Title VI, COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT

49.330. Superintendent, appointment, compensation. — The county commission shall appoint some suitable person to superintend the erection of the buildings who shall take an oath to discharge faithfully and impartially the duties enjoined on him by sections 49.310 to 49.470. The s…

49.370. Site for county building. — 1. The county commission shall designate the place whereon to erect any county building, on any land belonging to such county, at the established seat of justice thereof. If there is no suitable ground belonging to said county within the limits…

49.390. Circuit court to examine title. — Such court shall examine its title and certify its decision thereon to the county commission. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13721, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12062; 1919 § 9462; 1909 § 3683 Effective 1-01-85

49.400. County commission to pay for building site, when. — If the title to the land so purchased or received be approved, the county commission, if they approve the selection, shall make an order for the payment of the purchase money, if any, out of the county treasury. ­­------…

49.410. Plan of building to be submitted. — When the ground for erecting any public building shall be designated, as aforesaid, the superintendent shall prepare and submit to the county commission a plan of the building to be erected, the dimensions thereof, and the materials of …

49.420. Advertisement for bids — may let at private contract, when. — When any plan shall be approved by the county commission, the superintendent shall immediately advertise for bids for the erection and construction of same, stating in such advertisement a description of such b…

49.430. Bond of contractor. — The superintendent shall take from the contractor a bond to the county, with sufficient security, for the performance of the work at the time and in the manner agreed on, according to the plan, under a penalty at least one hundred ten percent of the …

49.440. Superintendent to supervise work and report progress. — The superintendent shall oversee and direct the execution of the work, and see that the materials employed are good, and that the work is executed according to contract, and make report of the progress and condition …

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…

50.010. Fiscal year in counties. — Unless otherwise provided in a charter adopted by a county under the provisions of Sections 18 or 31, 32 and 33 of Article VI, of the Constitution of this state, the fiscal year of the several counties of the state shall commence on January firs…

50.020. Transfer of county funds. — Whenever there is a balance in any county treasury in this state to the credit of any special fund, which is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was raised, the county commission may, by order of record, direct that said balance be tr…

50.030. Section 50.020 construed. — Nothing in section 50.020 shall be construed to authorize any county commission to transfer or consolidate any funds not otherwise provided for by law, excepting balances of funds of which the objects of their creation are and have been fully s…

50.032. Mediation of disputes necessary for receipt of state funds. — No county shall receive any state funds unless the county has determined, by order or ordinance, to agree to engage in mediation if a dispute concerning a financial expenditure arises between such county and an…

50.040. County commission may invest school funds, when and how. — Whenever there are outstanding any legal county revenue warrants of any county bearing six percent interest which will be redeemed by the taxes of the current year, and there are school moneys in the hands of the …

50.050. County treasurer to report. — The county treasurer shall, at the first term of county commission after the redemption of the warrants by the county revenue fund, submit to the commission a detailed statement showing the amount and time the school moneys were invested, the…

50.055. Accounts of county may be audited (counties of the second classification). — The accounts of any county of the second class, or the accounts of any officer or office of such county, may be audited at any time, if the county commission determines such an audit desirable or…

50.057. Audit, when, by whom (certain counties of the first classification). — The accounts of any county of the first class not having a charter form of government, or the accounts of any officer or office of such county, may be audited at any time, if the county commission dete…

50.059. Counties with federal highways, or weigh stations to receive additional funds, allocation. — In any county through which a federal interstate highway passes, or in any county which has an official weigh station, the county may receive an additional two thousand five hundr…

50.060. County commission may borrow money — amount (first and second class counties). — The county commission of counties of classes one and two may borrow money in anticipation of the collection of taxes and revenues for the current fiscal year. The amount of such loans shall a…

50.065. Borrowing by first class counties authorized, limitations on — tax anticipation warrants, procedure for issue and redemption. — The county commission or other governing body of counties of the first class may borrow money in anticipation of the collection of taxes and rev…

50.070. Tax anticipation notes may be issued in counties of first, third and fourth class. — The county commission in counties of class one, class three and class four may, by resolution, duly passed by a majority of the commissioners thereof, and upon order of said commission, i…

50.080. Tax anticipation notes — how made, signed and attested. — Said notes shall be known as tax anticipation notes, and by no other name, and on the back of each of said notes there shall appear a certificate that it is issued pursuant to an order of the county commission, the…