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Chapter 182

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 182

County and City Libraries — Libraries Generally

182.010County library districts — petition — tax levy — notice — elections — election to increase levy 182.015County commission may establish library district without vote, when — tax levy, submitted how — dissolution of library district — change of boundaries, procedure 182.020Levy and collection of tax — reconsideration of tax — increase in tax levy procedure, ballot form 182.030Voters of municipal district may vote on establishing or inclusion in county district when — effect 182.040City may become part of county library district — procedure — effect 182.050County library boards — appointment, qualification, removal, vacancies — nepotism forbidden 182.060Board to organize — rules and regulations — county librarian, appointment 182.070General powers of district — seal 182.073Treasurer of board, custodian of funds, duties 182.075Bond requirement for treasurer, librarian and other employees — cost — librarian's duties, accounts and reports 182.080Board may contract for library service — procedure 182.100Tax for library building, election — duration, rate — building fund — revenues paid to district, when 182.105Issuance of bonds for building — limits — maturity — election — tax to pay 182.110Librarians required to attend meetings — expenses 182.120Services accessible to all residents of county 182.130Certain areas excluded from county library districts (first class charter counties)182.140Petition for library tax — rate — election — funds, management and disbursement — increase in rate, procedure — reconsideration 182.143Treasurer of board of trustees, duties 182.145Cities maintaining library prior to August 29, 1955, may levy tax for and maintain library 182.150Election on tax to establish and maintain library, procedure — funds, management and disbursement (cities over 600,000)182.170Trustees, number, appointment 182.180Terms of office of trustees — removal 182.190Vacancies, how filled — three terms disqualifies — nepotism forbidden 182.200Board, organization, powers, duties — funds, management and disbursement — exchange services 182.210Annual report of librarian, contents, when submitted 182.221Treasurer, librarian and board employees — bond, duties (cities 600,000 or more)182.230Library free to public subject to regulations 182.240Council may provide penalties for damage to property 182.260Library building tax — duration, rate, election — funds, management and disbursement (cities 10,000 or over)182.270Plans — contracts for library building (cities 10,000 or over)182.280Board may sell lands, when — exceptions (cities 10,000 or over)182.291City-county library, how organized — board of trustees, duties — effect of merger on assets and liabilities — funds, how handled — budget required 182.296Treasurer, librarian and board employees — bond, duties (city and county library)182.301City or city-county library may contract for cooperative service 182.410Directors — appointment — number — board to be bipartisan 182.420Term of directors — removal 182.430Vacancies, how filled — no compensation 182.440Duty of board — appointment of officers — powers 182.450Board to make annual report — contents 182.460City to provide penalties 182.480Municipal library districts created in cities — property subject to taxation 182.490City library tax rate to be continued — construction of library laws 182.500Excluded property subject to taxation for payment of bonded indebtedness — alternative 182.510Law not to prevent merger of city and county district 182.610County library districts may consolidate, when 182.620Consolidation — resolution — election — form of ballot — transfer of property 182.630Consolidated district is body corporate and a political subdivision — corporate powers 182.640Board of trustees — how appointed, grounds for removal, vacancies how filled — librarian to be appointed 182.645Fiscal year — budget — treasurer custodian of funds 182.647Bonds of employees — records and reports required 182.650Rate of tax — election to increase rate — form of ballot 182.655Board may purchase land and erect buildings — bonds issued, when — election 182.660May incorporate other public library districts — petition, notice — transfer of property, when 182.670Board to adopt rules and regulations — suspension of library privileges, when 182.701Definitions 182.703Urban public library district, procedure to create — boundaries — new district to be successor to library serving same boundaries — authority to levy property tax 182.705Powers — duties of urban public library districts 182.707Board of trustees, appointment, qualifications, terms, vacancies, expenses, officers how selected — meetings — majority vote of full board required when — librarian powers and duties — staff 182.709Retirement system, employees eligible for certain public school retirement system 182.711Fiscal year for library district — budget to be approved, when, modification when, filed with state auditor — library operating fund established — treasurer powers and duties 182.713Bond required for treasurer, librarian and certain other employees 182.715Taxes raised for a library district transferred to successor urban district, when — tax levy authorized, rate — rate increase, procedure — additional tax to erect buildings, procedure, ballot form 182.717Bonds issued by district, limitation, purposes, rate — approval by voters required — form and content — sale — amount of bond 182.719Rules and regulations, duties of board to establish, filed with county clerk — violations, suspension of library privileges 182.721Real property, obligations, rights of nine-director urban school district used solely for library purposes transferred to urban public library district — property used for both library and nonlibrary purposes not to be transferred — rental agreement, when 182.723Personal property, funds and obligations of nine-director urban school districts used for public library purposes to be transferred to urban public district 182.800Free libraries — funds, investment of 182.802Public libraries, sales tax authorized — ballot language — definitions (Butler, Ripley, Wayne, Stoddard, New Madrid, Dunklin, Pemiscot, Saline, and Cedar counties)182.810Insurance for library boards 182.812Library network defined — appropriations, rules and regulations — library networking fund established — rulemaking, procedure 182.815Disclosure of library records, definitions 182.817Disclosure of library records not required — exceptions — complaint may be filed for compromised privacy, procedure 182.825Definitions 182.827Responsibilities of public schools and public libraries with public access computers — rulemaking authority — immunity from liability, when 182.900City libraries — organization of library board — state aid, requirements to obtain