This text of Missouri § 109.221 (Historical records advisory board — secretary of state to serve as coordinator — meetings, expenses — powers, duties — rules, promulgation, procedure — grants for preservation of local records, use of recorder's fund for matching moneys.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Missouri primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
1.The state shall establish and administer a "State Historical Records Advisory Board". The state historical records advisory board shall consist of seven members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Each member shall serve for a term of three years, except for the first members appointed, which shall have four members that serve one year, four members that serve two years and four members that serve three years. Thereafter, each member shall serve three years. The secretary of state or his or her designee shall serve as chairman of the board and as the state historical records coordinator and his vote shall break any tie vote of the board. The executive director of the state historical society of Missouri shall serve as an ex officio member of the b
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1. The state shall establish and administer a "State Historical Records Advisory Board". The state historical records advisory board shall consist of seven members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Each member shall serve for a term of three years, except for the first members appointed, which shall have four members that serve one year, four members that serve two years and four members that serve three years. Thereafter, each member shall serve three years. The secretary of state or his or her designee shall serve as chairman of the board and as the state historical records coordinator and his vote shall break any tie vote of the board. The executive director of the state historical society of Missouri shall serve as an ex officio member of the board. The board shall meet when called by the chairman, but shall meet at least annually. The board shall adopt written procedures to govern its activities. The board shall report annually to the general assembly on its activities.
2. The state historical records advisory board is assigned to the office of the secretary of state. Members of the board shall receive no compensation for their service, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
3. The board shall be the central advisory body for historical records planning and for projects relating to historic records developed and carried out within the state of Missouri. The board may perform duties such as sponsoring and publishing surveys of the conditions and needs of historical records in the state; soliciting or developing proposals for projects to be carried out in the state with the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, hereafter called "commission", financing; reviewing records proposals by institutions in the state and making recommendations from these to the commission; developing, revising, and submitting to the commission state priorities for historical records projects following guidelines developed by the commission; and reviewing, through reports and otherwise, the operation and progress of records projects in the state.
4. The board may seek funds available through the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for the subvention of all or part of the costs of printing and manufacturing volumes that have been formally endorsed by the commission.
5. The board may seek funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for sponsoring and publishing surveys of the conditions and needs of historical records in the state; for soliciting or developing proposals for projects to be carried out in the state for preservation of historical records and publications; for reviewing records proposals by institutions in the state and making recommendations from these to the commission; and for developing, revising, and submitting to the commission state priorities for historical records projects following guidelines developed by the commission. The board may further carry out those necessary duties to fulfill its purpose of helping in the collection and preservation of Missouri's historical records and such other duties as may be prescribed by law.
6. The secretary of state, as state historical records coordinator, may fund and administer grant requests for preservation of local records. In carrying out this subsection the secretary of state shall have the power to promulgate necessary rules and regulations. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024 . Funds retained by the recorder of a county or a city not within a county and deposited in a recorder's fund for records preservation purposes pursuant to subsection 1 of section 59.319 may be used by a recorder of a county or a city not within a county toward any local matching funds requirement for funding pursuant to the grant program authorized by this subsection. A recorder's application for grant funding pursuant to this subsection shall not be penalized in any way because local funds collected pursuant to subsection 1 of section 59.319 are to be used to fund any local matching funds requirement.