184.350. Metropolitan zoological park, or museum district containing zoological, art museum and St. Louis science center subdistricts--petitions to form--election, when--ballot form, costs how paid.
Metropolitan zoological park, or museum district containingzoological, art museum and St. Louis science centersubdistricts--petitions to form--election, when--ballot form,costs how paid.
184.350. 1. Whenever qualified voters representing fivepercent of the votes cast at the last preceding election forgovernor in any constitutional charter city not located within acounty and qualified voters representing five percent of thevotes cast at the last preceding election for governor in aconstitutional charter county adjoining such city shall fileverified petitions for the establishment of a metropolitanzoological park and museum district, comprising a zoologicalsubdistrict, and art museum subdistrict or a St. Louis ScienceCenter subdistrict with the respective election officials of suchcity and county, respectively, requesting such election officialsto submit a proposition for the establishment of a metropolitanzoological park and museum district comprised of a zoologicalsubdistrict, and art museum subdistrict and a St. Louis ScienceCenter subdistrict at the next general or primary election forthe election of state officers or special election for thesubmission of such proposition, such election officials shallcommunicate to their corresponding counterparts and the chiefexecutive officers of the respective city and county the fact averified petition has been filed. At such time that bothelection officials have received the verified petitions describedabove, then such officials shall submit the above describedproposition or propositions to the qualified voters of such cityand county at the next general or primary election for theelection of state officers or special election. Such electionofficials shall give legal notice at least sixty days prior tosuch general or primary election or special election in at leasttwo newspapers that such proposition or propositions shall besubmitted at the next general or primary election or specialelection held for submission of this proposition.
2. Such proposition shall be submitted to the voters insubstantially the following form at such election:
Shall there be established a Metropolitan Zoological Park andMuseum District comprising the City of ...... and the County of...... which district shall consist of all or any one of thefollowing subdistricts:
a. Zoological Subdistrict with a tax rate not in excess offour cents on each $100 of assessed valuation of all taxableproperty within the district.
â ã FOR â ã AGAINST
b. Art Museum Subdistrict with a tax rate not in excess offour cents on each $100 of assessed valuation of taxable propertywithin the district.
â ã FOR â ã AGAINST
c. St. Louis Science Center Subdistrict with a tax rate notin excess of one cent on each $100 of assessed valuation oftaxable property within the district.
â ã FOR â ã AGAINST
3. In the event that a majority of the voters voting on suchpropositions in such city and the majority of voters voting onsuch propositions in such county at said election cast votes"FOR" one or more of the propositions, then the district shall bedeemed established and the tax rate, as established by the board,for such subdistrict shall be deemed in full force and effect asof the first day of the year following the year of said election.The results of the aforesaid election shall be certified by theelection officials of such city and county, respectively, to therespective chief executive officers of such city and county notless than thirty days after the day of election. In the eventone or more of the propositions shall fail to receive a majorityof the votes "FOR" in either the city or the county, then suchproposition shall not be resubmitted at any election held withinone year of the date of the election the proposition wasrejected. Any such resubmissions of one or more of suchpropositions shall substantially comply with the provisions ofsections 184.350 to 184.384.
4. All costs of the election shall be paid as provided bysections 115.063 and 115.065, RSMo.
(L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 23 § 1, A.L. 1985 H.B. 620, A.L. 1989 H.B. 116, et al.)