FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 525
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BRATTIN.
1339S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal sections 182.020 and 182.050, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
relating to county libraries.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 182.020 and 182.050 , RSMo, are 1
repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be 2
known as sections 182.020 and 182.050, to read as follows:3
182.020. 1. If, from returns of the submission of the 1
question, the majority of all the votes cast are in favor of 2
establishing a county library district and for the tax for a 3
free county library, the county governing body shall enter 4
of record a brief recital of the returns and that there has 5
been established "______ county library district", and 6
thereafter such "______ county library district", shall be 7
considered established; and the tax specified in the notice, 8
subject to the provisions of this section, shall be levied 9
and collected, from year to year. 10
2. At least once in every month the county collect or 11
in each county of the first and second classes, including 12
such counties having a charter form of government, shall pay 13
over to the treasurer of the county library district all 14
moneys received and collected by him to which the district 15
is entitled and take duplicate receipts from the treasurer, 16
one of which he shall file with the secretary of the county 17
library district and the other he shall file in his 18 SB 525 2
settlement with the county governing body. The county 19
collector in the counties of the third and fourth classes 20
shall pay over to the county treasurer at least once in 21
every month all moneys received and collected by him which 22
are due the county library district and shall take duplicate 23
receipts therefor, one of which he shall file in his 24
settlement with the county governing body. The county 25
treasurer in such counties shall pay over to the treasurer 26
of the county library district, at least once in every 27
month, all moneys so received by him to which the district 28
is entitled. Upon payment he shall take duplicate receipts 29
from the treasurer of the county library district, one of 30
which he shall file with the secretary of the county library 31
district, and the other he shall file in his settlement with 32
the county governing body. 33
3. The tax may be reconsidered whenever the voters of 34
any county library district shall so determine by a majority 35
vote on such questions after petition, order, and notice of 36
the election and of the purpose thereof, first having been 37
made, filed, and given, as in the case of establishing such 38
county library district. At least five years must elapse 39
after the county library district has been established and a 40
tax therefor has been levied before a question to reconsider 41
the tax may be submitted under this subsection. 42
4. Whenever the county library board of trustees finds 43
it appropriate, it may order an election on the question of 44
increasing the tax established pursuant to subsection 2 of 45
section 182.010 or increased pursuant to subsection 5 of 46
section 182.010. The county commission may overrule and 47
reject a county library board of trustees' decision to order 48
an election on the question of increasing taxes. Notice of 49
the election shall be published in the same manner as is 50 SB 525 3
notice of an election to establish a county library district 51
under section 182.010. The notice and order shall each 52
recite the amount of the proposed increase. The question 53
shall be submitted in substantially the following form: 54
Shall the ______ per hundred dollars asse ssed 55
valuation tax for the county library be 56
increased to ______ per hundred dollars assessed 57
valuation? 58
If a majority of votes cast on the question are in favor of 59
the increase, then the increased tax shall be levied and 60
collected in the same manner as the tax was at its previous 61
lower rate. 62
5. As used in sections 182.010 to 182.120, the words 63
"county commission" or "county governing body" shall be 64
construed to mean the proper commission or official in any 65
county operating under a special ch arter. 66
182.050. For the purpose of carrying into effect 1
sections 182.010 to 182.120, in case a county library 2
district is established and a free county library authorized 3
as provided in section 182.010, within sixty days after the 4
establishment of the county library district, there shall be 5
created a county library board of trustees, of five members, 6
who shall be residents of the library district, none of whom 7
shall be elected county officials. The members shall be 8
appointed by the county commission for terms of four years 9
each, except that as to the members of the first board, two 10
shall be appointed for one year, and one each shall be 11
appointed for two years, three years, and four years, 12
respectively, from the first day of J uly following their 13
appointment; and annually thereafter before the first day of 14
July the county commission shall appoint successors. 15 SB 525 4
Vacancies in the board occasioned by removals, resignations 16
or otherwise shall be reported to the county commission a nd 17
shall be filled in like manner as original appointments; 18
except that if the vacancy is in an unexpired term, the 19
appointment shall be made for only the unexpired portion of 20
that term. No member of the board shall receive 21
compensation as such. No person shall be employed by the 22
board of library trustees or by the librarian who is related 23
within the third degree by blood or by marriage to any 24
trustee of the board. The county commission may remove any 25
member for conduct prejudicial to the good o rder and 26
effective operation of the library, or for other good cause, 27
stated in writing and after public hearing. 28