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MO Rev Stat § 72.167 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.167 - Approval of municipality of petition by citizens, procedure on — certification to county commission, contents.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   72.167. Approval of municipality of petition by citizens, procedure on — certification to county commission, contents. — 1. When the petition for a proposed consolidation of municipalities originates from a group of citizens within a municipality to be included in the proposal, the petition shall be filed with the governing body of the municipality affected. The governing body of the municipality shall then have ninety days, from the filing of the petition, to study and investigate the proposal and endorse thereon their approval or disapproval. In either alternative, the governing body shall forward the petition with a certification of the municipality's clerk, stating the action taken by the governing body, to the county commission. The certification may, but shall not be required to, contain reasons for approval or disapproval of the petition, but whether approved or disapproved, the certification shall also contain the following information:  (1) A statement that the names of signers fulfill statutory requirements as to number, residence and qualification to vote;  (2) A statement as to the number and amounts of all bond issues in the municipality, and the amount owing upon each;  (3) A copy of the last annual financial report required by statute to be published by the municipality;  (4) A statement as to the current tax rate of the municipality;  (5) A statement listing the locations of municipally owned real estate, indicating whether improved or unimproved.  2. In the event that the governing body of the municipality shall not take action approving or disapproving the petition for consolidation within ninety days from receipt thereof, it shall be deemed rejected and the municipality's clerk shall within five days forward the petition to the county commission noting the fact in the certification. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 193 § 72.158)
MO Rev Stat § 72.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.170 - Form of ballot.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   72.170. Form of ballot. — The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall ______ and ______ consolidate? ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7831, A.L. 1961 p. 193, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7686; 1919 § 9125; 1909 § 9950
MO Rev Stat § 72.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.180 - Consolidation effective, when — more than two cities, vote against, effect.

Effective - 09 Jul 1992   72.180. Consolidation effective, when — more than two cities, vote against, effect. — If it shall appear that a majority of the votes cast in each one of said municipalities on the question shall be in favor of consolidation, the certificate of the clerk shall be recorded in the journal of the council, board of trustees or board of aldermen of each of said cities, towns or villages, and consolidation of such cities, towns or villages thereafter be consummated. Where more than two cities, towns or villages as provided in section 72.150, seek consolidation, a majority of the votes cast in any one city, town or village against the consolidation shall not prevent the consolidation of the remaining cities, towns or villages if a majority of the votes cast in such remaining cities, towns or villages are in favor of consolidation unless a majority of the votes in the largest of the cities, towns or villages seeking consolidation is against consolidation, in which case the consolidation shall be deemed to have been defeated. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7832, A.L. 1961 p. 193, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1992 S.B. 571)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7687; 1919 § 9126; 1909 § 9951  Effective 7-09-92
MO Rev Stat § 72.185 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.185 - Charter commission to recommend name and form of government of consolidated municipality — approval by election.

Effective - 09 Jul 1992   72.185. Charter commission to recommend name and form of government of consolidated municipality — approval by election. — In the event that the question as voted upon does not contain the name and form of government of the proposed consolidated municipality and the details of transition, such as which officers will serve, which employees shall be retained, what taxes will be collected, what ordinances will be in effect and similar matters for the operation of the consolidated municipality until the new governing body provides otherwise, then the governing body of each affected municipality shall select five commissioners if only two cities, towns or villages are involved or if more than two cities, towns or villages are involved, three or more commissioners from each involved city, town or village, with an equal number being appointed from each city, town or village and not less than ten commissioners being appointed in all, to meet with similar commissioners appointed from the other affected municipalities, the commissioners to study and recommend an appropriate name and form of government of the consolidated municipality and the details of the transition. The commissioners shall recommend the name and form of government of the consolidated municipality and the details of the transition, and, if the question fails to pass by a simple majority in both or all of the same affected municipalities, a new charter commission shall be appointed which shall submit a second recommendation to the voters. If the second recommendation as to name and form of government and the details of the transition shall also fail to pass by a simple majority, the results of the two submissions shall be compared and the question receiving the highest total number of votes in favor thereof shall be considered as having passed by a simple majority. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 193, A.L. 1963 p. 128, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1992 S.B. 571)  Effective 7-09-92  (1979) Consolidation ballots shall comply with statutory requirements concerning the form of the ballot and it is not necessary to list the bonded indebtedness of each municipality and how such indebtedness will be retired on the ballot. State of Mo. ex rel. Holly v. Kielhofner (A.), 587 S.W.2d 647.
MO Rev Stat § 72.195 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.195 - Bonded indebtedness of municipalities to become debt of consolidated municipality — when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   72.195. Bonded indebtedness of municipalities to become debt of consolidated municipality — when. — Unless otherwise provided in the proposition as voted upon, the bonded indebtedness of each municipality at the time of the consolidation which was incurred for the purpose of purchasing, constructing or repairing local improvements or facilities for the residents of the municipality shall continue to be the debt of the taxpayers in the area of the former municipality and a special tax sufficient to retire the indebtedness shall be levied against the property within the area of the former municipality, but the bonded indebtedness of any municipality which was incurred for the purpose of purchasing, constructing or repairing improvements or facilities which are to be used generally by the consolidated municipality shall become the indebtedness of the consolidated municipality. The question as originally submitted shall list each separate bonded indebtedness of the municipalities and shall clearly indicate whether the tax necessary to retire it is to be levied generally or locally. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 193, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  (1979) Consolidation ballots shall comply with statutory requirements concerning the form of the ballot and it is not necessary to list the bonded indebtedness of each municipality and how such indebtedness will be retired on the ballot. State of Mo. ex rel. Holly v. Kielhofner (A.), 587 S.W.2d 647.
MO Rev Stat § 72.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.200 - Elections governed by laws governing bond issue elections.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   72.200. Elections governed by laws governing bond issue elections. — All elections authorized in sections 72.150 to 72.220 shall be conducted procedurally in all respects as elections to authorize bond issues, whether bond issues are authorized in affected municipalities or not. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7834, A.L. 1961 p. 193)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7689; 1919 § 9128; 1909 § 9953
MO Rev Stat § 72.205 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.205 - Three-year limit on elections on petition of citizens.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   72.205. Three-year limit on elections on petition of citizens. — No election may be required to be held as a result of petition by citizens of an affected municipality if the petition is filed within three years of the date of unsuccessful election for consolidation. Where an election is held as a result of action originating within the governing body of the municipality affected, no limitation on the number or frequency of elections applies. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 193 § 72.165)
MO Rev Stat § 72.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.210 - Two or more cities may consolidate — procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   72.210. Two or more cities may consolidate — procedure. — When two or more cities in this state, each containing a population of less than five hundred thousand inhabitants, adjoining and contiguous to each other in adjoining counties shall be desirous of being consolidated, it shall be lawful for them to consolidate under one government of the highest class under which either of said cities is organized and take the name of said city in the same manner and subject to the provisions of this chapter prescribed for the consolidation of adjoining cities in the same county and furnishing bonds by those petitioning for such elections, the subdivisions of the consolidated city into wards and the calling of an election for officers in such consolidated city shall be done by the respective county commissions of the counties in which such cities are situated and said elections shall be held simultaneously on the same day. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7835, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7690
MO Rev Stat § 72.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.220 - Procedure — form of ballot to be used.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   72.220. Procedure — form of ballot to be used. — 1. Whenever twenty-five percent of the voters of such adjoining cities in adjoining counties shall petition their respective county commissions to order the submission of the question on the consolidation of such cities into one city, said county commissions at their next regular or special term of said commissions shall order the submission of the question to the voters.  2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall ______ and ______ consolidate? ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7836, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7691
MO Rev Stat § 72.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.300 - Absorption of municipalities authorized (certain third class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1976   72.300. Absorption of municipalities authorized (certain third class counties). — Any two or more municipalities which are adjoining or contiguous to each other on two or more sides and which are located in a county of the third class having a population of not less than twenty-five thousand nor more than thirty thousand may provide for the absorption of the corporate existence and the territorial limits of one or more of the municipalities by another such municipality in the manner provided in sections 72.300 to 72.350. ­­-------- (L. 1976 H.B. 1017 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 72.305 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.305 - Resolution to absorb, contents of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1976   72.305. Resolution to absorb, contents of. — The governing body of each of the municipalities involved in the proposed absorption shall adopt a resolution which sets forth:  (1) The name of each municipality which is to be absorbed;  (2) The name of the municipality which will absorb the other municipality;  (3) A statement that each municipality being absorbed accepts and will be governed by each and every provision and ordinance of the municipality which is absorbing them;  (4) The proposed effective date of the merger;  (5) A listing of each separate bonded indebtedness of each municipality which will be absorbed and a statement whether the tax necessary to retire it is to be levied locally or generally. ­­-------- (L. 1976 H.B. 1017 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 72.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.310 - Election, how ordered.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   72.310. Election, how ordered. — Upon adoption of the resolution setting forth the plan of absorption, the governing body of each municipality involved shall order the submission of the question of absorption to the voters of each municipality involved. ­­-------- (L. 1976 H.B. 1017 § 3, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 72.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.320 - Form of ballot.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   72.320. Form of ballot. — 1. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall the municipality of ______ absorb the municipality of ______?  2. If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition in each of the municipalities involved vote for the absorption, such absorption shall be consummated as provided in sections 72.300 to 72.350 and not otherwise. ­­-------- (L. 1976 H.B. 1017 § 5, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 72.325 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.325 - Procedure for, and effect of absorption.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   72.325. Procedure for, and effect of absorption. — Upon approval of the question in each of the municipalities involved, the absorption shall be accomplished on the date contained in the resolutions by the municipality specified in the resolution as the one which is to absorb the other municipalities shall succeed to the corporate existence and the territorial limits of the municipalities being absorbed and the municipalities absorbed shall cease to exist as separate municipal entities. All the property, real, personal and mixed, and all rights of every kind and nature belonging to and vested in each municipality being absorbed shall be transferred to and vested in the municipality which is absorbing the others on the effective date of the resolutions. All debts and liabilities and all other choses in action, and all and every interest of or belonging to each of the municipalities absorbed shall be taken and transferred to and vested in the municipality which is absorbing the others on the effective date of the resolutions. The title to any real estate, or any interest therein, vested in any municipality which is absorbed shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of the absorption. ­­-------- (L. 1976 H.B. 1017 § 6, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 72.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.330 - Liabilities or legal actions, effect on.

Effective - 28 Aug 1976   72.330. Liabilities or legal actions, effect on. — The municipality which absorbs the other municipalities shall assume and be responsible and liable for all the liabilities and obligations of each of the municipalities being absorbed. Any claim existing or action or proceeding pending by or against any of the municipalities being absorbed may be prosecuted to judgment as if the absorption had not taken place, or the municipality which has absorbed the other municipality may be substituted in its place. Neither the rights of creditors nor any liens upon the property of any municipality which is absorbed shall be impaired by reason of the absorption. ­­-------- (L. 1976 H.B. 1017 § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 72.335 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.335 - Bonded indebtedness, effect on — notice of indebtedness required in resolution and election notice.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   72.335. Bonded indebtedness, effect on — notice of indebtedness required in resolution and election notice. — The bonded indebtedness of each municipality being absorbed at the time of the absorption which was incurred for the purpose of purchasing, constructing or repairing local improvements or facilities for the residents in the area of a municipality being absorbed shall continue to be the debt of the taxpayers in the area of the municipality being absorbed and a special tax sufficient to retire the indebtedness shall be levied against the property within the area of the municipality being absorbed, but the bonded indebtedness of any municipality involved in the absorption which was incurred for the purpose of purchasing, constructing or repairing improvements or facilities which are to be used generally by the entire area of the municipality which absorbs the others shall become the indebtedness of the entire area of the absorbing municipality and the area which it absorbed. The question as originally submitted by resolutions and the notice of the election shall list each separate bonded indebtedness of the municipalities involved and shall clearly indicate whether the tax necessary to retire it is to be levied generally or locally. ­­-------- (L. 1976 H.B. 1017 § 8, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 72.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.340 - Ordinances, effect on — corporate existence to cease, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1976   72.340. Ordinances, effect on — corporate existence to cease, when. — All ordinances including all ordinances adopted at elections by a vote of the people of the municipality which absorbs the other municipalities shall remain in full force and effect and shall govern in the territory of the absorbing municipality and of the municipalities which are absorbed. All ordinances and the corporate existence of the municipalities being absorbed shall cease to exist and be null and void and of no force and effect upon the effective date of the absorption. ­­-------- (L. 1976 H.B. 1017 § 9)
MO Rev Stat § 72.345 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.345 - Notice of approval of absorption, who to send and receive.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   72.345. Notice of approval of absorption, who to send and receive. — Upon the approval of the question of absorption by the voters in each of the municipalities involved, the governing body of the municipality which is absorbing the other municipalities shall send notice containing the results of the election and a copy of the resolutions of absorption to the clerk of the county in which the municipalities involved are located and to the secretary of state. ­­-------- (L. 1976 H.B. 1017 § 10, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 72.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.350 - Courts to take judicial notice of absorption.

Effective - 28 Aug 1976   72.350. Courts to take judicial notice of absorption. — After the effective date of the absorption, the courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the absorption and of the new corporate boundaries of the municipality which absorbed the other municipalities. ­­-------- (L. 1976 H.B. 1017 § 11)
MO Rev Stat § 72.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.400 - Definitions.

Effective - 27 Jun 2000   72.400. Definitions. — As used in sections 72.400 to 72.423, the following terms mean:  (1) "Boundary adjustment", an adjustment of a boundary between two municipalities or a municipality and the unincorporated area of the county involving all or part of one or more residential parcels in common ownership or an adjustment between two municipalities or a municipality and the unincorporated area of the county involving only public property or public rights-of-way;  (2) "Boundary change", any annexation, consolidation, incorporation, transfer of jurisdiction between municipalities or between a municipality and the county, or combination thereof, which, if approved, would result in a municipality composed of contiguous territory;  (3) "Commission", a boundary commission established pursuant to this section;  (4) "Contiguousness", territory proposed for annexation in which at least fifteen percent of its boundary is adjacent to the municipality which is proposing the annexation or territory proposed for addition to an established unincorporated area in which at least fifteen percent of its boundary is adjacent to the established unincorporated area;  (5) "Established unincorporated area", an area in the unincorporated area of the county which has been approved by the voters pursuant to section 72.422 to remain unincorporated and not subject to any boundary change except as otherwise provided;  (6) "Proposing agent", the governing body of any municipality which by ordinance has adopted a boundary change proposal or the governing body of the county which by ordinance has adopted a boundary change proposal, or the chief elected official of the county who has authorized the filing of an unincorporated area proposal, or a person presenting petitions for incorporation signed by a number of registered voters equal to not less than fifteen percent of the number of votes cast for governor in the last gubernatorial election in the total combined area affected by the boundary change proposal. Petitions submitted by proposing agents may be submitted with exclusions for the signatures collected in areas originally included in the proposal but subsequently annexed or incorporated separately as a municipality, although the commission shall be satisfied as to the sufficiency of the signatures for the final proposed area;  (7) "Voting jurisdiction", a city, town or village, or areas of unincorporated territory with boundaries established by the commission for purposes of holding a boundary change election. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 487 § 1, A.L. 1991 S.B. 402, A.L. 1992 S.B. 571, A.L. 1995 H.B. 446, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1557 & 1489, A.L. 1998 S.B. 809, A.L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1967)  Effective 6-27-00