Title VI, COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT

67.5006. Powers of district. — A parks, trails, and greenways district shall have the power to: (1) Prepare or cause to be prepared and adopt a plan or plans for interconnecting systems of public trails, open spaces, greenways, and parks throughout the county comprising the distr…

67.5008. Ballot language. — A question, in substantially the following form, may be submitted to the voters in each county authorized to establish a district: ­ ­ ­­-------- (L. 2012 H.B. 1504)

67.5010. Majority vote required. — If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters voting on the question submitted pursuant to section 67.5008 voted YES, then that district shall be deemed created. However, if a majority of the qualified voters cast NO votes, that distri…

67.5012. Sale tax authorized in counties of district. — The governing body of any county located within a district established pursuant to sections 67.5000 to 67.5038 is authorized to impose by order, ordinance, or otherwise a one-tenth of one cent local sales tax on all retail s…

67.5014. Allocation of sales tax. — The local sales tax authorized in section 67.5012 shall be collected and allocated in the district as follows: (1) Forty-five percent of the local sales taxes collected as described in section 67.5012 shall be deposited by the department of rev…

67.5016. Department of revenue to administer and collect tax — director's duties. — 1. Any county levying a local sales tax under the authority of sections 67.5000 to 67.5038 shall not administer or collect the tax locally, but shall utilize the services of the state department o…

67.5018. Treasurer's duties — report required, when. — 1. The treasurer of the board of each district created shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of each district created by sections 67.5000 to 67.5038 shall be audited ye…

67.5020. Revenues from tax not to be allocated to special fund by municipalities. — Notwithstanding the provisions of section 99.845 to the contrary, the revenues from the local sales taxes imposed under the authority set forth in section 67.5012 shall not be allocated to and pai…

67.5022. Board of directors, appointment, terms, removal. — 1. When a district is created pursuant to sections 67.5000 to 67.5038, the district shall be governed by a board of directors. The presiding commissioner or elected county executive of the county with a charter form of g…

67.5024. Organizational meeting — adoption of bylaws, rules, and regulations. — Promptly after their appointment, the initial board members of a district created pursuant to sections 67.5000 to 67.5038 shall hold an organizational meeting at which they shall elect a president, se…

67.5026. Qualifications of board members. — Board members shall be citizens of the United States and shall reside within the county or city, as the case may be, from which they are appointed. No board member shall receive compensation for performance of duties as a board member. …

67.5028. Alterations of public highways, streets, or roads through parks, trails, or greenways — agreements permitted. — When a public highway, street, or road extends into or through a public trail, trail area, greenway, or park area of a district, or when a public highway, stre…

67.5030. Eminent domain authority, district not authorized to exercise. — No district created pursuant to sections 67.5000 to 67.5038 shall be authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain. ­­-------- (L. 2012 H.B. 1504)

67.5032. Issuance of bonds, requirements. — 1. Bonds of a district authorized by sections 67.5000 to 67.5038 shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of directors of that district, which resolution shall set out the estimated cost to that district of the prop…

67.5034. Negotiable refunding bonds permitted, limitations. — 1. A district may issue negotiable refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding, extending or unifying the whole or any part of any bonds of a district then outstanding, or any bonds, notes or other obligations issued …

67.5036. Public function, board declared performing — exemption from taxation by this state. — Each district is hereby declared to be performing a public function and bonds of a district are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and, accordingly, …

67.5038. Purchases in excess of $10,000 by lowest and best bid standard. — All purchases by a district in excess of ten thousand dollars used in the construction or maintenance of any public recreational facility, trail, park, or greenway in that district shall be made pursuant t…

67.505. Election procedure — sales tax imposed, property taxes to be reduced — rate of tax — no zoological taxes permitted. — 1. Any county may, by a majority vote of its governing body, impose a county sales tax, in conjunction with a property tax reduction for each year in whic…

67.5050. Definitions — use of construction manager-at-risk method, when — procedure — default, effect of — inapplicability. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Construction manager", the legal entity that proposes to enter into a construction manager-at-r…

67.506. Computation of county sales tax levy. — The tax rate for counties levying a sales tax under section 67.505 shall be computed by: (1) Dividing the amount of the sales tax revenue required for reduction under subsection 3 of section 67.505 and section 163.087 by the total a…

67.5060. Definitions — design-build contracts, requirements — phases I, II, and III — stipend permitted, when — progressive design-build projects, requirements — wastewater or water contracts — bonding requirements — inapplicability. — 1. As used in this section, the following te…

67.5065. Political subdivision definition. — For purposes of section 67.5050 and section 67.5060, the term "political subdivision" includes any public institution of higher education. ­­-------- (L. 2022 S.B. 758)

67.5090. Citation of law. — Sections 67.5090 to 67.5103 shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Wireless Communications Infrastructure Deployment Act" and is intended to encourage and streamline the deployment of broadcast and broadband facilities and to help ensure that …

67.5092. Definitions. — As used in sections 67.5090 to 67.5103, the following terms mean: (1) "Accessory equipment", any equipment serving or being used in conjunction with a wireless communications facility or wireless support structure. The term includes utility or transmission…

67.5094. Prohibited acts by authority. — In order to ensure uniformity across the state of Missouri with respect to the consideration of every application, an authority shall not: (1) Require an applicant to submit information about, or evaluate an applicant's business decisions …

67.5096. Permitted acts of authority — applicants for new structures, requirements — authority's duties — court review, when. — 1. Authorities may continue to exercise zoning, land use, planning, and permitting authority within their territorial boundaries with regard to the siti…

67.5098. Modification of structures, applicant requirements — authority's duties — court review, when. — 1. Authorities may continue to exercise zoning, land use, planning, and permitting authority within their territorial boundaries with regard to applications for substantial mo…

67.5100. Review for conformity with applicable building permit requirements — authority's duties — court review, when. — 1. Subject to the provisions of sections 67.5090 to 67.5103, including section 67.5094, collocation applications and applications for replacement of wireless f…

67.5102. Prohibited acts. — In accordance with the policies of this state to further the deployment of wireless communications infrastructure: (1) An authority may not institute any moratorium on the permitting, construction, or issuance of approval of new wireless support struct…

67.5103. Power of eminent domain prohibited, when. — Notwithstanding any provision of sections 67.5090 to 67.5103, nothing herein shall provide any applicant the power of eminent domain or the right to compel any private or public property owner, the department of conservation, t…

67.5104. Pole attachment and pole defined — denial of permit on nondiscriminatory basis only — pole attachment fees, terms, and conditions to be nondiscriminatory — review, when — attachment during pendency of dispute — revocation, when. — 1. As used in this section, "pole attach…

67.5110. Citation of law, purpose. — Sections 67.5110 to 67.5121 shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act", which is intended to encourage and streamline the deployment of small wireless facilities and to help ensure that robust and d…

67.5111. Definitions. — As used in sections 67.5110 to 67.5121, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Antenna", communications equipment that transmits or receives electromagnetic radio frequency signals used in the provision of wireless services; (2) "Applicable codes", uniform b…

67.5112. Wireless providers use of right-of-ways to collocate small wireless facilities, requirements. — 1. The provisions of this section shall only apply to activities of a wireless provider within the right-of-way to deploy small wireless facilities and associated utility pole…

67.5113. No charge for collocation — permits, requirements — application not required, when. — 1. The provisions of this section shall apply to the permitting of small wireless facilities by a wireless provider in or outside the right-of-way and to the permitting of the installat…

67.5114. Authority wireless support structures, use for collocation — rates, fees, and terms. — 1. This section only applies to collocations on authority poles and authority wireless support structures that are located on authority property outside the right-of-way. 2. Subject to…

67.5115. Authority poles, use of — make-ready work. — 1. The provisions of this section shall apply to activities of a wireless provider within the right-of-way. 2. A person owning, managing, or controlling authority poles in the right-of-way shall not enter into an exclusive arr…

67.5116. Rates and fees. — 1. This section shall govern the rate to collocate small wireless facilities and an authority's rates and fees for the placement of utility poles, but shall not limit an authority's ability to recover specific removal costs from the attaching wireless p…

67.5117. Limitation on services permitted. — Nothing in sections 67.5110 to 67.5121 shall be interpreted to allow any entity to provide services regulated under 47 U.S.C. Sections 521 to 573 without compliance with all laws applicable to such providers, nor shall sections 67.5110…

67.5118. Authority may exercise certain authority, limitations. — Subject to the provisions of sections 67.5110 to 67.5121 and applicable federal law, an authority shall continue to exercise zoning, land use, planning, and permitting authority within its territorial boundaries, i…

67.5119. Ordinance or agreement required, when. — 1. Within the later of two months after August 28, 2018, or two months after receiving a request from a wireless provider, an authority shall adopt an ordinance or develop an agreement that makes available to wireless providers ra…

67.5120. Court jurisdiction. — A court of competent jurisdiction shall have jurisdiction to determine all disputes arising under sections 67.5110 to 67.5121. ­­-------- (L. 2018 H.B. 1991) Effective 1-01-19 Expires 12-31-29; see § 67.5122

67.5121. Indemnification, insurance, and bonding requirements permitted — exceptions. — 1. An authority may adopt indemnification, insurance, and bonding requirements related to small wireless facility permits, subject to the requirements of this section. 2. An authority may only…

67.5122. Expiration date, exception. — Sections 67.5110 to 67.5122 shall expire on December 31, 2029, except that for small wireless facilities already permitted or collocated on authority poles prior to such date, the rate set forth in section 67.5116 for collocation of small wi…

67.5125. Report to general assembly, when, contents. — By December 31, 2018, the department of revenue shall prepare and deliver a report to the general assembly on the amount of revenue collected by local governments for the previous three fiscal years from communications servic…

67.525. Deposit — distribution to county, when — refunds authorized — tax abolished, effect. — 1. All county sales taxes collected by the director of revenue under sections 67.500 to 67.545 on behalf of any county, less one percent for cost of collection, which shall be deposited…