Title VI — COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT

49.450. Payments to contractor, when made. — When any installment shall become due to the undertaker, according to contract, the county commission shall make an order that the same be paid out of the county treasury. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13727, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219) Prior revisi…

49.460. Order of payment, when made. — No such order shall be made unless the superintendent shall certify to the county commission that the due proportion of the work has been completed and executed according to contract. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13728, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219) Prior …

49.470. County commission may alter and repair county buildings, when. — The county commission of each county shall have power, from time to time, to alter, repair or build any county buildings, which have been or may hereafter be erected, as circumstances may require, and the fu…

49.480. Insurance of courthouses and jails — disposition of proceeds. — In all cases where courthouses or jails are insured, and are totally or partially destroyed by fire, windstorms or cyclones, the money realized on said insurance shall not be placed in the general revenue of …

49.490. Damages recoverable for injuring county property. — If any person commit any waste, trespass or other injury in or upon any county buildings or other property belonging to any county, he shall forfeit and pay, to the use of the county, fourfold damages, to be recovered in…

49.500. County contracts to be inquired into on petition. — Whenever any fifty resident, solvent and responsible taxpaying citizens of any county in the state shall have good reason to believe, and do believe, that any contract made and entered into by the county commission, with…

49.510. County to provide and equip offices. — It shall be the duty of the county to provide offices or space where the officers of the county may properly carry on and perform the duties and functions of their respective offices. Said county shall maintain, furnish and equip sai…

49.520. Acquisition, erection or expansion of county buildings authorized, when. — Whenever the governing body of any first class county finds it necessary for the public need or convenience, or for the preservation of the public records to build, repair or remodel a courthouse, …

49.525. Issuance of bonds — ordinance required, contents. — For the purpose of defraying the cost of acquiring the buildings, land and appurtenances thereto by purchase, construction or extension, any county of the first class may borrow money and issue negotiable bonds, except t…

49.530. Interest rate and maturity of bonds. — All bonds under the provisions of sections 49.520 to 49.580 may be issued bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six percent per annum, payable semiannually, and shall be executed in such manner and be payable at such time, not exc…

49.535. Bonds negotiable and tax free — method of sale — payable from revenue only. — 1. Any bonds shall have all of the qualities of negotiable instruments under the law, and shall not be subject to taxation in any manner. In case any of the officers whose signatures or counters…

49.540. Obligation of county for rent or charges, limits — right to use building. — No county by the issuance and sale of the bonds shall obligate itself to pay any rent or charges for the use and occupancy for a period in excess of one year. Nor shall it obligate itself to exerc…

49.545. Application of proceeds of bonds. — All moneys derived from any bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 49.520 to 49.580 shall be applied solely to the purchase or erection of the land, buildings and necessary appurtenances thereto, provided that the moneys ma…

49.550. Lien on buildings and land — rights of bondholders. — There shall be and there is hereby created a statutory mortgage lien upon the buildings, land and appurtenances acquired or constructed under the provisions of sections 49.520 to 49.580 in favor of the holders and owne…

49.555. Receiver on default in payment of bonds. — If there is any default in the payment of the principal or interest of any of the bonds, any court having jurisdiction of any action brought by any bond or couponholder may appoint a receiver to administer the buildings on behalf…

49.560. Revenues placed in special fund — use — rentals, rates and charges. — 1. At or before the issuance of the bonds the governing body of the county shall, by ordinance or order, agree to set aside and pledge the income and revenue of the buildings and land into a separate an…

49.565. Surplus in fund, disposition of. — If any surplus is accumulated in the separate and special fund during any year, the excess may be transferred by the governing body of the county to the sinking fund or applied to the requirements for the fund for the next succeeding yea…

49.570. Additional bonds — refunding bonds. — If the governing body of the county should find that the bonds authorized will be insufficient to supply the funds necessary to complete the project authorized, additional bonds may be authorized and issued subject to the procedure as…

49.575. Administration of buildings and income, obligation of bonds. — In acquiring or constructing any building under the provisions of sections 49.520 to 49.580 the governing body of the county may provide by ordinance or order any provisions or stipulations for the administrat…

49.580. This method of acquisition additional, not exclusive. — Sections 49.520 to 49.580 are deemed to create an additional and alternate method for the acquisition of buildings to be used by first class counties and shall not be deemed to include, alter, amend, or repeal any ot…

49.600. National flood insurance program, adoption and rescission procedure — exemptions (certain second, third, fourth class counties). — 1. The county commission, in all counties which have not adopted county planning and zoning, may, as provided by law, adopt or rescind by ord…

49.605. Permits, authorized requirements for applicant. — No permit required by the provisions of order or ordinance regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of sections 49.600 to 49.615 shall be denied an applicant if the proposed construction, use or other development wil…

49.610. Variances may be granted by county commission, when. — Any order or ordinance regulations adopted pursuant to sections 49.600 to 49.615 shall provide that the county commission may grant individual variances beyond the limitations prescribed by the order or ordinance regu…

49.615. Judicial review of all final decisions, orders and actions, when. — All final decisions, orders, actions or determinations of the county commission made under or involving the provisions of order or ordinance regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of sections 49.6…

49.650. Certain county ordinances and resolutions authorized relating to county property and affairs — submission to voters — certain restrictions for counties of the third classification. — 1. The governing authority of each county without a charter form of government shall have…