Title VI — COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT

68.010. Cities and counties authorized to form port authorities, when. — 1. Every city or county which is situated upon, or adjacent to, or which embraces within its boundaries a navigable waterway, is hereby authorized to form a local port authority, and upon approval of the hig…

68.015. Port district, how designated — boundaries, where filed, how altered. — 1. The legislative body, or county commission, of each county or city creating a port authority or any port authority created within said city pursuant to section 68.010 hereof shall designate what ar…

68.020. Purpose of port authority. — It shall be the purposes of every port authority to promote the general welfare, to promote development within the port district, to encourage private capital investment by fostering the creation of industrial facilities and industrial parks w…

68.025. Powers of port authority. — 1. Every local and regional port authority, approved as a political subdivision of the state, shall have the following powers to: (1) Confer with any similar body created under laws of this or any other state for the purpose of adopting a compr…

68.030. State or its subdivisions may transfer property to port authority, when. — This state and any political subdivision or municipal corporation thereof may in its discretion, with or without consideration, transfer or cause to be transferred to any port authority or may plac…

68.035. State authorized to make grants to port authorities. — 1. The state may make grants to a state port fund, as appropriated by the general assembly, to be allocated by the department of transportation to local port authorities or regional port coordinating agencies. These g…

68.040. Bonds of port authority, issued, when — authorized as investments — tax exemption — procedure for issuance of bonds and notes. — 1. Every local and regional port authority, approved as a political subdivision of the state, may from time to time issue its negotiable revenu…

68.045. Board of port authority commissioners minimum number required — compensation, terms, duties, how fixed. — Every local port authority shall be administered by a board of port authority commissioners which shall consist of at least seven members; provided, however, that the…

68.050. Conflict of interest by port authority commissioners prohibited. — No port authority commissioner shall participate in any deliberations or decisions concerning issues where the port authority commissioner has a direct financial interest in contracts, property, supplies, …

68.055. Letting of contracts, manner, amounts. — 1. Every port authority shall let contracts for all work to be done and for equipment, supplies or materials to be purchased. Excepting as otherwise provided herein, such contracts shall be given to the lowest responsible bidder th…

68.057. Competitive bids required, when. — Any expenditure made by a port authority, as defined in section 68.205, that is over twenty-five thousand dollars, including professional service contracts, shall be competitively bid. ­­-------- (L. 2010 S.B. 578)

68.060. Consolidation of port districts by contract, how. — 1. Any combination of cities and counties individually eligible to form local port authorities, and cities and counties with existing local port authorities, are authorized to directly apply to the highways and transport…

68.065. Powers of state highways and transportation commission. — The state highways and transportation commission is hereby granted, has and may exercise all powers necessary or convenient to effectuate its purposes, including the following: (1) To develop a statewide plan for w…

68.070. Dissolution, procedure for. — Provided a local or regional port authority has no outstanding obligations, the legislative body or county commission of a city or county, in which a local port authority is situated, votes, by majority, to dissolve said port authority, the l…

68.075. AIM zones — definitions — establishment, boundaries — retention of tax withholdings on new jobs, amount — fund created, use of moneys — approval of projects — expiration date. — 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Advanced Industrial Manufacturing Zone…

68.080. Waterways and ports trust fund, use of moneys — project criteria — termination date. — 1. There is hereby established in the state treasury the "Waterways and Ports Trust Fund". The fund shall consist of revenues appropriated to it by the general assembly. 2. The fund may…

68.100. Mid-America port commission agreement, commission, powers, duties. — The general assembly of the state of Missouri hereby ratifies an agreement on behalf of the state of Missouri with the states of Illinois and Iowa if those states legally join the agreement, in the form …

68.105. Mid-America port commission act. — Sections 68.100 to 68.120 shall be known and may be cited as the "Mid-America Port Commission Act". ­­-------- (L. 1998 H.B. 1791 § 2)

68.110. Counties included (Scotland, Knox, Shelby, Clark, Ralls, Monroe, Lewis, Pike and Marion). — Any county of the third classification with a population greater than four thousand four hundred but less than five thousand, any county of the third classification greater than si…

68.115. Powers of commission. — 1. Any power or powers, privileges or authority exercised or capable of exercise by a public agency of this state may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with the Mid-America port commission according to the powers delegated to the commission pursuant…

68.120. County commissioners to elect two members. — The county commissions of the counties included in the jurisdiction of the Mid-America port commission pursuant to section 68.110 shall jointly elect two members to serve on the port commission. ­­-------- (L. 1998 H.B. 1791 § …

68.200. Citation of law. — Sections 68.200 to 68.260 shall be known and may be cited as the "Port Improvement District Act". ­­-------- (L. 2010 S.B. 578)

68.205. Definitions. — As used in sections 68.200 to 68.260, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Act", the port improvement district act, sections 68.200 to 68.260; (2) "Approval", for purposes of elections pursuant to this act, a s…

68.210. Establishment of districts authorized, procedure. — 1. A port authority may establish one or more port improvement districts within its port district boundaries for the purpose of funding qualified project costs associated with an approved port improvement project. In ord…

68.215. Public hearing required — notice. — 1. Not more than sixty days prior to the submission of the petition to the circuit court, the port authority shall hold or cause to be held a public hearing on the proposed project or projects, proposed real property tax or sales and us…

68.220. Opposition, court to serve copy of petition, procedure. — 1. Within thirty days after the petition is filed, the circuit court clerk shall serve a copy of the petition on the respondents who shall have thirty days after receipt of service to file an answer stating agreeme…

68.225. Notice, form. — Upon the receipt of the filed petition, the circuit court clerk in whose office the petition was filed shall give notice to the public by causing one or more newspapers of general circulation serving the counties or portions thereof contained in the propos…

68.230. Termination of district, procedure. — 1. Upon the port authority's own initiative, and after proper notice being provided and a public hearing being conducted in accordance with subsection 2 of this section, any district may be terminated by a resolution of the board, pro…

68.235. Levy of property tax authorized — vote required — ballot language — repeal of tax. — 1. For the purposes of providing funds to pay all, or any portion of, the qualified project costs associated with any approved project, subsequent to the establishment of a district pursu…

68.240. County collector's and treasurer's duties — use of moneys upon expiration of tax. — 1. The county collector of each county in which the district is located, or the collector for the city in which the district is located if the district is located in a city not within a co…

68.245. Levy of sales and use tax authorized — ballot language — collection of tax, deposit of moneys — repeal of tax. — 1. For the purposes of providing funds to pay all, or any portion of, the qualified project costs associated with any approved project, subsequent to the estab…

68.250. Conducting of election, procedure. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 115 except the provisions of section 115.125, when applicable, an election for any proposed real property tax or proposed sales and use tax, or both, within a district pursuant to this act s…

68.255. Statute of limitations. — No lawsuit to set aside a district established or a tax levied under this act*, or to otherwise question the validity of the proceedings related thereto, shall be brought after the expiration of ninety days from the effective date of the circuit …

68.259. Severability clause. — Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1.140 to the contrary, the provisions of sections 68.025, 68.035, 68.040, 68.057, 68.070, 68.200, 68.205, 68.210, 68.215, 68.220, 68.225, 68.230, 68.235, 68.240, 68.245, 68.250, 68.255, and 68.260 as contain…

68.260. Applicability of law — report required. — 1. The provisions of this section shall only apply to a port authority that has formed a district. 2. In addition to any other report required of a port authority, within one hundred twenty days following the last day of the port …