FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 713
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR GREGORY (21).
2320S.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 713 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 o f 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 the 27
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 autho rity 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 47
three names shall be submitted by majority vote of the 48
governing body to the governor for appointment. All such 49
vacancies shall be filled within thirty days from the date 50 SB 713 3
thereof. If the governing body has not submitted a panel of 51
three names to the governor within thirty days of the 52
expiration of a commissioner's term, the governor shall 53
immediately make an appointment to the authority with the 54
advice and consent of the senate. In the event the governor 55
does not appoint a replacement, no com missioner shall 56
continue to serve beyond the expiration of that 57
commissioner's term. 58
(3) The authority shall have the same powers as a 59
sports complex authority created pursuant to sections 64.920 60
to 64.950. 61
(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to 62
impair the powers of any county, municipality, or other 63
political subdivision to acquire, own, operate, develop, or 64
improve any facility which an authority is given the right 65
and power to own, operate, develop, or improve. 66
3. (1) A county establishing an authority pursuant to 67
this section shall be authorized to establish, by ordinance 68
or order of the county, a "Convention and Sports Complex 69
Fund", for the purposes of developing, maintaining, or 70
operating within its jurisdicti on, sports, convention, 71
exhibition, or trade facilities. Such fund shall be 72
separate from the general funds of the county. 73
(2) The general assembly may annually appropriate up 74
to three million dollars from the state general revenue fund 75
to the convention and sports complex fund created pursuant 76
to this subsection, provided that the county or authority 77
has entered into a contract or lease with a professional 78
sports team affiliated with or franchised by the National 79
Football League, the Nationa l Basketball Association, the 80
National Hockey League, or the American League or the 81
National League of Major League Baseball on or after January 82 SB 713 4
1, 2026. The convention and sports complex fund shall be 83
administered by the county and shall be used to c arry out 84
the provisions of this section. 85
(3) Any county which has a convention and sports 86
complex fund established pursuant to this section shall, 87
prior to receipt of any appropriations pursuant to this 88
subsection, enact or promulgate ordinances, rules, or 89
regulations which provide, pursuant to the terms and 90
provisions of section 70.859, for the purchase of goods and 91
services and for construction of capital improvements for 92
facilities administered by the authority. In no event shall 93
more than three million dollars be transferred from the 94
state to any one such convention and sports complex fund in 95
any fiscal year pursuant to this subsection. 96
(4) No appropriation of state moneys shall be made 97
pursuant to this subsection until the count y which has 98
created a convention and sports complex fund has commenced 99
paying into the convention and sports complex fund amounts 100
at a rate sufficient for the county to contribute the sum of 101
three million dollars per calendar year. Appropriations 102
made pursuant to this subsection to any convention and 103
sports complex fund shall not exceed the amounts contributed 104
by the county to the fund. The county's proportional amount 105
specified in this subdivision may come from any source. 106
Once the county has c ommenced paying such appropriate 107
proportional amounts into its convention and sports complex 108
fund, the county shall so notify the state treasurer and the 109
director of revenue and, thereafter, subject to annual 110
appropriation, transfers shall commence and continue each 111
month pursuant to this subsection until such monthly 112
transfers are made for forty years. Moneys appropriated 113 SB 713 5
from general revenue shall not be expended until the county 114
has paid three million dollars into its fund. 115
4. The county shall make an annual report to the 116
general assembly stating the condition of its convention and 117
sports complex fund and the various sums of money received 118
by the county into that fund and distributed by the county 119
from that fund during the preceding cal endar year. The 120
county shall employ a certified public accountant to conduct 121
a biennial audit of all accounts and transactions of the 122
convention and sports complex fund and may compensate such 123
accountants out of the funds. 124