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MO Rev Stat § 99.891 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.891 - Applicants, priority for selection.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   99.891. Applicants, priority for selection. — The urban homesteading agency shall select from among applicants for urban homestead program property those applicants who in the determination of the agency can acquire the necessary financial and technical resources to rehabilitate or construct, own and manage urban homestead program property. Such property shall be offered to such qualified applicants in accordance with the following priorities:  (1) Persons displaced by governmental activities declaring in writing their intent to occupy the property for a period of not less than two years;  (2) Low- and moderate-income families declaring in writing their intent to occupy the property for a period of not less than two years;  (3) Families or persons providing the highest bid for the property;  (4) Level of consideration bid for the property by such persons or families;  (5) Municipal housing authority formed pursuant to this chapter;  (6) Any other qualified applicant, provided the urban homesteading agency has certified that no qualified urban homesteaders of higher priority have applied. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 1434 & 1490 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 99.893 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.893 - Financial assistance may be provided by urban homesteading agency — loans to be secured by mortgage — right of assignment of mortgage.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   99.893. Financial assistance may be provided by urban homesteading agency — loans to be secured by mortgage — right of assignment of mortgage. — 1. An urban homesteading agency may provide financial assistance to urban homesteaders for the purchase and rehabilitation of, or construction on, urban homestead program property. Such financial assistance may be in the form of grants or loans for a municipal housing authority formed pursuant to this chapter, and in the form of loans for other urban homesteaders. All such loans, if made by the urban homesteading agency, shall be secured by a mortgage naming the municipality as the mortgagee, provided if any such loans are made from funds provided by the state or federal government or any other public or private entity, the state or federal government or the public or private agency may be the mortgagee, and provided further that a municipality may assign any such mortgage to another entity.  2. An urban homesteading agency may utilize federal, state or other public or private financial assistance, provided that any such assistance requiring local financial participation shall be first approved by the governing body of the municipality. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 1434 & 1490 § 7 subsecs. 1, 2)
MO Rev Stat § 99.896 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.896 - Abatement or deferral of real property taxes, requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   99.896. Abatement or deferral of real property taxes, requirements. — An urban homesteading agency may recommend to the governing body the abatement, in whole or in part, of real property taxes due on urban homestead program property conveyed to an urban homesteader pursuant to sections 99.875 to 99.912, or the deferral of such taxes for a period not to exceed five years as provided in Article X, Section 7 of the Constitution. Such governing body may, by resolution, authorize such abatement, except that the abatement shall only apply if the property is owned for the entire tax year by the homesteader to which the homestead agency originally transferred the property. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 1434 & 1490 § 7 subsec. 3)
MO Rev Stat § 99.899 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.899 - Agency may accept property from U.S. government, notice, publication, content — conveyance of property to urban homesteader, requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   99.899. Agency may accept property from U.S. government, notice, publication, content — conveyance of property to urban homesteader, requirements. — Notwithstanding any other provision of sections 99.875 to 99.912, an urban homesteading agency may accept, on behalf of the municipality, any real property tendered to it without payment by the United States of America, acting by and through the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to the provisions of Section 810 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-383). Upon acquisition of real property by the urban homesteading agency under this section, the urban homesteading agency shall publish at least twice a notice in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality that such property is available. Such notice shall include the estimated purchase price, the qualifications of the applicant, procedures for bidding on the property and the closing date for such bidding. The second notice shall be published not less than two weeks before such closing date. In addition thereto, the governing body of a municipality may, upon recommendation of the urban homesteading agency, authorize conveyance of such real property to an urban homesteader meeting the requirements of Subsection (b)(3) of Section 810 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 in accordance with the requirements and procedures set forth in Section 810 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and any regulations promulgated thereunder by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 1434 & 1490 § 8)
MO Rev Stat § 99.901 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.901 - Urban homesteading fund established, purpose.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   99.901. Urban homesteading fund established, purpose. — The governing body of the municipality may create a fund to be known as the "Urban Homesteading Fund". The fund shall be used on a revolving basis to aid any urban homesteading agency in providing financial assistance to urban homesteaders in the form of loans for the purchase and rehabilitation of, or construction on, urban homestead program property and to aid any urban homesteading agency in providing financial assistance to a municipal housing authority in the form of grants for the purchase and rehabilitation of, or construction on, urban homestead program property. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 1434 & 1490 § 9 subsec. 1)
MO Rev Stat § 99.903 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.903 - Bond issues authorized for funding — powers of municipalities — bonded indebtedness, how paid — proceeds from bond issues not to be used for refinancing existing loans, exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   99.903. Bond issues authorized for funding — powers of municipalities — bonded indebtedness, how paid — proceeds from bond issues not to be used for refinancing existing loans, exception. — 1. The governing body of the municipality may issue and sell revenue bonds under the rights conferred by sections 99.875 to 99.912 for the purposes of providing funding for the urban homesteading fund.  2. The municipality shall have the power to set and collect the fees and charges that are necessary to pay debt service on bonds issued under the provisions of sections 99.901 to 99.912 and to otherwise implement the purposes of sections 99.875 to 99.912.  3. The revenue bonds shall be payable, both as to principal and interest, solely from the revenues derived from mortgages or loans, as the case may be, with respect to which the bonds are issued.  4. Any bonds issued under the provisions of sections 99.875 to 99.912 shall not be deemed to be an indebtedness of the state of Missouri or of any political subdivision thereof, and shall not be deemed to be an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation upon the incurring of indebtedness.  5. The proceeds of revenue bonds issued and sold under the provisions of sections 99.875 to 99.912 shall not be used for refinancing of any existing loan, unless such refinancing accompanies the substantial rehabilitation of single-family residential housing for which an existing loan is outstanding. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 1434 & 1490 § 9 subsecs. 2 to 6)
MO Rev Stat § 99.905 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.905 - Bond's rate of interest — maturing when — may be with or without right to call for payment or redemption — minimum price of bond — sale requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   99.905. Bond's rate of interest — maturing when — may be with or without right to call for payment or redemption — minimum price of bond — sale requirements. — Revenue bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 99.875 to 99.912 shall be of such denomination, shall bear such rate or rates of interest not to exceed fourteen percent per annum, and shall mature at such time or times, not exceeding thirty-five years from their date of issue, as determined by the governing body of the municipality in its ordinance directing the issuance of the bonds. The bonds may be either serial bonds or term bonds and may be issued with or without reservation of the right to call them for payment or redemption in advance of their maturity, upon the giving of notice, and with or without a covenant requiring the payment of a premium in the event of a call for redemption prior to maturity. The bonds may be sold at such price or prices as the issuing municipality shall determine, but at not less than ninety-four percent of the principal amount thereof. Such bonds shall be sold at public sale, or at private sale if the governing body of the municipality determines it is in the best interest of the issuing municipality to sell the bonds at private sale. The reason or reasons that private sale is in the best interest of the issuing municipality shall be set forth in the ordinance authorizing the private sale. The decision of the governing body of the municipality shall be conclusive. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 1434 & 1490 § 9 subsec. 7)
MO Rev Stat § 99.907 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.907 - Tax exemption for interest on bonds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   99.907. Tax exemption for interest on bonds. — The bonds when issued and sold shall be negotiable instruments within the meaning of chapter 400, and the interest thereon shall be exempt from any state or local income taxes under the laws of the state of Missouri. The provisions of section 409.402 to the contrary notwithstanding, the bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 99.875 to 99.912 shall be subject to the provisions of sections 409.101 to 409.418, the Missouri uniform securities act. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 1434 & 1490 § 9 subsec. 8)
MO Rev Stat § 99.910 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.910 - Form of bond, how determined — more restrictive or additional criteria for mortgages and loans may be set by municipality.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   99.910. Form of bond, how determined — more restrictive or additional criteria for mortgages and loans may be set by municipality. — The governing body of the municipality issuing bonds pursuant to the provisions of sections 99.875 to 99.912 shall prescribe the form, details and incidents of the bonds, and shall make such covenants as in its judgment are advisable or necessary to properly secure the payment thereof; but the form, details, incidents, and covenants shall not be inconsistent with any of the provisions of sections 99.875 to 99.912. The governing body of the municipality may prescribe more restrictive or additional criteria for mortgages or loans qualifying for the purposes specified in sections 99.875 to 99.912. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 1434 & 1490 § 9 subsec. 9)
MO Rev Stat § 99.912 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.912 - Civil actions to compel governing body issuing bonds to perform all duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   99.912. Civil actions to compel governing body issuing bonds to perform all duties. — The governing body of the municipality may prescribe in any ordinance directing the issuance of bonds pursuant to the provisions of sections 99.875 to 99.912 the terms and conditions under which the holder, or any specified percentage of all holders, of any such bonds or of any coupons representing interest accrued thereon may, by civil action, compel the governing body of the municipality issuing such bonds to perform all duties imposed upon it by the provisions of sections 99.875 to 99.912 and to enforce the performance of any and all of the covenants made by the governing body of the municipality, in the issuance of the bonds. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 1434 & 1490 § 9 subsec. 10)
MO Rev Stat § 99.915 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.915 - Title — funding exclusions — act supersedes other inconsistent laws.

Effective - 07 Jul 2003   99.915. Title — funding exclusions — act supersedes other inconsistent laws. — 1. Sections 99.915 to 99.1060 shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Downtown and Rural Economic Stimulus Act".  2. Nothing in sections 99.915 to 99.1060 shall be construed to provide any funding for the construction, maintenance, or operation of any sports stadium, arena, or related facility which has as its intended purpose use for spectator events which seats over ten thousand persons.  3. Insofar as the provisions of sections 99.915 to 99.1060 are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of sections 99.915 to 99.1060 shall be controlling. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 289)  Effective 7-07-03
MO Rev Stat § 99.919 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.919 - Out-of-state business, projects that relocate, calculation of new net revenues.

Effective - 07 Jul 2003   99.919. Out-of-state business, projects that relocate, calculation of new net revenues. — Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 99.915 to 99.980 to the contrary, for development projects that result in the relocation of an out-of-state business or out-of-state businesses to the development project area, the portion of economic activity taxes, the state income tax increment, the state sales tax increment and other net new revenues generated by such out-of-state business or businesses shall be calculated based upon the full amount of tax revenue generated by such out-of-state business or out-of-state businesses without reduction due to revenues generated in the baseline year. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 289)  Effective 7-07-03
MO Rev Stat § 99.921 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.921 - Downtown economic stimulus authority authorized, limitations.

Effective - 07 Jul 2003   99.921. Downtown economic stimulus authority authorized, limitations. — Each municipality may create an authority to be known as a "Downtown Economic Stimulus Authority"; provided, however:  (1) No such authority shall transact any business or exercise its powers pursuant to sections 99.915 to 99.980 until and unless the governing body of such municipality shall, in accordance with subsection 1 of section 99.948, approve, by ordinance, the exercise of the powers, functions, and duties of an authority under sections 99.915 to 99.980;  (2) No governing body of a municipality shall adopt an ordinance pursuant to subdivision (1) of this section unless it finds:  (a) That it would be in the interest of the public to consider the establishment of a development area in accordance with sections 99.915 to 99.980;  (b) That the development of such a development area would be in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of such municipality; and  (c) That it is anticipated that such a development area can be renovated through a series of one or more development projects;  (3) Cities, villages, and census-designated places located wholly within a county of the first classification with a population of more than one million, according to the last decennial census, shall undertake downtown development financing as allowed for pursuant to sections 99.915 to 99.980 through a countywide downtown economic stimulus authority. This countywide authority shall have the same powers, functions, and duties of an authority pursuant to sections 99.915 to 99.980. In addition, the countywide downtown economic stimulus authority shall be responsible for coordinating municipal downtown development financing activities in such a way as to discourage fiscal competition and promote mutual benefits among the affected local jurisdictions. Each countywide downtown economic stimulus authority shall be governed by a board of commissioners. In any county of the first classification with a population greater than one million, the authority shall be comprised of fifteen members. Three members shall be appointed by the county executive. Three members shall be appointed by the county council to represent class A cities and three members shall be appointed to represent class B cities, as both are defined in section 66.620. The remaining six members shall be appointed by the county executive with the approval of the county council, of which members at least three will represent school districts within the county and the remainder shall represent other political subdivisions levying ad valorem taxes in the county. The term of office for each member shall be at the discretion of the appointing jurisdictions. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 289)  Effective 7-07-03
MO Rev Stat § 99.924 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.924 - Board of commissioners to govern authority, exceptions — appointment of commissioners, terms, vacancies.

Effective - 07 Jul 2003   99.924. Board of commissioners to govern authority, exceptions — appointment of commissioners, terms, vacancies. — Each authority created pursuant to section 99.921, except a countywide downtown economic stimulus authority created pursuant to subdivision (3) of section 99.921, shall be governed by a board of commissioners. The number of commissioners serving on the board of each authority shall be no less than five and no more than fourteen, which number shall be established by ordinance of the municipality of which one shall be a member of any local community development corporation, if one exists in the municipality, and one shall be an African American business owner in the municipality, if one exists. One of the initial commissioners appointed pursuant to this subsection shall be appointed by the school district or districts located within the development area for a term of three years. The other initial commissioners appointed pursuant to this subsection shall serve staggered terms of one, two, and three years as determined by the mayor or chief executive officer of the municipality at the time of their appointment. Thereafter, successor commissioners shall be appointed by the mayor or chief executive officer of the municipality or the school district or districts making the initial appointments for a term of three years. All vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the mayor or chief executive officer of the municipality, or the school district or districts, for the unexpired term. In addition to the commissioners appointed in accordance with this subsection, a nonvoting advisor shall be appointed by the other taxing districts located within the development area. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 289)  Effective 7-07-03
MO Rev Stat § 99.927 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.927 - Powers of authority exercised by board — quorum requirements, meetings, officers, expenses, removal.

Effective - 07 Jul 2003   99.927. Powers of authority exercised by board — quorum requirements, meetings, officers, expenses, removal. — 1. The powers of the authority created pursuant to section 99.921 shall be exercised by its board of commissioners. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum of such board for the purpose of conducting business and exercising the powers of the authority and for all other purposes. Action may be taken by the board upon a vote of a majority of the commissioners present in person or by teleconference, unless in any case the bylaws of the authority shall require a larger number. Meetings of the board of the authority may be held anywhere within the municipality.  2. The commissioners of the authority annually shall elect a chair and vice chair from among the commissioners; however, the first chair shall be designated by the mayor for a term of one year. The mayor or chief executive officer of the municipality shall serve as the co-chair of the authority. The authority may employ an executive director, technical experts, and such other officers, agents, and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. For such legal services as it may require, an authority may call upon the chief law officer of the municipality or may employ its own counsel and legal staff.  3. A commissioner of an authority shall receive no compensation for his or her services, but may receive the necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his or her duties. Each commissioner shall hold office until a successor has been appointed.  4. For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner of an authority may be removed by the mayor or chief executive officer of the municipality. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 289)  Effective 7-07-03
MO Rev Stat § 99.930 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.930 - Contracts, authority may transact business, when — validity of authority not to be challenged, when.

Effective - 07 Jul 2003   99.930. Contracts, authority may transact business, when — validity of authority not to be challenged, when. — 1. In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of an authority entered into pursuant to sections 99.915 to 99.980, such authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers under sections 99.915 to 99.980 upon proof of the adoption of the appropriate ordinance prescribed in section 99.921. Each such ordinance shall be deemed sufficient if it authorizes the exercise of powers under sections 99.915 to 99.980 by the authority and sets forth the findings of the municipality as required in subdivision (2) of section 99.921.  2. A copy of such ordinance duly certified by the clerk of the municipality shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action, or proceeding.  3. No lawsuit to set aside the creation of an authority, the approval of a development plan, development project, development area or development project area, or a tax levied pursuant to sections 99.915 to 99.980, 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 ordinance or resolution in question. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 289)  Effective 7-07-03