OPINION	DATE	TOPIC	SUMMARY
88-2000	Mar 22	Counties. Public property.
89-2000	Mar 22	Fire protection districts. Vacancy. Vacancy in office.	Vacancies on boards for fire protection districts are to be filled by remaining board members who have been elected, unless there are less than two elected members, in which instance the vacancy is to be filled by the circuit court.
96-2000	Mar 22	County commission. Levee districts.
97-2000	Mar 22	Sunshine Law. Purchase of land.	A public governmental body may decide in closed session pursuant to Section 610.021(2) RSMo to enter into a contract that includes an option to purchase real estate at a particular price if the consideration for that contract could be affected by discussions in open sessions. However, within seventy two hours of its decision the public governmental body must make public any minutes, votes or records relating to its decision.
98-2000	May 31	Sales tax. Unclaimed property. Use tax.
101-2000	May 31	Cities, towns and villages. Division of Liquor Control. Liquor.	Section 311.095 RSMo 1999 Supp. does not supersede Section 311.080 RSMo 1994 as it pertains to schools and churches.
102-2000	Mar 22	School boards. School board meetings. School property.	The board may conduct business with fewer than seven members present or voting. However, to convey school property a vote of at least four members, regardless of how many members are in attendance and are voting, is required.
108-2000	Feb 4	Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. School aid. School districts. School funds. State aid. Tax levy.	The term "operating levy" as used in SB 394 refers to the authorized operating levy. Therefore, while the amount actually levied may be less, passage of an operating levy of $2.85 complies with SB 394 and qualifies the school district for the extended repayment period. Further, because the levy needed to offset the monies to be deducted from state aid is less than $2.85, then according to plain language of the statute, the $2.85 levy is required.
111-2000	Mar 22	Arrest. Cities, towns and villages. Warrants. Warrants for arrest.
114-2000	Jan 6	Initiative.
115-2000	Jan 6	Initiative.
116-2000	Jan 6	Initiative.
208-2000	Sep 7	Elections. Sales tax. Telephone tax.	The funding by a sales tax of 1/2 percent for an enhanced 9-1-1 and central dispatch system, when approved by the voters pursuant to the ballot question listed herein, although an election irregularity, in the absence of a timely election challenge, is valid.
210-2000	Jan 24	Initiative.
212-2000	Jan 24	Initiative.
214-2000	Jan 24	Initiative.
215-2000	Jan 28	Initiative.
216-2000	Jan 28	Initiative.
217-2000	Jan 28	Initiative.
219-2000	Feb 4	Initiative.
220-2000	Feb 4	Initiative.
221-2000	Jan 28	Initiative.
224-2000	Sep 7	Board of County Visitors. County officials. Legal Expense Fund.	Members of the Board of County Visitors are not immune from liability for their acts as Board members because they are volunteers; however, they have available defenses such as the public duty doctrine and official immunity. Board members are not state officials and are not covered by the provisions of the State Legal Expense Fund.
225-2000	Feb 15	Gambling. Gambling devices. Missouri Gaming Commission. Slot machines.
226-2000	Feb 17	Initiative.
227-2000	Feb 17	Initiative.
228-2000	Feb 18	Initiative.
229-2000	Feb 18	Initiative.
230-2000	Feb 18	Initiative.
231-2000	Feb 18	Initiative.
234-2000	Feb 24	Initiative.
235-2000	Sep 7	Board of Aldermen. Cities, towns and villages. Fourth class cities. Personnel records. Sunshine Law.	The board of aldermen may review the contents of a personnel file of a city's employee if such is necessary to care, manage, or control the city. The authority may be delegated through resolution or ordinance to one or more members of the board.
238-2000	Feb 24	Initiative.
239-2000	Mar 22	Cities. Towns and villages. LAGERS. Pensions. Retirement. Third-class cities.
241-2000	Mar 3	Initiative.
245-2000	Jun 5	Collector. Deputy collector.	The chief deputy is not required to resign while running for the office of collector nor is the chief deputy required to resign as chief deputy if elected collector between the election and assuming the office of collector.
250-2000	Mar 20	Initiative.
251-2000	Mar 20	Initiative.
252-2000	Mar 20	Initiative.
253-2000	Mar 20	Initiative.
254-2000	Sep 7	Capital improvements sales tax. Cities, towns and villages. Computer software.	Normally a municipality may not pay for computer software from sales tax revenue authorized under Section 94.577 RSMo 1999 Supp. However, if there are computers dedicated to "maintenance" of a capital improvement for items such as security, climate control, or fire protection, software for such computers may be purchased from such dedicated funding.
255-2000	Jun 2	Board of Visitors. Sunshine Law.	The provisions of Chapter 610 RSMo, the Sunshine Law, applies to a Board of Visitors created by Section 221.320 RSMo.
265-2000	Jun 12	Ballots. Referendum.
266-2000	Jun 14	Ballots. Referendum.
267-2000	Jun 12	Ballots. Referendum.
268-2000	Jun 12	Ballots. Referendum.
274-2000	Sep 7	Arrest Reports. Sunshine Law.	The Sunshine Law requires disclosure of the race of the arrested person and the location of the arrest from an arrest report if that information is contained in the arrest report and the arrest report has not been closed pursuant to the provisions of the Sunshine Law. The status of the records is not affected if they are maintained in an electronic format.
297-2000	Nov 16	Initiative.
299-2000	Nov 28	Initiative.
301-2000	Dec 6	Initiative.
303-2000	Dec 6	Initiative.
315-2000	Dec 15	Initiative.
316-2000	Dec 15	Initiative.
322-2000	Dec 15	Initiative.
323-2000	Dec 15	Initiative.
324-2000	Dec 22	Initiative.
325-2000	Dec 22	Initiative.
329-2000	Dec 29	Initiative.

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