Missouri § 67.2500 - Establishment of a district, where — definitions.

§ 67.2500. Establishment of a district, where — definitions.

1.  A theater, cultural arts, and entertainment district may be established in the manner provided in section 67.2505 by the governing body of any county, city, town, or village that has adopted transect-based zoning under chapter 89, any county described in this subsection, or any city, town, or village that is within such counties:

(1)  Any county with a charter form of government and with more than two hundred fifty thousand but less than three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants;

(2)  Any county of the first classification with more than ninety-three thousand eight hundred but fewer than ninety-three thousand nine hundred inhabitants;

(3)  Any county of the first classification with more than one hundred eighty-four thousand but fewer than one hundred eighty-eight thousand inhabitants;

(4)  Any county with a charter form of government and with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand inhabitants;

(5)  Any county of the first classification with more than one hundred thirty-five thousand four hundred but fewer than one hundred thirty-five thousand five hundred inhabitants;

(6)  Any county of the first classification with more than one hundred four thousand six hundred but fewer than one hundred four thousand seven hundred inhabitants;

(7)  Any county of the first classification with more than eighty-three thousand but fewer than ninety-two thousand inhabitants and with a home rule city with more than seventy-six thousand but fewer than ninety-one thousand inhabitants as the county seat; or

(8)  Any county that borders on or that contains part of a lake with at least one thousand miles of shoreline.

2.  Sections 67.2500 to 67.2530 shall be known as the "Theater, Cultural Arts, and Entertainment District Act".

3.  As used in sections 67.2500 to 67.2530, the following terms mean:

(1)  "District", a theater, cultural arts, and entertainment district organized under this section;

(2)  "Qualified electors", "qualified voters", or "voters", registered voters residing within the district or subdistrict, or proposed district or subdistrict, who have registered to vote pursuant to chapter 115 or, if there are no persons eligible to be registered voters residing in the district or subdistrict, proposed district or subdistrict, property owners, including corporations and other entities, that are owners of real property;

(3)  "Registered voters", persons qualified and registered to vote pursuant to chapter 115; and

(4)  "Subdistrict", a subdivision of a district, but not a separate political subdivision, created for the purposes specified in subsection 5 of section 67.2505.

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(L. 2004 H.B. 795, et al. merged with H.B. 833 merged with S.B. 732 merged with S.B. 1155, A.L. 2007 H.B. 205 merged with H.B. 795 merged with S.B. 22 merged with S.B. 81, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1504, A.L. 2025 H.B. 199)

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