Effective – 28 Aug 1999 67.1700. Metropolitan park and recreation district may be created — existing recreation or public park systems already within district, effect, powers. — A metropolitan park and recreation district may be created, incorporated and managed pursuant to sections 67.1700 to 67.1769 and may exercise the powers given to such district pursuant […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1999 67.1703. Metropolitan district to be body corporate and political subdivision. — When a metropolitan district is organized, it shall be a body corporate and a political subdivision, as that term is defined in section 67.750, of this state, and such district shall be known as “______ Metropolitan Park and Recreation […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2012 67.1706. District to develop, operate and maintain system of interconnecting trails and parks — power to contract with other parks. — The metropolitan district shall have as its duty the development, operation and maintenance of a public system of interconnecting trails and parks throughout the counties comprising the district, including […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1999 67.1709. Political subdivision’s departments in certain counties to operate trails and parks by contract — limitation. — Any trails and parks controlled or maintained by a metropolitan district and located within any county of the first classification with a charter form of government and having a population of more than […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2012 67.1712. Sales tax may be imposed on retail sales, rate to fund program — additional sales tax, amount, purpose — ordinance to be submitted to voters. — 1. The governing body of any county located within the proposed metropolitan district is hereby authorized to impose by ordinance a one-tenth of […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2001 67.1713. No sales tax on food for counties in metropolitan park and recreation districts, when. — Beginning January 1, 2002, there is hereby specifically exempted from the tax imposed pursuant to section 67.1712 all sales of food as defined by section 144.014. ——– (L. 2001 S.B. 203)
Effective – 28 Aug 2012 67.1715. District ballot form, approval of majority required — district established, when. — 1. For the original sales tax of up to one-tenth of one cent authorized in subsection 1 of section 67.1712, the question shall be submitted to the voters in each county of the proposed metropolitan district in […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1999 67.1718. Single county district, procedure. — In the event the proposed metropolitan district consists of only one county, if a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal, then the metropolitan district shall be deemed organized, but if […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2012 67.1721. District to contain more than one county, procedure — counties wanting to be included in district after it is established, procedure. — In the event that the proposed metropolitan district consists of more than one county, if a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1999 67.1724. Board of directors in one-county district, appointment, qualifications, restrictions in certain counties — removal from office. — When a metropolitan district is organized in only one county, the executive of the county shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the governing body of the county, a board of […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1999 67.1727. Board members not to hold county office, exception — United States citizenship and residence in county of district required — financial interest in district contracts prohibited. — No board member shall hold a public office of any county within the metropolitan district, other than the office of notary public. […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1999 67.1730. Board member terms — vacancies, how filled, eligible for reappointment. — The board members appointed to the metropolitan district shall hold office for three-year terms, except that for members first appointed, such members shall be staggered as evenly as possible between terms of one year, two years and three […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1999 67.1733. President and officers of board to be elected at organizational meeting — bylaws to be adopted, content. — Promptly after their appointment, the initial board members shall hold an organizational meeting at which they shall elect a president and such other officers from among their number as they may […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1999 67.1736. Money collected to be kept in separate fund and deposited in county treasury of largest contributing county — board’s powers and duties. — Board members shall have the exclusive control of the expenditures of all money collected to the credit of the metropolitan park and recreation fund created pursuant […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1999 67.1739. Distribution of board members — new county entering district, appointment of board members, when — restrictions — certain years, county executives to determine allocation of board members, arbitration, when. — When a metropolitan district is organized in more than one county, each county shall be represented by a certain […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2012 67.1742. Powers and duties of the district. — A metropolitan park and recreation district shall have the power to: (1) Issue bonds, notes or other obligations for any of the purposes of the district, and to refund such bonds, notes or obligations, as provided in sections 67.1760 to 67.1769. No […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1999 67.1745. Public highway, street or road extending into trail or park area, board may improve highway or road, procedure, district may agree to pay portion of cost. — When a public highway, street or road extends into or through a public trail, trail area or park area of a metropolitan […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1999 67.1748. Missouri products and supplies to be given preference. — The metropolitan district shall purchase and use only those materials, products, supplies, provisions and other needed articles produced, manufactured, compounded, made or grown within this state, when such articles are found in marketable quantities in the state and are of […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1999 67.1751. Metropolitan district not to have power of eminent domain. — The metropolitan district shall not have any power of eminent domain. ——– (L. 1999 S.B. 405 § 67.791 subsec. 4, subdiv. (4))
Effective – 28 Aug 2012, 2 histories 67.1754. Sales tax, how allocated — reauthorization of tax, when. — 1. The sales tax authorized in sections 67.1712 to 67.1721 shall be collected and allocated as follows: (1) Fifty percent of the sales taxes collected from each county shall be deposited in the metropolitan park and recreational […]
