Title VI — COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT

67.810. Owner to file affidavit of request, contents, fee. — Any nonresident property owner may file with the county clerk, the circuit clerk, the city clerk, or clerk of any political subdivision, who is required by law to publish notices required by general law in regard to the…

67.820. Notice, how sent, by whom. — 1. The county clerk, circuit clerk, city clerk, or clerk of any political subdivision, upon whom the duty is imposed by law to publish notice required by law in regard to the formation of a special taxing district for public works or public im…

67.830. Receipt of notice, owner to refile affidavit. — If any clerk shall provide notice to a nonresident property owner pursuant to section 67.820, such nonresident property owner shall refile with the clerk the affidavit together with self-addressed envelope, postage and filin…

67.840. Request for notice expires, when, renewed, how. — The request for notice provided in section 67.810 shall expire five years following the date that the affidavit is filed, and ten days prior to such expiration date the clerk with whom the affidavit was filed shall return …

67.850. Failure of notice, effect of. — The failure of any county clerk, circuit clerk, city clerk, or clerk of a political subdivision to mail any copy of a published notice as provided in sections 67.800 to 67.860 shall not invalidate the formation of any political subdivision …

67.860. Nonresident property owner defined. — The term "nonresident property owner" as used in sections 67.800 to 67.860 is defined as any person whose residence is outside the boundaries of the political subdivision or taxing district. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 156 § 8)

67.870. Policy statement. — The general assembly finds that the rapid growth and random spread of urban development is encroaching upon, impairing, or eliminating, many open areas and spaces of varied sizes and character, including many such sites having significant scenic or est…

67.875. Provisions of sections 67.870 to 67.910 applicable to state and certain subdivisions. — The general assembly hereby declares that it is necessary for sound and healthful urban and metropolitan development, and in the public interest, for the state or any county having a p…

67.880. Who may acquire land and for what purpose. — The Missouri state park board, and any county having a population in excess of two hundred thousand and any county adjoining, or city not within but adjoining such county, may acquire by purchase, gift, grant, bequest, devise, …

67.885. Plan for conservation, hearing and reports required before condemnation authorized. — No private property shall be acquired by eminent domain hereunder until and unless the state park board or governing body of such county or city shall adopt a resolution or formal order …

67.890. Not-for-profit organizations may acquire land or water rights in same manner, exception. — Any not-for-profit organization formed for the purpose of conserving open spaces in harmony with the policies recited in sections 67.870 to 67.910 may acquire in the same manner, ot…

67.895. Tax assessments, how affected. — After transfer and acquisition of any such interest pursuant to sections 67.870 to 67.910, all county and municipal assessors and taxing authorities, in determining the assessed valuation placed on such open space or area for purposes of t…

[Repealed or reserved.]

67.905. Authorization to accept funds or grants. — The state park board, any county having a population in excess of two hundred thousand or any county adjoining, or city not within but adjoining such county, may accept and receive funds or grants from any other governmental or p…

67.910. Sections 67.870 to 67.910 not to apply to second class counties having more than 100,000 and less than 110,000 inhabitants. — Any other provision of sections 67.870 to 67.910 to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions hereof shall not apply to counties of the second …

67.950. Dissolution of certain special purpose districts — procedure for election, form of ballot. — 1. Any special purpose district formed under the provisions of a statute of this state requiring approval by the voters of the district, and for which no specific procedure is pro…

67.955. Procedure for dissolution — bonded indebtedness, effect of. — Subject to any decree of dissolution entered under section 67.950, the governing body, upon passage of a proposition to dissolve, shall dispose of all assets of the district and apply all proceeds to the paymen…

67.970. Definitions. — As used in sections 67.970 to 67.983: (1) "City" means any city not within a county or any city having a population of over one hundred thousand persons located in a county of the first class not having a charter form of government which does not adjoin any…

67.972. Residential renovation loan commission, procedure to establish — commission membership, terms — expenses. — 1. The governing body of any city, by enacting an appropriate ordinance, may establish a commission and authorize the commission to engage in a program of renovatio…

67.974. Powers of commission. — Each residential renovation loan commission may: (1) Receive, hold and convey title to real estate on projects carried out by the commission and receive and use for the purposes described in sections 67.970 to 67.983 any grants or loans made by the…

67.976. Residences selected for renovation, location — plans to have hearing before commissions to determine impact. — Residences selected for purchase and renovation under the provisions of sections 67.970 to 67.983 shall be located in those areas of the city, which are in the g…

67.978. Bonds issues, authorization — forms — sales — rate of interest. — The commission may at any time issue revenue bonds for the purpose of paying any part of the cost of any project or part thereof. Every issue of its bonds shall be payable out of the property and revenues o…

67.981. Notes authorized — sales — interest rate — to mature when. — Pending the issuance of bonds, the commission may issue notes payable from the proceeds of such bonds or from such other sources as the commission may specify as in the case of bonds. Such notes shall mature in …

67.983. Issuance of renewal notes and refunding bonds — sales. — The commission may from time to time issue renewal notes or refund any bonds by the issuance of refunding bonds, whether the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and to issue bonds partially to refund bond…

67.990. Senior citizens' services fund tax, election, ballot, levy and collection of, limitation. — 1. The governing body of any county or city not within a county may, upon approval of a majority of the qualified voters of such county or city voting thereon, levy and collect a t…

67.993. Fund established, when — board of directors, appointment, members, terms, vacancies, officers — duties — use of fund moneys — powers. — 1. Upon the approval of the tax authorized by section 67.990 by the voters of the county or city not within a county, the tax so approve…

67.995. Fund abolished, moneys transferred to general revenue — audit of fund, when. — 1. If the tax, special fund, and board of directors authorized by sections 67.990 to 67.995 are ever repealed or abolished, all funds remaining in the special fund shall be transferred to the g…

67.997. Senior services and youth program sales tax — ballot language — trust fund created, use of moneys (Perry County). — 1. The governing body of any county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than eighteen thousand one hundred but f…

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)