Title XI — EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

184.010. State museum — duty of department of natural resources — where located — soldiers' and sailors' memorial hall. — 1. *The department of natural resources shall maintain a Missouri state museum which shall be a conservational and historical museum in which shall be collect…

184.015. Political subdivisions may contract for use of art museums, how — payments from what funds. — 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 incorpo…

184.101. Citation of law. — Sections 184.101 to 184.122 shall be known and may be cited as the "Museum Property Act". ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 1) Effective 12-31-91

184.102. Definitions. — 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) "Clai…

184.104. Notices, information content — notice to be given by restricted certified mail — deemed delivered, when, procedure — locale of museum, how determined. — 1. In addition to any other information prescribed for a particular notice, all notices given by a museum pursuant to …

184.106. Conservation or disposal of property on loan, without notice, when — exception — lien for costs — museum not to be liable for injury or loss, when. — 1. Unless there is a written loan agreement to the contrary, a museum may apply conservation measures to or dispose of pr…

184.108. Loss or injury to property — notice to lender, content, rules — publication not required. — 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 r…

184.111. Termination of loan by museum may be made, when — procedure — lender failure to respond to notice, property deemed donated to museum, when. — 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) …

184.112. Title to undocumented property to museum, when — acquisition of title notice, content. — 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 conta…

184.114. Intent to preserve interest in property on loan to museum, content, filed when — effective period — extension, procedure — insufficiency of intent notice, duties, procedure — sections 184.101 to 184.114, effective date. — 1. A notice of intent to preserve an interest in …

184.116. Action for damages for loss or injury, time limitation — failure to bring action after notice, property deemed donated, when — purchaser from the museum to acquire good title. — 1. No action for damages shall be brought against a museum because of injury to or loss of pr…

184.118. Title to property museum's obligation to lender or claimant — records to be retained, time period, content. — 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 w…

184.119. Records to be retained for twenty-five years after December 31, 1991. — 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 …

184.121. Change of address, duty of lender or claimant to notify museum — written agreement between lender and museum to prevail. — 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. Fai…

184.122. Museum law to supersede lost and unclaimed property law. — 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. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 13)

184.250. Memorial buildings or monuments in each county. — 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…

184.260. County commissions and municipal assemblies authorized to act. — 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 buil…

184.270. State aid. — 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 1…

184.280. County commissions authorized to provide for public war memorials — issuance of bonds. — 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 an…

184.290. County memorial hospitals — state aid, how authorized. — 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 a…

184.350. Metropolitan zoological park, or museum district containing zoological, art museum and St. Louis science center subdistricts — petitions to form — election, when — ballot form, costs how paid. — 1. Whenever qualified voters representing five percent of the votes cast at …

184.351. St. Louis science center — increase in tax rate, procedure — ballot form. — 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 …

184.352. Definitions. — 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" shal…

184.353. Botanical garden — transport museum — Missouri history museum — symphony orchestra and recreational and amateur sports subdistricts, formation — election, ballot forms, tax rate — admission fees — metropolitan zoological park and museum district, election to provide for …

184.354. District board, appointment, terms, qualifications, officers, rules and bylaws. — 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 …

184.355. Dissolution of subdistricts — petition — election, ballot form. — 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 su…

184.356. District to collect revenues — employees, appointment and compensation — operating costs limited — funds, distribution. — The metropolitan zoological park and museum district shall collect all revenues on behalf of such subdistricts and shall deposit same in separate sub…

[Repealed or reserved.]

184.358. Subdistricts governed by commission, appointment — qualifications — terms — removal from office — nonvoting advisory members, appointment, terms. — 1. Each subdistrict established by the voters as provided in section 184.350 shall be governed by a commission consisting o…

184.359. Reduction of tax rate (roll back) by reassessment — restoration of, tax rate in whole or in part, procedures, election, ballot form — restored tax rate effective when. — 1. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of chapter 137, the board of directors of any metropolitan z…

184.360. Subdistrict's powers — duties. — 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 a…

184.362. Facilities to be free, commission rules and regulations, employee benefits. — 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 p…

184.364. Indebtedness, district may incur by election, limitation. — 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…

184.366. Taxation to retire debt. — 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 prin…

184.368. Question to be submitted. — 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)

184.370. Form of ballot. — 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…

184.372. Bonds, when issued, form, limitations. — 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 h…

184.374. Bonds, how transferred. — 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 treasur…

184.376. Refunding bonds authorized. — 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…

184.378. Ordinances to protect facilities authorized. — 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…

184.380. Report to chief executive officers, when. — 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 tr…

184.382. Report to district board, when. — 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 …

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

184.500. Definitions — As used in sections 184.500 to 184.512, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms mean: (1) "Commission", the governing body of the Kansas City Zoological District; (2) "Eligible charter county", any county with a charter form of go…

184.503. Creation of district and sales tax authorized — ballot language — sales tax revenue, use of — withdrawal from district, procedure. — 1. The governing body of any eligible county may, by resolution, authorize the creation of or participation in a district, and may impose …

184.506. Commission to govern, members, terms, meetings, quorum — immunity for members. — 1. The district shall be governed by the commission, which shall be a body corporate and politic and subdivision of the state and shall be composed of resident electors, as follows: (1) One …

184.509. Seal and bylaws — power to contract — borrowing of moneys, when — support for activities, considerations — annual report. — 1. The commission shall adopt a seal and suitable bylaws governing its management and procedure. The commission shall have the power to contract an…

184.512. Administration, funding of — record keeping requirements. — 1. The moneys necessary to finance administrative operations of the Kansas City zoological district for the first six months after its creation shall be appropriated to the commission by the counties comprising …

184.600. Zoo district — boundaries — petition to form — areas outside city may petition to join — elections — ballot content and form. — 1. A metropolitan zoo district may be established in any city with a population of one hundred thousand or more inhabitants located within a fi…

184.602. Board, appointment, terms, officers, vacancies — area outside city representation, how determined, county clerk's duties — qualifications — terms. — 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 …