FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 710
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR NURRENBERN.
2793S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 67, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to sports complex
authorities.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 67, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 67.646, to read as 2
follows:3
67.646. 1. For the purposes of this section, the 1
following terms shall mean: 2
(1) "Authority", a county sports complex authority 3
created pursuant to this section; 4
(2) "Convention and sports complex fund", the fund 5
established by a county pursuant to the provisions of this 6
section for the purposes of developing, maintaining, or 7
operating within its jurisdiction, sports, convention, 8
exhibition, or trade facilities; 9
(3) "County", any county with more than two hundred 10
thirty thousand but fewer than two hundred sixty thousand 11
inhabitants; 12
(4) "Governing body", the county commission or other 13
governing body charged with governing the county. 14
2. (1) There is hereby authorized to be created in 15
any county a special authority to be known as the "______ 16
County Sports Complex Authority". Such authority shall be 17
created by order of the governing body and certified copies 18 SB 710 2
of said order shall be filed in the offices of the governor 19
and secretary of state. The authority shall be a body 20
corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the 21
state of Missouri. 22
(2) (a) The authority shall consist of five 23
commissioners who shall be qualified voters of the state of 24
Missouri, and residents of the county. The governing body 25
shall by a majority vote submit a panel of nine names to the 26
governor who shall select, with the advice and consent of 27
the senate, five commissioners from such panel, no more than 28
three of which shall be of any one political party, who 29
shall constitute the members of such authority; provided, 30
however, that no elective or appointed official of any 31
political subdivision of the state of Missouri shall be a 32
member of the authority . 33
(b) The authority shall elect from its number a 34
chairman and may appoint such officers and employees as it 35
may require for the performance of its duties and fix and 36
determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. 37
No action of the aut hority shall be binding unless taken at 38
a meeting at which at least three members are present and 39
unless a majority of the members present at such meeting 40
shall vote in favor thereof. 41
(c) Commissioners shall serve in the following 42
manner: one for two years, one for three years, one for 43
four years, one for five years, and one for six years. 44
Successors shall hold office for terms of five years, or for 45
the unexpired terms of their predecessors. 46
(d) In the event a vacancy exists a new panel of three 47
names shall be submitted by majority vote of the governing 48
body to the governor for appointment. All such vacancies 49
shall be filled within thirty days from the date thereof. 50 SB 710 3
If the governing body has not submitted a panel of three 51
names to the governor within thirty days of the expiration 52
of a commissioner's term, the governor shall immediately 53
make an appointment to the authority with the advice and 54
consent of the senate. In the event the governor does not 55
appoint a replacement, no co mmissioner shall continue to 56
serve beyond the expiration of that commissioner's term. 57
(3) The authority shall have the same powers as a 58
sports complex authority created pursuant to sections 64.920 59
to 64.950. 60
(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to 61
impair the powers of any county, municipality, or other 62
political subdivision to acquire, own, operate, develop, or 63
improve any facility which an authority is given the right 64
and power to own, operate, develop, or improve. 65
3. (1) A county establishing an authority pursuant to 66
this section shall be authorized to establish, by ordinance 67
or order of the county, a "Convention and Sports Complex 68
Fund", for the purposes of developing, maintaining or 69
operating within its jurisdictio n, sports, convention, 70
exhibition, or trade facilities. Such fund shall be separate 71
from the general funds of the county. 72
(2) The general assembly may annually appropriate up 73
to three million dollars from the state general revenue fund 74
to the convention and sports complex fund created pursuant 75
to this subsection, provided that the county or authority 76
has entered into a contract or lease with a professional 77
sports team affiliated with or franchised by the National 78
Football League, the National Basketball Association, the 79
National Hockey League, or the American League or the 80
National League of Major League Baseball on or after January 81
1, 2026. The convention and sports complex fund shall be 82 SB 710 4
administered by the county and shall be used to car ry out 83
the provisions of this section. 84
(3) Any county which has a convention and sports 85
complex fund established pursuant to this section shall, 86
prior to receipt of any appropriations pursuant to this 87
subsection, enact or promulgate ordinances, r ules, or 88
regulations which provide, pursuant to the terms and 89
provisions of section 70.859, for the purchase of goods and 90
services and for construction of capital improvements for 91
facilities administered by the authority. In no event shall 92
more than three million dollars be transferred from the 93
state to any one such convention and sports complex fund in 94
any fiscal year pursuant to this subsection. 95
(4) No appropriation of state moneys shall be made 96
pursuant to this subsection until the county which has 97
created a convention and sports complex fund has commenced 98
paying into the convention and sports complex fund amounts 99
at a rate sufficient for the county to contribute the sum of 100
three million dollars per calendar year. Appropriations 101
made pursuant to this subsection to any convention and 102
sports complex fund shall not exceed the amounts contributed 103
by the county to the fund. The county's proportional amount 104
specified in this subdivision may come from any source. 105
Once the county has com menced paying such appropriate 106
proportional amounts into its convention and sports complex 107
fund, the county shall so notify the state treasurer and the 108
director of revenue and, thereafter, subject to annual 109
appropriation, transfers shall commence and c ontinue each 110
month pursuant to this subsection until such monthly 111
transfers are made for forty years. Moneys appropriated 112
from general revenue shall not be expended until the county 113
has paid three million dollars into its fund. 114 SB 710 5
4. The county shall make an annual report to the 115
general assembly stating the condition of its convention and 116
sports complex fund and the various sums of money received 117
by the county into that fund and distributed by the county 118
from that fund during the preceding calen dar year. The 119
county shall employ a certified public accountant to conduct 120
a biennial audit of all accounts and transactions of the 121
convention and sports complex fund and may compensate such 122
accountants out of the funds. 123