Title XI, EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

182.420. Term of directors — removal. — Said directors shall hold office, one-third for one year, one-third for two years and one-third for three years, from the first of June following their appointment, and at their first regular meeting shall cast lots for their respective ter…

182.430. Vacancies, how filled — no compensation. — Vacancies in the board of directors, occasioned by removals, resignation or otherwise, shall be reported to the mayor, and be filled in like manner as original appointments, and no director shall receive compensation as such. ­­…

182.440. Duty of board — appointment of officers — powers. — 1. The directors shall be known and styled in their corporate name as the board of directors of the public library, and in such name may exercise the powers herein granted. 2. They shall, immediately after appointment, …

182.450. Board to make annual report — contents. — The said board of directors shall make, on or before the second Monday in June, an annual report to the mayor, stating the condition of their trust on the first day of May of that year, the various sums of money received from the…

182.460. City to provide penalties. — The said cities shall have power to pass ordinances imposing suitable penalties for the punishment of persons committing injury upon such library, or the grounds or other property thereof, and for injury to or failure to return any book belon…

182.480. Municipal library districts created in cities — property subject to taxation. — As of October 13, 1965, and any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, all of the area or territory included within the geographical boundaries of a city, including any area…

182.490. City library tax rate to be continued — construction of library laws. — The current library tax rate being levied in any city in which there shall be a municipal library district pursuant to the provisions hereof shall continue to be levied by or for the benefit of the m…

182.500. Excluded property subject to taxation for payment of bonded indebtedness — alternative. — All real property excluded from a county library district as provided in sections 182.130 and 182.480 shall thereafter be subject to the levy of taxes for the payment of any bonded …

182.510. Law not to prevent merger of city and county district. — Nothing in sections 182.480 to 182.510 shall be construed so as to prevent the merger of the city library and the county library district as provided in section 182.040 or 182.291. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 312 § 6, A…

182.610. County library districts may consolidate, when. — Two or more county library districts having the same rate of taxation on assessed valuation of taxable property within each district may join in creating a consolidated public library district, which shall have the same r…

182.620. Consolidation — resolution — election — form of ballot — transfer of property. — 1. A consolidated public library district may be created by resolution, duly acted upon, by the governing boards of two or more county public library districts. After the districts have each…

182.630. Consolidated district is body corporate and a political subdivision — corporate powers. — A consolidated 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…

182.640. Board of trustees — how appointed, grounds for removal, vacancies how filled — librarian to be appointed. — 1. A consolidated public library district created under the provisions of sections 182.610 to 182.670 shall be governed by a board of trustees which shall consist …

182.645. Fiscal year — budget — treasurer custodian of funds. — 1. The fiscal year for each consolidated public library district shall be July first to June thirtieth unless otherwise set by the board of trustees, and each year the librarian shall submit to the board of trustees …

182.647. Bonds of employees — records and reports required. — 1. The treasurer, the librarian and other employees as designated by the board, before entering upon the discharge of their duties as such, shall enter into bond or bonds with a corporate surety to be approved by the b…

182.650. Rate of tax — election to increase rate — form of ballot. — 1. Whenever a consolidated public library district has been created it may levy a tax at a rate of not less than twenty cents on the one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of all taxable property in the distr…

182.655. Board may purchase land and erect buildings — bonds issued, when — election. — 1. The board of trustees of the consolidated public library district may provide for the purchase of ground and for the erection of public library buildings, and for the improvement of existin…

182.660. May incorporate other public library districts — petition, notice — transfer of property, when. — 1. Any consolidated public library district created under sections 182.610 to 182.670 may enlarge the area it serves by incorporating into it any county, city, municipal, sc…

182.670. Board to adopt rules and regulations — suspension of library privileges, when. — 1. The board of trustees of the consolidated public library district shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations governing the terms and privileges for the use of the library and its facili…

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 …

183.010. Society made trustee for the state — powers — executive committee. — 1. The state historical society of Missouri, heretofore organized under the laws of this state, shall be the trustee of this state, and as such shall hold all its present and future collections and prop…

183.020. Society's duties. — It shall be the duty of the society to collect books, maps and other papers and material for the study of history, especially of this state and of the middle west; to acquire narratives and records of the pioneers, to procure documents, manuscripts an…

183.030. Executive committee to report — copies of state publications to society. — The executive committee of the society shall keep an accurate account of the expenditure of all money which may be appropriated for the purposes of the society, and report biennially to the govern…

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