| 14 | | - | Section A. Sections 115.127 and 182.645, RSMo, are 1 |
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| 15 | | - | repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be 2 |
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| 16 | | - | known as sections 115.127 and 182.645, to read as follows:3 |
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| 17 | | - | 115.127. 1. Except as provided in subsection 4 of 1 |
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| 18 | | - | this section, upon receipt of notice of a special election 2 |
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| 19 | | - | to fill a vacancy submitted pursuant to subsection 2 of 3 |
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| 20 | | - | section 115.125, the election authority shall cause legal 4 |
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| 21 | | - | notice of the special election to be published in a 5 |
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| 22 | | - | newspaper of general circulation in its jurisdiction. The 6 |
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| 23 | | - | notice shall include the name of the officer or agency 7 |
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| 24 | | - | calling the election, the dat e and time of the election, the 8 |
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| 25 | | - | name of the office to be filled and the date by which 9 |
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| 26 | | - | candidates must be selected or filed for the office. Within 10 |
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| 27 | | - | one week prior to each special election to fill a vacancy 11 |
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| 28 | | - | held in its jurisdiction, the election authorit y shall cause 12 |
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| 29 | | - | legal notice of the election to be published in two 13 |
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| 30 | | - | newspapers of different political faith and general 14 |
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| 31 | | - | circulation in the jurisdiction. The legal notice shall 15 |
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| 32 | | - | include the date and time of the election, the name of the 16 |
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| 33 | | - | officer or agency calling the election and a sample ballot. 17 SCS HB 2084 2 |
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| 34 | | - | If there is only one newspaper of general circulation in the 18 |
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| 35 | | - | jurisdiction, the notice shall be published in the newspaper 19 |
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| 36 | | - | within one week prior to the election. If there are two or 20 |
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| 37 | | - | more newspapers of general circulation in the jurisdiction, 21 |
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| 38 | | - | but no two of opposite political faith, the notice shall be 22 |
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| 39 | | - | published in any two of the newspapers within one week prior 23 |
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| 40 | | - | to the election. 24 |
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| 41 | | - | 2. Except as provided in subsections 1 and 4 of this 25 |
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| 42 | | - | section and in sectio ns 115.521, 115.549 and 115.593, the 26 |
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| 43 | | - | election authority shall cause legal notice of each election 27 |
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| 44 | | - | held in its jurisdiction to be published. The notice shall 28 |
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| 45 | | - | be published in two newspapers of different political faith 29 |
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| 46 | | - | and qualified pursuant to chapter 493 which are published 30 |
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| 47 | | - | within the bounds of the area holding the election. If 31 |
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| 48 | | - | there is only one so -qualified newspaper, then notice shall 32 |
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| 49 | | - | be published in only one newspaper. If there is no 33 |
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| 50 | | - | newspaper published within the bounds of the election area, 34 |
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| 51 | | - | then the notice shall be published in two qualified 35 |
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| 52 | | - | newspapers of different political faith serving the area. 36 |
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| 53 | | - | Notice shall be published twice, the first publication 37 |
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| 54 | | - | occurring in the second week prior to the election, and the 38 |
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| 55 | | - | second publication occurr ing within one week prior to the 39 |
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| 56 | | - | election. Each such legal notice shall include the date and 40 |
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| 57 | | - | time of the election, the name of the officer or agency 41 |
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| 58 | | - | calling the election and a sample ballot; and, unless notice 42 |
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| 59 | | - | has been given as provided by section 115 .129, the second 43 |
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| 60 | | - | publication of notice of the election shall include the 44 |
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| 61 | | - | location of polling places. The election authority may 45 |
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| 62 | | - | provide any additional notice of the election it deems 46 |
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| 63 | | - | desirable. 47 |
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| 64 | | - | 3. The election authority shall print the official 48 |
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| 65 | | - | ballot as the same appears on the sample ballot, and no 49 SCS HB 2084 3 |
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| 66 | | - | candidate's name or ballot issue which appears on the sample 50 |
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| 67 | | - | ballot or official printed ballot shall be stricken or 51 |
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| 68 | | - | removed from the ballot except on death of a candidate or by 52 |
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| 69 | | - | court order, but in no event shall a candidate or issue be 53 |
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| 70 | | - | stricken or removed from the ballot less than eight weeks 54 |
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| 71 | | - | before the date of the election. 55 |
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| 72 | | - | 4. In lieu of causing legal notice to be published in 56 |
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| 73 | | - | accordance with any of the provisions of this chapter, the 57 |
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| 74 | | - | election authority in jurisdictions which have less than 58 |
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| 75 | | - | seven hundred fifty registered voters and in which no 59 |
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| 76 | | - | newspaper qualified pursuant to chapter 493 is published, 60 |
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| 77 | | - | may cause legal notice to be mailed during the second week 61 |
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| 78 | | - | prior to the election, by first class mail, to each 62 |
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| 79 | | - | registered voter at the voter's voting address. All such 63 |
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| 80 | | - | legal notices shall include the date and time of the 64 |
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| 81 | | - | election, the location of the polling place, the name of the 65 |
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| 82 | | - | officer or agency calling the election and a sample b allot. 66 |
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| 83 | | - | 5. If the opening date for filing a declaration of 67 |
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| 84 | | - | candidacy for any office in a political subdivision or 68 |
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| 85 | | - | special district is not required by law or charter, the 69 |
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| 86 | | - | opening filing date shall be 8:00 a.m., the [seventeenth] 70 |
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| 87 | | - | sixteenth Tuesday prior to the election. If the closing 71 |
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| 88 | | - | date for filing a declaration of candidacy for any office in 72 |
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| 89 | | - | a political subdivision or special district is not required 73 |
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| 90 | | - | by law or charter, the closing filing date shall be 5:00 74 |
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| 91 | | - | p.m., the [fourteenth] thirteenth Tuesday prior to the 75 |
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| 92 | | - | election or, if the thirteenth Tuesday prior to the election 76 |
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| 93 | | - | is a state or federal holiday, the closing filing date shall 77 |
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| 94 | | - | be 5:00 p.m. on the next day that is not a state or federal 78 |
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| 95 | | - | holiday. The political subdivision or special dist rict 79 |
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| 96 | | - | calling an election shall, before the [seventeenth] 80 |
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| 97 | | - | sixteenth Tuesday[,] prior to any election at which offices 81 SCS HB 2084 4 |
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| 98 | | - | are to be filled, notify the general public of the opening 82 |
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| 99 | | - | filing date, the office or offices to be filled, the proper 83 |
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| 100 | | - | place for filing and the closing filing date of the 84 |
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| 101 | | - | election. Such notification may be accomplished by legal 85 |
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| 102 | | - | notice published in at least one newspaper of general 86 |
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| 103 | | - | circulation in the political subdivision or special district. 87 |
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| 104 | | - | 6. Except as provided for in section s 115.247 and 88 |
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| 105 | | - | 115.359, if there is no additional cost for the printing or 89 |
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| 106 | | - | reprinting of ballots or if the candidate agrees to pay any 90 |
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| 107 | | - | printing or reprinting costs, a candidate who has filed for 91 |
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| 108 | | - | an office or who has been duly nominated for an office may , 92 |
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| 109 | | - | at any time after the certification of the notice of 93 |
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| 110 | | - | election required in subsection 1 of section 115.125 but no 94 |
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| 111 | | - | later than 5:00 p.m. on the eighth Tuesday before the 95 |
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| 112 | | - | election, withdraw as a candidate pursuant to a court order, 96 |
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| 113 | | - | which, except for goo d cause shown by the election authority 97 |
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| 114 | | - | in opposition thereto, shall be freely given upon 98 |
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| 115 | | - | application by the candidate to the circuit court of the 99 |
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| 116 | | - | area of such candidate's residence. 100 |
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| 117 | | - | 182.645. 1. The fiscal year for each consolidated 1 |
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| 118 | | - | public library district shall be July first to June 2 |
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| 119 | | - | thirtieth unless otherwise set by the board of trustees , and 3 |
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| 120 | | - | each year the librarian shall submit to the board of 4 |
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| 121 | | - | trustees a budget for the forthcoming fiscal year. The 5 |
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| 122 | | - | board shall approve the budg et after making any changes 6 |
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| 123 | | - | therein that it deems necessary. The budget shall be 7 |
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| 124 | | - | approved on or before [June thirtieth] the last day of the 8 |
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| 125 | | - | fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the budget 9 |
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| 126 | | - | was prepared. The board on its own motion or at the request 10 |
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| 127 | | - | of the librarian, from time to time, may amend or modify the 11 |
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| 128 | | - | approved budget. A copy of the approved budget shall be 12 |
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| 129 | | - | filed with each county commission or county executive office 13 SCS HB 2084 5 |
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| 130 | | - | of the counties comprising the consolidated public library 14 |
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| 131 | | - | district, and with the state auditor. 15 |
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| 132 | | - | 2. The treasurer of the board of trustees of a 16 |
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| 133 | | - | consolidated public library district shall receive and be 17 |
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| 134 | | - | the custodian of all money belonging to the district from 18 |
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| 135 | | - | whatever source derived. All funds of the consoli dated 19 |
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| 136 | | - | public library district derived from local taxation to be 20 |
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| 137 | | - | used for normal operations of the district and received from 21 |
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| 138 | | - | the county collector, shall be kept in a consolidated 22 |
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| 139 | | - | library operating fund. All funds belonging to the district 23 |
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| 140 | | - | which are to be used for building purposes shall be kept in 24 |
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| 141 | | - | a consolidated library building fund; all funds derived from 25 |
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| 142 | | - | state aid or federal grants, other than land, building and 26 |
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| 143 | | - | furnishing grants, shall be kept in the consolidated library 27 |
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| 144 | | - | operating fund; and th e board may establish any other funds 28 |
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| 145 | | - | that it deems necessary. The treasurer shall deposit all 29 |
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| 146 | | - | moneys belonging to the consolidated public library district 30 |
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| 147 | | - | in the depositaries that are selected by the board of 31 |
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| 148 | | - | trustees. The treasurer shall also be th e custodian of all 32 |
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| 149 | | - | bonds or other securities belonging to the consolidated 33 |
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| 150 | | - | public library district. 34 |
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| 151 | | - | 3. Consolidated public library district moneys shall 35 |
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| 152 | | - | be disbursed by the treasurer by appropriate instrument of 36 |
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| 153 | | - | payment only upon due authorizatio n of the consolidated 37 |
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| 154 | | - | public library district board of trustees and duly certified 38 |
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| 155 | | - | for payment by the president. The certification shall 39 |
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| 156 | | - | specify the amount to be paid, to whom payment is to be made 40 |
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| 157 | | - | and the purpose for which payment is being made. The board 41 |
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| 158 | | - | by resolution may direct that the signature of the president 42 |
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| 159 | | - | or treasurer be a facsimile signature in the manner provided 43 |
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| 160 | | - | by sections 105.273 to 105.278. 44 SCS HB 2084 6 |
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| 161 | | - | 4. No authorization or certification shall be made, 45 |
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| 162 | | - | and no instrument of payment issu ed for the payment of any 46 |
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| 163 | | - | consolidated public library district indebtedness unless 47 |
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| 164 | | - | there is sufficient money in the treasury and the proper 48 |
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| 165 | | - | fund for the payment of the indebtedness and be in the 49 |
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| 166 | | - | proper form. 50 |
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| 167 | | - | 5. The treasurer of the board of trust ees shall submit 51 |
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| 168 | | - | to the board of trustees, at each regularly scheduled 52 |
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| 169 | | - | meeting of the board, an accounting reflecting receipt and 53 |
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| 170 | | - | disbursement of funds belonging to the consolidated public 54 |
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| 171 | | - | library district. 55 |
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| 172 | | - | Section B. The repeal and reenactment of section 1 |
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| 173 | | - | 115.127 of this act shall become effective on November 6, 2 |
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| 174 | | - | 2024. 3 |
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| 11 | + | SectionA.Section182.645,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu |
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| 12 | + | 2thereof,tobeknownassection182.645,toreadasfollows: |
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| 13 | + | 182.645.1.ThefiscalyearforeachconsolidatedpubliclibrarydistrictshallbeJuly |
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| 14 | + | 2firsttoJunethirtiethunlessotherwisesetbytheboardoftrustees, andeachyearthe |
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| 15 | + | 3librarianshallsubmittotheboardoftrusteesabudgetfortheforthcomingfiscalyear.The |
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| 16 | + | 4boardshallapprovethebudgetaftermakinganychangesthereinthatitdeemsnecessary.The |
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| 17 | + | 5budgetshallbeapprovedonorbefore[Junethirtieth] thelastdayofthefiscalyear |
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| 18 | + | 6precedingthefiscalyearforwhichthebudgetwasprepared.Theboardonitsownmotionor |
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| 19 | + | 7attherequestofthelibrarian,fromtimetotime,mayamendormodifytheapprovedbudget. |
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| 20 | + | 8Acopyoftheapprovedbudgetshallbefiledwitheachcountycommissionorcounty |
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| 21 | + | 9executiveofficeofthecountiescomprisingtheconsolidatedpubliclibrarydistrict,andwith |
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| 22 | + | 10thestateauditor. |
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| 23 | + | 11 2.Thetreasureroftheboardoftrusteesofaconsolidatedpubliclibrarydistrictshall |
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| 24 | + | 12receiveandbethecustodianofallmoneybelongingtothedistrictfromwhateversource |
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| 25 | + | 13derived.Allfundsoftheconsolidatedpubliclibrarydistrictderivedfromlocaltaxationtobe |
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| 26 | + | 14usedfornormaloperationsofthedistrictandreceivedfromthecountycollector,shallbekept |
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| 27 | + | 15inaconsolidatedlibraryoperatingfund.Allfundsbelongingtothedistrictwhicharetobe |
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| 28 | + | 16usedforbuildingpurposesshallbekeptinaconsolidatedlibrarybuildingfund;allfunds |
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| 29 | + | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | + | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17derivedfromstateaidorfederalgrants,otherthanland,buildingandfurnishinggrants,shall |
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| 31 | + | 18bekeptintheconsolidatedlibraryoperatingfund;andtheboardmayestablishanyother |
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| 32 | + | 19fundsthatitdeemsnecessary.Thetreasurershalldepositallmoneysbelongingtothe |
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| 33 | + | 20consolidatedpubliclibrarydistrictinthedepositariesthatareselectedbytheboardof |
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| 34 | + | 21trustees.Thetreasurershallalsobethecustodianofallbondsorothersecuritiesbelongingto |
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| 35 | + | 22theconsolidatedpubliclibrarydistrict. |
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| 36 | + | 23 3.Consolidatedpubliclibrarydistrictmoneysshallbedisbursedbythetreasurerby |
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| 37 | + | 24appropriateinstrumentofpaymentonlyupondueauthorizationoftheconsolidatedpublic |
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| 38 | + | 25librarydistrictboardoftrusteesanddulycertifiedforpaymentbythepresident.The |
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| 39 | + | 26certificationshallspecifytheamounttobepaid,towhompaymentistobemadeandthe |
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| 40 | + | 27purposeforwhichpaymentisbeingmade.Theboardbyresolutionmaydirectthatthe |
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| 41 | + | 28signatureofthepresidentortreasurerbeafacsimilesignatureinthemannerprovidedby |
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| 42 | + | 29sections105.273to105.278. |
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| 43 | + | 30 4.Noauthorizationorcertificationshallbemade,andnoinstrumentofpayment |
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| 44 | + | 31issuedforthepaymentofanyconsolidatedpubliclibrarydistrictindebtednessunlessthereis |
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| 45 | + | 32sufficientmoneyinthetreasuryandtheproperfundforthepaymentoftheindebtednessand |
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| 46 | + | 33beintheproperform. |
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| 47 | + | 34 5.Thetreasureroftheboardoftrusteesshallsubmittotheboardoftrustees,ateach |
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| 48 | + | 35regularlyscheduledmeetingoftheboard,anaccountingreflectingreceiptanddisbursement |
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| 49 | + | 36offundsbelongingtotheconsolidatedpubliclibrarydistrict. |
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