EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 412
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BROWN (26).
1428S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 182.645, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
consolidated public library districts.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 182.645, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 182.645, 2
to read as follows:3
182.645. 1. The fiscal year for each consolidated 1
public library district shall be July first to June 2
thirtieth unless otherwise set by the board of trustees , and 3
each year the librarian shall submit to the board of 4
trustees a budget for the forthcoming fiscal ye ar. The 5
board shall approve the budget after making any changes 6
therein that it deems necessary. The budget shall be 7
approved on or before [June thirtieth] the last day of the 8
fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the budget 9
was prepared. The board on its own motion or at the request 10
of the librarian, from time to time, may amend or modify the 11
approved budget. A copy of the approved budget shall be 12
filed with each county commission or county executive office 13
of the counties comprising the consolidated public library 14
district, and with the state auditor. 15
2. The treasurer of the board of trustees of a 16
consolidated public library district shall receive and be 17
the custodian of all money belonging to the district from 18 SB 412 2
whatever source derived. All funds of the consolidated 19
public library district derived from local taxation to be 20
used for normal operations of the district and received from 21
the county collector, shall be kept in a consolidated 22
library operating fund. All funds belonging to the district 23
which are to be used for building purposes shall be kept in 24
a consolidated library building fund; all funds derived from 25
state aid or federal grants, other than land, building and 26
furnishing grants, shall be kept in the consol idated library 27
operating fund; and the board may establish any other funds 28
that it deems necessary. The treasurer shall deposit all 29
moneys belonging to the consolidated public library district 30
in the depositaries that are selected by the board of 31
trustees. The treasurer shall also be the custodian of all 32
bonds or other securities belonging to the consolidated 33
public library district. 34
3. Consolidated public library district moneys shall 35
be disbursed by the treasurer by appropriate instrument of 36
payment only upon due authorization of the consolidated 37
public library district board of trustees and duly certified 38
for payment by the president. The certification shall 39
specify the amount to be paid, to whom payment is to be made 40
and the purpose for which payment is being made. The board 41
by resolution may direct that the signature of the president 42
or treasurer be a facsimile signature in the manner provided 43
by sections 105.273 to 105.278. 44
4. No authorization or certification shall be ma de, 45
and no instrument of payment issued for the payment of any 46
consolidated public library district indebtedness unless 47
there is sufficient money in the treasury and the proper 48
fund for the payment of the indebtedness and be in the 49
proper form. 50 SB 412 3
5. The treasurer of the board of trustees shall submit 51
to the board of trustees, at each regularly scheduled 52
meeting of the board, an accounting reflecting receipt and 53
disbursement of funds belonging to the consolidated public 54
library district. 55