Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials
Section 184.606 - Powers of district — city to convey existing public zoo to district, conditions — right to charge fees, when — authority to employ staff.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990
184.606. Powers of district — city to convey existing public zoo to district, conditions — right to charge fees, when — authority to employ staff. — 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.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 525 § 4 subsecs. 1, 2, 3)

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Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XI - Education and Libraries

Chapter 184 - Museums — Metropolitan Park Districts and Memorials

Section 184.010 - State museum — duty of department of natural resources — where located — soldiers' and sailors' memorial hall.

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

Section 184.101 - Citation of law.

Section 184.102 - Definitions.

Section 184.104 - Notices, information content — notice to be given by restricted certified mail — deemed delivered, when, procedure — locale of museum, how determined.

Section 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.

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

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

Section 184.112 - Title to undocumented property to museum, when — acquisition of title notice, content.

Section 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.

Section 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.

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

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

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

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 184.270 - State aid.

Section 184.280 - County commissions authorized to provide for public war memorials — issuance of bonds.

Section 184.290 - County memorial hospitals — state aid, how authorized.

Section 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.

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

Section 184.352 - Definitions.

Section 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 mu...

Section 184.354 - District board, appointment, terms, qualifications, officers, rules and bylaws.

Section 184.355 - Dissolution of subdistricts — petition — election, ballot form.

Section 184.356 - District to collect revenues — employees, appointment and compensation — operating costs limited — funds, distribution.

Section 184.357 - Zoological park — art museum and botanical garden — increase in tax rate, procedure, ballot form.

Section 184.358 - Subdistricts governed by commission, appointment — qualifications — terms — removal from office — nonvoting advisory members, appointment, terms.

Section 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.

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 184.500 - Definitions

Section 184.503 - Creation of district and sales tax authorized — ballot language — sales tax revenue, use of — withdrawal from district, procedure.

Section 184.506 - Commission to govern, members, terms, meetings, quorum — immunity for members.

Section 184.509 - Seal and bylaws — power to contract — borrowing of moneys, when — support for activities, considerations — annual report.

Section 184.512 - Administration, funding of — record keeping requirements.

Section 184.600 - Zoo district — boundaries — petition to form — areas outside city may petition to join — elections — ballot content and form.

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

Section 184.604 - Increase tax rate for district — ballot form — failure to adopt, resubmission, when.

Section 184.606 - Powers of district — city to convey existing public zoo to district, conditions — right to charge fees, when — authority to employ staff.

Section 184.608 - Collection of taxes, procedure — use of funds collected.

Section 184.610 - Dissolution of district, procedure — ballot form — cost of election, how paid — property donated by city to revert to city.

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 184.616 - Bond issues, payable when — interest rate — bond, form and content — not to be sold for less than par.

Section 184.618 - Conversion of bond into registered bond, procedure.

Section 184.620 - Refunding bonds, authority to issue, when — funding for payment of principal and interest.

Section 184.622 - Penalty ordinances may be enacted by city or county for injury to district property.

Section 184.800 - Law, how cited.

Section 184.805 - Definitions.

Section 184.810 - Authorized purposes of a district — district is a political subdivision — limitation on names of structures.

Section 184.815 - Petition for creation of district to be filed, when — size of district — petition contents — objections to petition, when raised.

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 184.830 - Notice of order declaring district, publication, election of board of directors — election of chairman and secretary procedures — term of a director and age qualification.

Section 184.835 - Powers of board of directors — election of officers — employees quorum necessary for board action — reimbursement of expenses.

Section 184.840 - Funding, authority to receive and expend — appropriations.

Section 184.845 - Sales tax, board may impose museum district sales tax, how imposed — rate of tax — violations, penalties.

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.

Section 184.870 - Additional powers of district.

Section 184.880 - Insurance.