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MO Rev Stat § 91.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.030 - Cities may purchase light and power, and ancillary services.

Effective - 22 May 2003   91.030. Cities may purchase light and power, and ancillary services. — Any city, town or village in this state, having authority to maintain and operate an electric light and power plant, may procure electric current and ancillary services for that purpose from any other city, owning and operating such plant, or other lawful supplier and to that end may enter into a contract therefor with such city or other supplier having such plant for such period and upon such terms as may be agreed by the contracting parties solely on the approval by the governing board or council of such municipality owned or operated electric power system or by its duly authorized representative without further regulatory or public approval, notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7788, A.L. 2003 H.B. 208 merged with S.B. 555)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7643; 1919 § 9081  Effective 5-22-03 (S.B. 555) 7-09-03 (H.B. 208)
MO Rev Stat § 91.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.040 - Cities may use streets and roads.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.040. Cities may use streets and roads. — Any city, town or village, which any city of this state, having an electric light or power plant, may agree to supply with electric current under the provisions of sections 91.020 and 91.030, is hereby authorized and empowered to conduct said current from the city, agreeing to supply the same, and for that purpose to erect poles, piers, abutments, wires and other fixtures along, across or under any of the public roads, streets and water in such a manner as not to incommode or endanger the public in the use of said public roads, streets and waters, and to put in and maintain and operate all apparatus and devices necessary for and in conducting said current from the city agreeing to supply the same into its own limits in, upon, over and through any territory of this state outside, as well as within, the limits of said city, town or village. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7789)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7644; 1919 § 9082
MO Rev Stat § 91.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.050 - Cities owning waterworks may supply other cities.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.050. Cities owning waterworks may supply other cities. — Any city in this state which owns and operates a system of waterworks may, and is hereby authorized and empowered to, supply water from its waterworks to other municipal corporations for their use and the use of their inhabitants, and also to persons and private corporations for use beyond the corporate limits of such city, and to enter into contracts therefor, for such time, upon such terms and under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon by the contracting parties. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7790)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7645; 1919 § 9083; 1909 § 9905  (1989) Provision of water to nonresidents is permissive, not mandatory, and is generally subject to contractual agreement between the city and nonresident. City's requirement that residents of unincor-porated portion of county sign a petition for voluntary annexation in order to have access to city's water and sewer systems is entirely consistent with this statute. Blackwell v. City of St. Charles (E.D.Mo.) 726 F.Supp. 256.
MO Rev Stat § 91.055 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.055 - Customers may choose to maintain municipal water service despite claim of exclusive right by public water supply district (Jackson County).

Effective - 14 Jun 1999   91.055. Customers may choose to maintain municipal water service despite claim of exclusive right by public water supply district (Jackson County). — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in a county of the first classification with a charter form of government and having a population of more than six hundred thousand but less than nine hundred thousand inhabitants, any person who is a water service customer of any municipality located in whole or in part in such county may continue to receive water service from such municipality even in the event that a public water supply district shall claim the exclusive right to provide water service to such person. ­­-------- (L. 1999 H.B. 450 and L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2011 H.B. 315)
MO Rev Stat § 91.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.060 - Cities, towns or villages may procure water from any other city — contract.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.060. Cities, towns or villages may procure water from any other city — contract. — Any city, town or village in this state having authority to maintain and operate waterworks may procure water for that purpose from any other city having a system of waterworks, and to that end may enter into a contract therefor with such city having a system of waterworks; and any city of this state having a waterworks system is hereby authorized and empowered whenever it deems it expedient to supply any other city, town or village of this state in its vicinity with water from its waterworks for such time and upon such terms and under such rules and regulations as it may deem proper. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7791)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7646; 1919 § 9084; 1909 § 9906
MO Rev Stat § 91.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.070 - City authorized to lay pipes and mains, machinery to carry out provisions of section 91.060.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.070. City authorized to lay pipes and mains, machinery to carry out provisions of section 91.060. — Any city, town or village, which any city of this state having waterworks may agree to supply with water under the provisions of section 91.060, is hereby authorized and empowered to conduct the water from the city agreeing to supply the same, and for that purpose to lay mains and pipes and to put in, maintain and operate all necessary machinery, apparatus and devices necessary for and in the conducting of the water from the city agreeing to supply the same into its own limits in, upon, over and through any territory of this state, outside as well as within the limits of any such city, town or village, and to connect with the mains of such city agreeing to supply it with water, with the consent of such city supplying the same, and at such place or places and in such manner as such city supplying the water may permit and direct. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7792)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7647; 1919 § 9085; 1909 § 9907
MO Rev Stat § 91.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.080 - Condemnation proceedings — compensation for private property taken.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   91.080. Condemnation proceedings — compensation for private property taken. — Every such city, town or village to be supplied with water as herein provided shall have the right to acquire, by purchase, donation or condemnation, the right-of-way to and from the city agreeing to supply it with water, and all lands and easements, and all rights-of-way, either above or below ground, it may require for the purposes of laying its mains and pipes and putting in, maintaining and operating all necessary machinery, apparatus and devices for conducting the water into its own limits; and all condemnation proceedings under sections 91.060 to 91.080 shall be had according to and under the provisions of sections 393.030 to 393.100 which are made applicable to condemnation proceedings under sections 91.060 to 91.080. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7793, A. 1949 H.B. 2039)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7648; 1919 § 9086; 1909 § 9908
MO Rev Stat § 91.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.090 - Certain cities may construct or acquire waterworks.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   91.090. Certain cities may construct or acquire waterworks. — The city council of any city of the third or fourth class in this state, or any city operating under a special charter, having three thousand inhabitants or more and less than one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants shall have the power to erect, maintain and operate waterworks or to acquire waterworks by purchase as herein provided, and to operate and maintain the same and supply the inhabitants thereof with water and to charge therefor reasonable rates as herein provided. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7806, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1554 Revision)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7661; 1919 § 9099; 1909 § 9924  CROSS REFERENCE:  Special charter cities may acquire, sell, lease public utilities, 81.190
MO Rev Stat § 91.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.100 - May contract to supply.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.100. May contract to supply. — Any such city which shall erect or acquire a system of waterworks under sections 91.090 to 91.300 may, and is hereby authorized and empowered to, supply water from its waterworks to persons and private corporations for use in or beyond the corporate limits of the city, and to enter into any such contracts therefor, upon such terms and under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon by the contracting parties. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7807)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7662; 1919 § 9100; 1909 § 9925
MO Rev Stat § 91.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.110 - May acquire by purchase.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.110. May acquire by purchase. — Every such city shall have the right and is hereby expressly given the power to acquire, by purchase, as herein provided, a waterworks system, consisting of pipes, mains, machinery, buildings, standpipes, reservoirs, easements, rights-of-way, water supply and such real estate as is necessarily connected therewith for the successful operation thereof, including the franchises and rights granted thereto by the city, and any leasehold rights, and any other water supply that may be necessary or that the city may deem necessary, whether owned by the water company or other person or corporation, and said city is hereby given the power to erect and construct such waterworks system as herein provided. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7808)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7663; 1919 § 9101; 1909 § 9926
MO Rev Stat § 91.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.120 - May acquire water system — procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   91.120. May acquire water system — procedure. — 1. The city shall have the right to acquire by purchase any waterworks system in operation in such city at its fair and equitable value, to be agreed upon by the city and the person, firm or corporation owning the waterworks system, and whenever a proposition is made in writing to the city by the person, firm or corporation owning such plant to sell to the city under sections 91.090 to 91.300 its waterworks system at a price that the city council deems fair and equitable, the council or other proper authorities shall, by ordinance, submit the question to the voters of the city.  2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall the city acquire the waterworks system and property and issue bonds therefor, which shall be a first lien on the waterworks system and property, but not a general or personal obligation of the city?  3. And if a majority of the voters of the city voting on the question shall vote "Yes", then such city shall acquire said property at the price and on the terms named in the question. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7809, A. 1949 H.B. 2039, A.L. 1975 H.B. 947, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7664; 1919 § 9102; 1909 § 9927
MO Rev Stat § 91.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.140 - Petition by citizens — duty of council.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.140. Petition by citizens — duty of council. — In case a proposition is made by the person, firm or corporation owning the plant in the city for the sale thereof under sections 91.090 to 91.300, and in case the city council fails or neglects to submit said proposition as herein provided, then upon the filing with the city clerk of said city a petition signed by one hundred taxpaying citizens of the city, requesting the submission of such proposition, as above provided, it shall be the duty of the city council and the mayor of such city to duly enact an ordinance submitting the said proposition to the voters of said city, as herein provided. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7811)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7666; 1919 § 9104; 1909 § 9929
MO Rev Stat § 91.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.150 - Plant, how paid for — bonds to constitute lien.

Effective - 28 Aug 1975   91.150. Plant, how paid for — bonds to constitute lien. — Whenever a proposition shall be submitted and adopted by a majority of the voters of the city voting on the proposition, then the waterworks system shall be conveyed to the city by the person, firm or corporation owning the same, which deed shall convey to the city a valid title to the property except that such conveyance shall be subject to a vendor's lien for the purchase price of the plant, which shall be evidenced by bonds herein provided for, which shall be issued and delivered to the person, firm or corporation selling the property, in payment therefor. And the city, for the purpose of paying for the waterworks plant, shall issue bonds to an amount equal to the agreed purchase price, which shall be known as "the waterworks bonds" and which shall constitute a first lien on the waterworks plant so acquired, and all the property connected therewith or thereafter acquired constituting a part of the plant, including the income arising therefrom, it being the intent of sections 91.090 to 91.300, however, that there is to be no liability on the part of the city to pay the amount evidenced by the bonds out of any other fund than the one herein specified, and the bonds shall not constitute a liability of the city for which the general revenues thereof can be appropriated, or any part thereof, except to pay a reasonable fire hydrant rental for such hydrants as may be used by the city for the purpose of fire protection, and washing and flushing streets, crossings, alleys and sewers, as herein provided. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7812, A. 1949 H.B. 2039, A.L. 1975 H.B. 947)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7667; 1919 § 9105; 1909 § 9930
MO Rev Stat § 91.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.170 - May advertise for bids to construct.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.170. May advertise for bids to construct. — When there are no waterworks in operation in any such city, and the city shall desire to construct waterworks, the city council shall, by ordinance, cause plans and specifications of the waterworks system to be constructed, to be duly made and filed in the office of the city clerk by the city engineer, or such other person as the council may designate, which plans and specifications shall give a full description of the plant to be constructed, the details thereof and the manner of construction; and the council shall cause the said engineer or the person so designated, to make the plans and specifications, to advertise for bids, and the council, by and through said city engineer, or such committee as the council may appoint, shall contract, subject to the approval and ratification of the voters of said city, as herein provided, with the person, firm or corporation who will agree to do the work on the lowest and best terms, and such person, firm or corporation shall agree to accept, in payment for the construction of said plant, bonds issued under sections 91.090 to 91.300, and containing substantially the recitals as provided in section 91.160; and the advertisement for bids shall state, among other things, that the work is to be paid for by bonds issued under sections 91.090 to 91.300, which will be a first lien in the nature of a mortgage or vendor's lien upon all the property, rights, issues and revenues of the waterworks system when erected, or in any way appertaining thereto, including any and all funds that may have been or may be derived therefrom, whether in existence at the time of the issuing of the bonds or thereafter acquired, but that the bonds shall not create any personal or general liability on the part of the city or the person signing them for the payment thereof, and that the same shall be paid only out of the property constituting the waterworks system and the revenue derived therefrom. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7814)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7669; 1919 § 9107; 1909 § 9932
MO Rev Stat § 91.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.180 - Contractor to give bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.180. Contractor to give bond. — The contractor who shall be awarded said contract shall give to the city a bond with sufficient security for the performance of the work in accordance with the plans and specifications, and in accordance with the contract, which bond shall be for such sum as the council may by ordinance determine, and shall be approved by the mayor and filed in the office of the city clerk. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7815)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7670; 1919 § 9108; 1909 § 9933  CROSS REFERENCE:  Bond of contractor, conditions of, 107.170
MO Rev Stat § 91.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.190 - Bid for construction to be submitted to voters.

Effective - 28 Aug 1975   91.190. Bid for construction to be submitted to voters. — The council shall then, by ordinance, submit the proposition to erect the waterworks system as provided in the contract, ordinance and other proceedings, and to pay for same by bonds issued as aforesaid, to the voters of the city, as provided in section 91.120. The proposition to be submitted at the election shall be: To erect a waterworks plant and issue bonds in payment therefor, which shall be a first lien on the waterworks plant when erected, but no general or personal obligation of the city—YES. To erect a waterworks plant and issue bonds in payment therefor, which shall be a first lien on the waterworks plant when erected, but no general or personal obligation of the city—NO. ­­And if a majority of the voters of the city voting on the proposition shall vote "YES", then the contract shall be binding and in full force and effect, and the waterworks system shall be erected in accordance therewith, and when erected and accepted by the city, bonds shall be issued in payment therefor to the contractor under the terms of the contract as provided for in sections 91.090 to 91.300, and the title to the waterworks system, after it is erected, shall pass to and vest in the city subject to the payment of the bonds issued in payment of the contract price for erecting same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7816, A. 1949 H.B. 2039, A.L. 1975 H.B. 947)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7671; 1919 § 9109; 1909 § 9934
MO Rev Stat § 91.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.200 - Council to appoint superintendent of construction.

Effective - 28 Aug 1975   91.200. Council to appoint superintendent of construction. — As soon as the proposition to erect the waterworks system has been ratified by a majority of the voters of the city voting on the proposition as aforesaid, the city council shall appoint some suitable person to superintend the erection thereof, and who shall receive reasonable compensation therefor, whose compensation shall be paid by the contractor into the treasury of the city before the work is commenced, and paid to the superintendent as the work progresses, as may be directed by the council, and the amount so deposited by the contractor shall be included by him in the contract price for the work for which bonds shall be issued in payment. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7817, A. 1949 H.B. 2039, A.L. 1975 H.B. 947)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7672; 1919 § 9110; 1909 § 9935
MO Rev Stat § 91.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.210 - What provisions to apply.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.210. What provisions to apply. — All the provisions of sections 91.010 to 91.300, 91.450 to 91.540, 91.600 and 91.610, which concern the purchase of waterworks, shall apply, so far as the same are applicable, to the erection or purchase of electric light plants, gas plants, ice plants or other lighting plants. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7818)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7673; 1919 § 9111; 1909 § 9936
MO Rev Stat § 91.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.220 - Failure to redeem bonds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.220. Failure to redeem bonds. — In case of default in the payment of the principal of the bonds or interest due thereon for a period of six months, all of said property, to wit: The waterworks system, consisting of pipes, mains, machinery, buildings, standpipes, reservoirs, easements, rights-of-way, water supply and the real estate connected therewith, including any leasehold rights and all obligations due from private corporations, individuals or the city to the said waterworks system, or board of waterworks commissioners, on account of water furnished or consumed, and including the right, privilege and franchise to continue thereafter the maintenance and operation of said plant for a period of thirty years, shall be conveyed by said commissioners by a deed of conveyance to the bondholders to be held by them in the relative proportion that the bonds held by each shall bear to the entire issue; provided, that said property may be conveyed to a trustee designated by a majority of the bondholders to be held for the use of all the bondholders in the proportion aforesaid, and such conveyance shall vest a perfect title in said bondholders and their assigns or their trustee to said property, and said bondholders and their assigns or their trustee, shall thereafter have the use of the streets, avenues, alleys and other public places to maintain and operate their said plant for a period of thirty years, as aforesaid; and provided further, that the lien created by the said bonds and sections 91.090 to 91.300 may be foreclosed in a court of equity in a like manner as if a mortgage or deed of trust was given to secure the same. No general or personal judgment shall be rendered against the city except for such amounts as may be due from said city as rental for hydrants used by the city for the purpose of fire protection and washing and flushing streets, crossings, alleys and sewers of the city, and in case of foreclosure, the decree and sale shall convey to the purchaser, or person or persons receiving title under the decree, or by a sale under the decree, all the rights, title and estate which could be conveyed by a conveyance from the board of waterworks commissioners, as aforesaid. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7819)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7674; 1919 § 9112; 1909 § 9937