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3		-	SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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5		-	SENATE BILLS NOS. 710 & 713
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	2	+	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
	3	+	SENATE BILL NO. 710
	4	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	5	+	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR NURRENBERN.
	6	+	2793S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
6	7		AN ACT
7		-	To amend chapter 67, RSMo, by adding thereto one new
8		-	~~section relating to sports complex~~ authorities.
	8	+	To amend chapter 67, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to sports complex
	9	+	authorities.
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10	11		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
11		-	Section A. Chapter 67, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto
12		-	one new section, to be known as section 67.646, to read as
13		-	follows:
14		-	67.646. 1. For the purposes of this section, the
15		-	following terms shall mean:
16		-	(1) "Authority", a county sports complex authority
17		-	created pursuant to this section;
18		-	(2) "Convention and sports complex fund", the fund
19		-	established by a county pursuant to the provisions of this
20		-	section for the purposes of developing, maintaining, or
21		-	operating within its jurisdiction, sports, convention,
22		-	exhibition, or trade facilities;
23		-	(3) "County", any county with more than two hundred
24		-	thirty thousand but fewer t han two hundred sixty thousand
25		-	inhabitants;
26		-	(4) "Governing body", the county commission or other
27		-	governing body charged with governing the county.
28		-	2. (1) There is hereby authorized to be created in
29		-	any county a special authority to be known as the "______
30		-	County Sports Complex Authority". Such authority shall be
31		-	created by order of the governing body and certified copies
32		-	of said order shall be filed in the offices of the governor
33		-	and secretary of state. The authority shall be a body
34		-	corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the
35		-	state of Missouri.
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37		-	(2) (a) The authority shall consist of five
38		-	commissioners who shall be qualified voters of the state of
39		-	Missouri, and residents of the county. The governing body
40		-	shall by a majority vote submit a panel of nine names to the
41		-	governor who shall select, with the advice and consent of
42		-	the senate, five commissioners from such panel, no more than
43		-	three of which shall be of any one political party, who
44		-	shall constitute the me mbers of such authority; provided,
45		-	however, that no elective or appointed official of any
46		-	political subdivision of the state of Missouri shall be a
47		-	member of the authority.
48		-	(b) The authority shall elect from its number a
49		-	chairman and may appoint such officers and employees as it
50		-	may require for the performance of its duties and fix and
51		-	determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation.
52		-	No action of the authority shall be binding unless taken at
53		-	a meeting at which at least three members are present and
54		-	unless a majority of the members present at such meeting
55		-	shall vote in favor thereof.
56		-	(c) Commissioners shall serve in the following
57		-	manner: one for two years, one for three years, one for
58		-	four years, one for five years, and one for six years.
59		-	Successors shall hold office for terms of five years, or for
60		-	the unexpired terms of their predecessors.
61		-	(d) In the event a vacancy exists a new panel of three
62		-	names shall be submitted by majority vote of the governing
63		-	body to the governor for appointment. All such vacancies
64		-	shall be filled within thirty days from the date thereof.
65		-	If the governing body has not submitted a panel of three
66		-	names to the governor within thirty days of the expiration
67		-	of a commissioner's term, the governor shall immediately
68		-	make an appointment to the authority with the advice and
69		-	consent of the senate. In the event the governor does not
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71		-	appoint a replacement, no commissioner shall continue to
72		-	serve beyond the expiration of that commissioner's t erm.
73		-	(3) The authority shall have the same powers as a
74		-	sports complex authority created pursuant to sections 64.920
75		-	to 64.950.
76		-	(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
77		-	impair the powers of any county, municipality, or other
78		-	political subdivision to acquire, own, operate, develop, or
79		-	improve any facility which an authority is given the right
80		-	and power to own, operate, develop, or improve.
81		-	3. (1) A county establishing an authority pursuant to
82		-	this section shall be authorized to establish, by ordinance
83		-	or order of the county, a "Convention and Sports Complex
84		-	Fund", for the purposes of developing, maintaining or
85		-	operating within its jurisdiction, sports, convention,
86		-	exhibition, or trade facilities. Such fund shall be separa te
87		-	from the general funds of the county.
88		-	(2) The general assembly may annually appropriate up
89		-	to three million dollars from the state general revenue fund
90		-	to the convention and sports complex fund created pursuant
91		-	to this subsection, provided tha t the county or authority
92		-	has entered into a contract or lease with a professional
93		-	sports team affiliated with or franchised by the National
94		-	Football League, the National Basketball Association, the
95		-	National Hockey League, or the American League or the
96		-	National League of Major League Baseball on or after January
97		-	1, 2026. The convention and sports complex fund shall be
98		-	administered by the county and shall be used to carry out
99		-	the provisions of this section.
100		-	(3) Any county which has a conventio n and sports
101		-	complex fund established pursuant to this section shall,
102		-	prior to receipt of any appropriations pursuant to this
103		-	subsection, enact or promulgate ordinances, rules, or
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105		-	regulations which provide, pursuant to the terms and
106		-	provisions of section 70.859, for the purchase of goods and
107		-	services and for construction of capital improvements for
108		-	facilities administered by the authority. In no event shall
109		-	more than three million dollars be transferred from the
110		-	state to any one such convention an d sports complex fund in
111		-	any fiscal year pursuant to this subsection.
112		-	(4) No appropriation of state moneys shall be made
113		-	pursuant to this subsection until the county which has
114		-	created a convention and sports complex fund has commenced
115		-	paying into the convention and sports complex fund amounts
116		-	at a rate sufficient for the county to contribute the sum of
117		-	three million dollars per calendar year. Appropriations
118		-	made pursuant to this subsection to any convention and
119		-	sports complex fund shall not e xceed the amounts contributed
120		-	by the county to the fund. The county's proportional amount
121		-	specified in this subdivision may come from any source.
122		-	Once the county has commenced paying such appropriate
123		-	proportional amounts into its convention and sport s complex
124		-	fund, the county shall so notify the state treasurer and the
125		-	director of revenue and, thereafter, subject to annual
126		-	appropriation, transfers shall commence and continue each
127		-	month pursuant to this subsection until such monthly
128		-	transfers are made for forty years. Moneys appropriated
129		-	from general revenue shall not be expended until the county
130		-	has paid three million dollars into its fund.
131		-	4. The county shall make an annual report to the
132		-	general assembly stating the condition of its con vention and
133		-	sports complex fund and the various sums of money received
134		-	by the county into that fund and distributed by the county
135		-	from that fund during the preceding calendar year. The
136		-	county shall employ a certified public accountant to conduct
137		-	a biennial audit of all accounts and transactions of the
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139		-	convention and sports complex fund and may compensate such
140		-	accountants out of the funds.
	12	+	Section A. Chapter 67, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
	13	+	one new section, to be known as section 67.646, to read as 2
	14	+	follows:3
	15	+	67.646. 1. For the purposes of this section, the 1
	16	+	following terms shall mean: 2
	17	+	(1) "Authority", a county sports complex authority 3
	18	+	created pursuant to this section; 4
	19	+	(2) "Convention and sports complex fund", the fund 5
	20	+	established by a county pursuant to the provisions of this 6
	21	+	section for the purposes of developing, maintaining, or 7
	22	+	operating within its jurisdiction, sports, convention, 8
	23	+	exhibition, or trade facilities; 9
	24	+	(3) "County", any county with more than two hundred 10
	25	+	thirty thousand but fewer than two hundred sixty thousand 11
	26	+	inhabitants; 12
	27	+	(4) "Governing body", the county commission or other 13
	28	+	governing body charged with governing the county. 14
	29	+	2. (1) There is hereby authorized to be created in 15
	30	+	any county a special authority to be known as the "______ 16
	31	+	County Sports Complex Authority". Such authority shall be 17
	32	+	created by order of the governing body and certified copies 18 SB 710 2
	33	+	of said order shall be filed in the offices of the governor 19
	34	+	and secretary of state. The authority shall be a body 20
	35	+	corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the 21
	36	+	state of Missouri. 22
	37	+	(2) (a) The authority shall consist of five 23
	38	+	commissioners who shall be qualified voters of the state of 24
	39	+	Missouri, and residents of the county. The governing body 25
	40	+	shall by a majority vote submit a panel of nine names to the 26
	41	+	governor who shall select, with the advice and consent of 27
	42	+	the senate, five commissioners from such panel, no more than 28
	43	+	three of which shall be of any one political party, who 29
	44	+	shall constitute the members of such authority; provided, 30
	45	+	however, that no elective or appointed official of any 31
	46	+	political subdivision of the state of Missouri shall be a 32
	47	+	member of the authority . 33
	48	+	(b) The authority shall elect from its number a 34
	49	+	chairman and may appoint such officers and employees as it 35
	50	+	may require for the performance of its duties and fix and 36
	51	+	determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. 37
	52	+	No action of the aut hority shall be binding unless taken at 38
	53	+	a meeting at which at least three members are present and 39
	54	+	unless a majority of the members present at such meeting 40
	55	+	shall vote in favor thereof. 41
	56	+	(c) Commissioners shall serve in the following 42
	57	+	manner: one for two years, one for three years, one for 43
	58	+	four years, one for five years, and one for six years. 44
	59	+	Successors shall hold office for terms of five years, or for 45
	60	+	the unexpired terms of their predecessors. 46
	61	+	(d) In the event a vacancy exists a new panel of three 47
	62	+	names shall be submitted by majority vote of the governing 48
	63	+	body to the governor for appointment. All such vacancies 49
	64	+	shall be filled within thirty days from the date thereof. 50 SB 710 3
	65	+	If the governing body has not submitted a panel of three 51
	66	+	names to the governor within thirty days of the expiration 52
	67	+	of a commissioner's term, the governor shall immediately 53
	68	+	make an appointment to the authority with the advice and 54
	69	+	consent of the senate. In the event the governor does not 55
	70	+	appoint a replacement, no co mmissioner shall continue to 56
	71	+	serve beyond the expiration of that commissioner's term. 57
	72	+	(3) The authority shall have the same powers as a 58
	73	+	sports complex authority created pursuant to sections 64.920 59
	74	+	to 64.950. 60
	75	+	(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to 61
	76	+	impair the powers of any county, municipality, or other 62
	77	+	political subdivision to acquire, own, operate, develop, or 63
	78	+	improve any facility which an authority is given the right 64
	79	+	and power to own, operate, develop, or improve. 65
	80	+	3. (1) A county establishing an authority pursuant to 66
	81	+	this section shall be authorized to establish, by ordinance 67
	82	+	or order of the county, a "Convention and Sports Complex 68
	83	+	Fund", for the purposes of developing, maintaining or 69
	84	+	operating within its jurisdictio n, sports, convention, 70
	85	+	exhibition, or trade facilities. Such fund shall be separate 71
	86	+	from the general funds of the county. 72
	87	+	(2) The general assembly may annually appropriate up 73
	88	+	to three million dollars from the state general revenue fund 74
	89	+	to the convention and sports complex fund created pursuant 75
	90	+	to this subsection, provided that the county or authority 76
	91	+	has entered into a contract or lease with a professional 77
	92	+	sports team affiliated with or franchised by the National 78
	93	+	Football League, the National Basketball Association, the 79
	94	+	National Hockey League, or the American League or the 80
	95	+	National League of Major League Baseball on or after January 81
	96	+	1, 2026. The convention and sports complex fund shall be 82 SB 710 4
	97	+	administered by the county and shall be used to car ry out 83
	98	+	the provisions of this section. 84
	99	+	(3) Any county which has a convention and sports 85
	100	+	complex fund established pursuant to this section shall, 86
	101	+	prior to receipt of any appropriations pursuant to this 87
	102	+	subsection, enact or promulgate ordinances, r ules, or 88
	103	+	regulations which provide, pursuant to the terms and 89
	104	+	provisions of section 70.859, for the purchase of goods and 90
	105	+	services and for construction of capital improvements for 91
	106	+	facilities administered by the authority. In no event shall 92
	107	+	more than three million dollars be transferred from the 93
	108	+	state to any one such convention and sports complex fund in 94
	109	+	any fiscal year pursuant to this subsection. 95
	110	+	(4) No appropriation of state moneys shall be made 96
	111	+	pursuant to this subsection until the county which has 97
	112	+	created a convention and sports complex fund has commenced 98
	113	+	paying into the convention and sports complex fund amounts 99
	114	+	at a rate sufficient for the county to contribute the sum of 100
	115	+	three million dollars per calendar year. Appropriations 101
	116	+	made pursuant to this subsection to any convention and 102
	117	+	sports complex fund shall not exceed the amounts contributed 103
	118	+	by the county to the fund. The county's proportional amount 104
	119	+	specified in this subdivision may come from any source. 105
	120	+	Once the county has com menced paying such appropriate 106
	121	+	proportional amounts into its convention and sports complex 107
	122	+	fund, the county shall so notify the state treasurer and the 108
	123	+	director of revenue and, thereafter, subject to annual 109
	124	+	appropriation, transfers shall commence and c ontinue each 110
	125	+	month pursuant to this subsection until such monthly 111
	126	+	transfers are made for forty years. Moneys appropriated 112
	127	+	from general revenue shall not be expended until the county 113
	128	+	has paid three million dollars into its fund. 114 SB 710 5
	129	+	4. The county shall make an annual report to the 115
	130	+	general assembly stating the condition of its convention and 116
	131	+	sports complex fund and the various sums of money received 117
	132	+	by the county into that fund and distributed by the county 118
	133	+	from that fund during the preceding calen dar year. The 119
	134	+	county shall employ a certified public accountant to conduct 120
	135	+	a biennial audit of all accounts and transactions of the 121
	136	+	convention and sports complex fund and may compensate such 122
	137	+	accountants out of the funds. 123
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