*Word "director" appears in original rolls.

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. The board may employ such employees as it deems necessary; provided,
however, that the board shall not employ any employee who is related
within the fourth degree by blood or marriage to a member of the board.

4. 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.

5. A simple majority of the board shall constitute a quorum. If a quorum
exists, a majority of those voting shall have the authority to act in the
name of the board, and approve any board resolution.

6. 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. (L. 1997 S.B. 21)

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1. The board of the district may impose a museum district sales
tax by resolution on all retail sales made in such museum district which
are subject to taxation pursuant to the provisions of sections 144.010 to
144.525, RSMo. Such museum district sales tax may be imposed for any
museum purpose designated by the board of the museum district. If the
resolution is adopted the board of the district may submit the question
of whether to impose a sales tax authorized by this section to either the
legal voters of the district and/or to the owners of real property within
the district who shall have the same voting interests as with the
election of members of the board of the district.

2. The sales tax authorized by this section shall become effective on the
first day of the second calendar quarter following adoption of the tax by
the qualified voters.

3. In each museum district in which a sales tax has been imposed in the
manner provided by this section, every retailer shall add the tax imposed
by the museum district pursuant to this section to the retailer's sale
price, and when so added such tax shall constitute a part of the price,
shall be a debt of the purchaser to the retailer until paid, and shall be
recoverable at law in the same manner as the purchase price.

4. In order to permit sellers required to collect and report the sales
tax authorized by this section to collect the amount required to be
reported and remitted, but not to change the requirements of reporting or
remitting tax or to serve as a levy of the tax, and in order to avoid
fractions of pennies, the museum district may establish appropriate
brackets which shall be used in the district imposing a tax pursuant to
this section in lieu of those brackets provided in section 144.825*, RSMo.

5. All revenue received by a museum district from the tax authorized by
this section which has been designated for a certain museum purpose shall
be deposited in 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 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 district funds.

6. The sales tax may be imposed at a rate of one-half of one percent,
three-fourths 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 museum district adopting such tax, if such property and
services are subject to taxation by the state of Missouri pursuant to the
provisions of sections 144.010 to 144.525, RSMo. Any museum district
sales tax imposed pursuant to this section shall be imposed at a rate
that shall be uniform throughout the district.

7. On and after the effective date of any tax imposed pursuant to this
section, the museum district shall perform all functions incident to the
administration, collection, enforcement, and operation of the tax. The
tax imposed pursuant to this section shall be collected and reported upon
such forms and under such administrative rules and regulations as may be
prescribed by the museum district.

8. All applicable provisions contained in sections 144.010 to 144.525,
RSMo, governing the state sales tax, sections 32.085 and 32.087, RSMo,
and section 32.057, RSMo, the uniform confidentiality provision, shall
apply to the collection of the tax imposed by this section, except as
modified in this section.

9. All exemptions granted to agencies of government, organizations,
persons and to the sale of certain articles and items of tangible
personal property and taxable services pursuant to the provisions of
sections 144.010 to 144.525, RSMo, are hereby made applicable to the
imposition and collection of the tax imposed by this section.

10. The same sales tax permit, exemption certificate and retail
certificate required by sections 144.010 to 144.525, RSMo for the
administration and collection of the state sales tax shall satisfy the
requirements of this section, and no additional permit or exemption
certificate or retail certificate shall be required; except that the
museum district may prescribe a form of exemption certificate for an
exemption from the tax imposed by this section.

11. The penalties provided in section 32.057, RSMo, and sections 144.010
to 144.525, RSMo, for violation of those sections are hereby made
applicable to violations of this section.

12. For the purpose of a sales tax imposed by a resolution pursuant to
this section, all retail sales except retail sales of motor vehicles
shall be deemed to be consummated at the place of business of the
retailer unless the tangible personal property sold is delivered by the
retailer or the retailer's agent to an out-of-state destination or to a
common carrier for delivery to an out-of-state destination. In the event
a retailer has more than one place of business in this state which
participates in the sale, the sale shall be deemed to be consummated at
the place of business of the retailer where the initial order for the
tangible personal property is taken, even though the order shall be
forwarded elsewhere for acceptance, approval of credit, shipment or
billing. A sale by a retailer's employee shall be deemed to be
consummated at the place of business from** which the employee works.

13. All sales taxes collected by the museum district shall be deposited
by the museum district in a special fund to be expended for the purposes
authorized in this section. The museum district shall keep accurate
records of the amount of money which was collected pursuant to this
section, and the records shall be open to the inspection by the officers
and directors of each museum district and the Missouri department of
revenue. Tax returns filed by businesses within*** the district shall
otherwise be considered as confidential in the same manner as sales tax
returns filed with the Missouri department of revenue.

14. No museum district imposing a sales tax pursuant to this section may
repeal or amend such sales tax unless such repeal or amendment will not
impair the district's ability to repay any liabilities which it has
incurred, money which it has borrowed or revenue bonds, notes or other
obligations which it has issued or which have been issued to finance any
project or projects. (L. 1997 S.B. 21)

Effective 7-7-97

*Section 144.825 does not exist.

**Word "form" appears in original rolls.

***Word "with" appears in original rolls.

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 with not-for-profit corporations to operate the museum 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 the museum project. (L. 1997 S.B. 21)

Effective 7-7-97

*Word "of" appears in original rolls.

1. A district may at any time authorize or issue revenue bonds
for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any project.
Every issue of such bonds shall be payable out of the revenues of the
district and may be further secured by other property of the district
which may be pledged, assigned, mortgaged, or a security interest granted
for such payment, without preference or priority of the first bonds
issued, subject to any agreement with the holders of any other bonds
pledging any specified property or revenues. Such bonds shall be
authorized by resolution of the board of the district, and if issued by
the district, shall bear such date or dates, and shall mature at such
time or times, but not in excess of forty years, as the resolution shall
specify. Such bonds shall be in such denomination, bear interest at such
rate or rates, be in such form, either coupon or registered, be issued as
current interest bonds, compound interest bonds, variable rate bonds,
convertible bonds, or zero coupon bonds, be issued in such manner, be
payable in such place or places and subject to redemption as such
resolution may provide notwithstanding the provisions of section 108.170,
RSMo. The bonds may be sold at either public or private sale, at such
interest rates, and at such price or prices as the district shall
determine.

2. Any issue of district bonds outstanding may be refunded at any time by
the district by issuing its refunding bonds in such amount as the
district may deem necessary. Such bonds may not exceed the amount
sufficient to refund the principal of the bonds so to be refunded
together with any unpaid interest thereon and any premiums, commissions,
service fees, and other expenses necessary to be paid in connection with
the refunding. Any such refunding may be effected whether the bonds to be
refunded then shall have matured or thereafter shall mature, either by
sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof
to the payment of the bonds being refunded or by the exchange of the
refunding bonds for the bonds being refunded with the consent of the
holder or holders of the bonds being refunded. Refunding bonds may be
issued regardless of whether the bonds being refunded were issued in
connection with the same project or a separate project and regardless of
whether the bonds proposed to be refunded shall be payable on the same
date or different date or shall be due serially or otherwise.

3. Bonds issued pursuant to this section shall exclusively be the
responsibility of the district and shall not constitute a debt or
liability of the state of Missouri or any agency or political subdivision
of the state other than the district. The district shall not be obligated
to pay such bonds with any funds other than those specifically pledged to
repayment of the bonds. Any bonds issued by a district shall state on
their face that they are not obligations of the state of Missouri or any
agency or political subdivision thereof other than the district.

4. Bonds issued pursuant to this section, the interest thereon, or any
proceeds from such bonds shall be exempt from taxation in the state of
Missouri for all purposes except the state estate tax. (L. 1997 S.B. 21)

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The district may contract with a federal agency, a state or its
agencies and political subdivisions, a corporation, partnership or
individual regarding funding, promotion, planning, designing,
constructing, improving, maintaining, or operating a project or to assist
in such activity; provided, however, that any contract providing for the
overall management and operation of the museum for the district shall
only be with a governmental entity or a not-for-profit corporation. (L.
1997 S.B. 21)

Effective 7-7-97

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. (L. 1997 S.B. 21)

Effective 7-7-97

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. (L.
1997 S.B. 21)

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