Effective 28 Aug 2004

109.400. Archival facility to be maintained, authority to enter into contracts and receive moneys. — 1. The secretary of state is hereby authorized:

(1) To plan, acquire, construct, develop, operate, and maintain, or to lease or sublease to or from others for acquisition, construction, development, operation, and maintenance, an archival facility located in a city not within a county* to preserve documents of legal, historical, and genealogical importance to the state of Missouri, and to provide educational and outreach programs sponsored by the Missouri state archives;

(2) To enter into contracts and agreements with public or private persons, partnerships, associations, entities, corporations, and cities, counties, and other subdivisions of the state of Missouri such as might be necessary to promote the planning, acquisition, construction, development, operation, or maintenance of such facility and its programs; and

(3) To receive any grants, gifts, bequests, rentals, contributions, moneys, or properties appropriated or otherwise designated for payment to the secretary of state for the planning, acquisition, construction, development, operation, or maintenance of such facility and its programs by municipalities, counties, state, or other political subdivisions or public agencies or by the federal government or any agency or officer thereof or from any other public or private source.

2. Nothing in this section shall require any local agency, entity, or subdivision to transfer any records to the state archives.

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(L. 2004 H.B. 1363 merged with S.B. 1172)

*The words "St. Louis city" appear in original rolls of H.B. 1363, 2004.