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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1144
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SCHNELTING.
4641S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 182.291, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to city -
county library boards of trustees.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 182.291, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 182.291, 2
to read as follows:3
182.291. 1. After the establishment of a county 1
library district as provided in section 182.010, the board 2
of trustees of any city library within the county, which 3
city has a library tax levy equal to that levied for the 4
county library district, and which county library district 5
has a population of under two hundred and fifty thousand, 6
with the prior approval of the governing body of the city, 7
may petition the county governing body to permit the 8
organization of a city-county library to provide library 9
service to the residents of the county by appropriate means 10
from the city library. 11
2. After the county library board has been appointed 12
as provided in section 182.050, the county library board may 13
petition the county governing body to permit the 14
organization of a city-county library which shall provide 15
library service to the residents of the county by 16
appropriate means from the city library. Within thirty days 17
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after receiving the petition the county governing body shall 18
notify the county library board and the city library board 19
of its decision by order of record. If the petition is 20
approved, the city-county library shall be deemed 21
established; but if the petition is denied, the parties may 22
proceed as provided in sections 182.010 to 182.120. 23
3. (1) The city-county library shall be under the 24
control and supervision of a board of trustees of nine 25
members[.] appointed as follows: 26
(a) If the population of the county is larger than 27
that of the city, the county governing body shall appoint 28
five members of the library board[.]; 29
(b) If the population of the county is less than that 30
of the city, the county governing body shall appoint four 31
members of the library board[.]; 32
(c) If the population of the city is larger than that 33
of the county, the mayor of the city shall appoint five 34
members to the library board[.]; 35
(d) If the population of the city is less than that of 36
the county[,]: 37
a. Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph b. of 38
this paragraph, the mayor shall appoint four members to the 39
library board; and 40
b. In any county with more than four hundred thousand 41
but fewer than five hundred thousand inhabitants, for 42
members appointed on or after January 1, 2027, the mayors of 43
the four most populous cities in the county shall appoint 44
four members to the library board as follows: 45
(i) The member's term that expires first after January 46
1, 2027, shall be filled by an appointment by the mayor of 47
the most populous city in the county; 48
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(ii) The member's term that expires second after 49
January 1, 2027, shall be filled by an appointment by the 50
mayor of the second-most populous city in the county; 51
(iii) The member's term that expires third after 52
January 1, 2027, shall be filled by an appointment by the 53
mayor of the third-most populous city in the county; and 54
(iv) The member's term that expires fourth after 55
January 1, 2027, shall be filled by an appointment by the 56
mayor of the fourth-most populous city in the county. 57
(2) (a) After the initial appointments made by 58
following the order of appointments described in 59
subparagraph b. of paragraph (d) of subdivision (1) of this 60
subsection, subsequent appointments shall be made by 61
following the same order. 62
(b) The population of the cities described in 63
subparagraph b. of paragraph (d) of subdivision (1) of this 64
subsection shall be determined on the basis of the last 65
previous decennial census of the United States as provided 66
in section 1.100. 67
(3) The members shall serve a term of three years and 68
until their successors are appointed and qualified in the 69
same manner as their predecessors; except that, the original 70
members shall serve terms ranging from one to three years to 71
be determined by the board at its first meeting. 72
Immediately upon their appointment, the board shall organize 73
as provided in section 182.060; and thereupon the city board 74
shall cease to exist and shall turn over all property, books 75
and records to the city-county board. 76
4. All unexpended funds of the preexisting separate 77
city and county library districts shall be deposited by the 78
custodians thereof with the city treasurer immediately upon 79
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the issuance of the county governing body's approval of the 80
petition. 81
5. For all tax purposes, including levies and 82
adjustments thereof, the city library district shall become 83
a part of the county library district at the beginning of 84
the next fiscal year after the merger and the property 85
within the city library district shall be treated as within 86
the county library district for all such purposes; except, 87
until the city library district shall become a part of the 88
county library district the levy and collection of taxes 89
shall be made as though no merger had taken place, so that 90
the levy and collection of taxes shall be without 91
interruption, and during that period no change in the levy 92
shall take place. The funds collected shall be turned over 93
to the city treasurer immediately upon collection. 94
6. All of the real and personal property and all of 95
the obligations of the preexisting separate city and county 96
library districts shall, without further action, become the 97
property and obligations of the merged city-county library 98
district, which shall have an official name composed of the 99
name of the city, followed by the name of the county and 100
followed by the words "County Library District". 101
7. The merged district, and the librarian, officials 102
and board thereof, shall have all of the rights, powers, 103
responsibilities, and privileges granted county library 104
districts by the laws of the state of Missouri and shall be 105
governed by such laws, as though the merged districts were a 106
county library district, except: 107
(1) Where such laws are inconsistent with this section; 108
(2) The treasurer of the board of trustees of the 109
library district shall receive and be the custodian of all 110
moneys, belonging to the district from whatever source 111
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derived. Such funds shall be audited annually. At least 112
once in every month the proper finance officer shall pay 113
over to the treasurer of the library district all moneys 114
received and collected for the fund, including interest on 115
such moneys, and take duplicate receipts from the treasurer, 116
one of which he shall file with the secretary of the library 117
district and the other of which he shall file in his 118
settlement with the proper governing body; 119
(3) The library board shall prepare a budget for each 120
fiscal year and all expenditures shall conform to such 121
budget. The budget shall be prepared and approved by the 122
library board and made available to the members of the 123
governing body of the city and the members of the county 124
governing body sixty days before the beginning of each 125
fiscal year, except the first budget of the merged district 126
shall be prepared forthwith and so delivered after the 127
merger. 128
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