Title XI, EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

182.701. Definitions. — As used in sections 182.701 to 182.723, the following terms mean: (1) "Nine director urban school district", a school district which is located in a county of the first class having a charter form of government, which school district contains the greater p…

182.703. Urban public library district, procedure to create — boundaries — new district to be successor to library serving same boundaries — authority to levy property tax. — Urban public library districts may be created, upon the favorable vote of a majority of the residents of …

182.705. Powers — duties of urban public library districts. — An urban public library district is a body corporate and a political subdivision of the state of Missouri, and by and through its governing board of trustees may engage in and contract for every and all types of servic…

182.707. Board of trustees, appointment, qualifications, terms, vacancies, expenses, officers how selected — meetings — majority vote of full board required when — librarian powers and duties — staff. — 1. An urban public library district created under the provisions of sections …

182.709. Retirement system, employees eligible for certain public school retirement system. — All employees of an urban public library district who would be eligible for membership in the public school retirement system of the public library system continued to be operated by the…

182.711. Fiscal year for library district — budget to be approved, when, modification when, filed with state auditor — library operating fund established — treasurer powers and duties. — 1. The fiscal year for each urban public library district shall be July first to June thirtie…

182.713. Bond required for treasurer, librarian and certain other employees. — 1. The treasurer, the librarian and other employees as designated by the board of trustees, before entering upon the discharge of their duties as such, shall enter into bond or bonds with a corporate s…

182.715. Taxes raised for a library district transferred to successor urban district, when — tax levy authorized, rate — rate increase, procedure — additional tax to erect buildings, procedure, ballot form. — 1. Whenever an urban public library district is created pursuant to sec…

182.717. Bonds issued by district, limitation, purposes, rate — approval by voters required — form and content — sale — amount of bond. — 1. The board of trustees of an urban public library district may provide for the purchase of ground and for the erection of public library bui…

182.719. Rules and regulations, duties of board to establish, filed with county clerk — violations, suspension of library privileges. — 1. The board of trustees of an urban public library district shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations governing the terms and privileges for…

182.721. Real property, obligations, rights of nine-director urban school district used solely for library purposes transferred to urban public library district — property used for both library and nonlibrary purposes not to be transferred — rental agreement, when. — 1. Except as…

182.723. Personal property, funds and obligations of nine-director urban school districts used for public library purposes to be transferred to urban public district. — Upon the effective date of creation of an urban public library district any and all outstanding obligations of …

182.800. Free libraries — funds, investment of. — The governing board of any free library district may invest funds of the district. The board may invest the funds in either open time deposits for ninety days or certificates of deposit in a depositary selected by the board, if th…

182.802. Public libraries, sales tax authorized — ballot language — definitions (Butler, Ripley, Wayne, Stoddard, New Madrid, Dunklin, Pemiscot, Saline, and Cedar counties) — 1. (1) Any public library district located in any of the following counties may impose a tax as provided …

182.810. Insurance for library boards. — The library board or board of trustees of any library in the state supported in whole or in part by taxation may purchase and maintain insurance for members of the board, individually, against any liabilities incurred as board members. ­­-…

182.812. Library network defined — appropriations, rules and regulations — library networking fund established — rulemaking, procedure. — 1. As used in this section, the term "library network" shall mean a formal process of cooperation between libraries and other entities to serv…

182.815. Disclosure of library records, definitions. — As used in this section and section 182.817, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Digital resource or material", any E-book, digital periodical, digital thesis, digital dissertation, digital report, application, website, data…

182.817. Disclosure of library records not required — exceptions — complaint may be filed for compromised privacy, procedure. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, no library, employee or agent of a library, or third party contracted by a library t…

182.825. Definitions. — As used in sections 182.825 and 182.827, the following terms mean: (1) "Pornographic for minors", as that term is defined in section 573.010; (2) "Public access computer", a computer that is: (a) Located in an elementary or secondary public school or publi…

182.827. Responsibilities of public schools and public libraries with public access computers — rulemaking authority — immunity from liability, when. — 1. A public school that provides a public access computer shall do one or both of the following: (1) Equip the computer with sof…

182.900. City libraries — organization of library board — state aid, requirements to obtain. — Any city in this state may maintain from its own resources a free public library without the levy or collection of a tax specifically designated for the support and maintenance of such …