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 PUBLIC LAW 106-287—OCT. 10, 2000 114 STAT. 909 Public Law 106-287 106th Congress An Act To grant the consent of the Congress to the Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Oct. 10, 2000 Culture District Compact. (H.R. 4700] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. CONSENT TO COMPACT. The Congress consents to the Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Culture District Compact entered into between the State of Kansas and the State of Missouri. The compact reads substantially as follows: "KANSAS AND MISSOURI METROPOLITAN CULTURE „ DISTRICT COMPACT " ARTICLE I. AGREEMENT AND PLEDGE "The states of Kansas and Missouri agree to and pledge, each to the other, faithful cooperation in the future planning and development of the metropolitan culture district, holding in high trust for the benefit of this people and of the nation, the special blessings and natural advantages thereof. "ARTICLE II. POLICY AND PURPOSE "The party states, desiring by common action to fully utilize and improve their cultural facilities, coordinate the services of their cultural organizations, enhance the cultural activities of their citizens, and achieve solid financial support for such cultural facilities, organizations and activities, declare that it is the policy of each state to realize such desires on a basis of cooperation with one another, thereby serving the best interests of their citizenry and effecting economies in capital expenditures and operational costs. The purpose of this compact is to provide for the creation of a metropolitan culture district as the means to implementation of the policy herein declared with the most beneficial and economical use of human and material resources. " ARTICLE III. DEFINITIONS "As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: "(a) 'Metropolitan culture district' means a political subdivision of the states of Kansas and Missouri which is created under and pursuant to the provisions of this compact and which is composed of the counties in the states of Kansas and Missouri which act 79-194O-00 -31:QL3Part1

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