Effective - 28 Aug 1990
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 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.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 2)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XI - Education and Libraries
Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials
Section 184.101 - Citation of law.
Section 184.102 - Definitions.
Section 184.119 - Records to be retained for twenty-five years after December 31, 1991.
Section 184.122 - Museum law to supersede lost and unclaimed property law.
Section 184.250 - Memorial buildings or monuments in each county.
Section 184.260 - County commissions and municipal assemblies authorized to act.
Section 184.290 - County memorial hospitals — state aid, how authorized.
Section 184.351 - St. Louis science center — increase in tax rate, procedure — ballot form.
Section 184.352 - Definitions.
Section 184.354 - District board, appointment, terms, qualifications, officers, rules and bylaws.
Section 184.355 - Dissolution of subdistricts — petition — election, ballot form.
Section 184.360 - Subdistrict's powers — duties.
Section 184.362 - Facilities to be free, commission rules and regulations, employee benefits.
Section 184.364 - Indebtedness, district may incur by election, limitation.
Section 184.366 - Taxation to retire debt.
Section 184.368 - Question to be submitted.
Section 184.370 - Form of ballot.
Section 184.372 - Bonds, when issued, form, limitations.
Section 184.374 - Bonds, how transferred.
Section 184.376 - Refunding bonds authorized.
Section 184.378 - Ordinances to protect facilities authorized.
Section 184.380 - Report to chief executive officers, when.
Section 184.382 - Report to district board, when.
Section 184.384 - Discriminatory employment practices prohibited.
Section 184.506 - Commission to govern, members, terms, meetings, quorum — immunity for members.
Section 184.512 - Administration, funding of — record keeping requirements.
Section 184.608 - Collection of taxes, procedure — use of funds collected.
Section 184.612 - Additional indebtedness may be incurred by district with voter approval, amount.
Section 184.614 - Tax levy requirements — additional indebtedness — election — ballot form.
Section 184.618 - Conversion of bond into registered bond, procedure.
Section 184.800 - Law, how cited.
Section 184.805 - Definitions.
Section 184.820 - Petitions, who may file — hearing on petition — appeals.
Section 184.825 - Costs of petition, reimbursement, when.
Section 184.827 - Museum and cultural district board, members.
Section 184.840 - Funding, authority to receive and expend — appropriations.
Section 184.847 - Admission fee authorized, rate — deposit in special trust fund.
Section 184.850 - Powers of district.
Section 184.860 - Revenue bonds, exemption from taxes, exception.
Section 184.865 - Contracts with other political subdivisions or other entities.