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MO Rev Stat § 49.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.190 - Notice for special term.

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.190. Notice for special term. — Notice of such special term shall be given to the commissioners who were absent when the same was ordered, and by advertisement placed up in five public places in the county at least five days before the commencement of such term. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2488, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2086; 1919 § 2582; 1909 § 4089  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.200 - Adjourned terms.

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.200. Adjourned terms. — Each county commission may hold adjourned terms whenever it may become necessary for the transaction of its business. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2489, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2987; 1919 § 2583; 1909 § 4090  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.210 - County commission may award process.

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.210. County commission may award process. — The county commission shall, when not otherwise provided by law, have power to award process and to cause to come before them all and every person whom they may deem it necessary to examine, whether parties or witnesses, and may examine every person on oath or affirmation, touching any matter in controversy before them. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2479, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2077; 1919 § 2573; 1909 § 4080  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.220 - Proceeds before county commission may be transferred to circuit court, when.

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.220. Proceeds before county commission may be transferred to circuit court, when. — If a majority of the commissioners of the county commission shall be interested in any cause or proceeding pending before them, or related to either party, the same shall be certified with the original papers to the circuit court of the county, which shall proceed thereon to final judgment and determination in like manner as the county commission should have done. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2481, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2079; 1919 § 2575; 1909 § 4082  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.225 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.225 - Stenographic record.

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.225. Stenographic record. — In proceedings before county commissions, the commissioners or any party whose interests are being determined may require that all the evidence introduced be reported by a competent stenographer and when so reported the evidence shall be transcribed and shall become a part of the record in the case. The party requesting the stenographic record is liable for the costs thereof if the matter is decided against him and the county commission may require him to give security for the costs before ordering the stenographic record. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 65, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.230 - Appeals.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   49.230. Appeals. — Appeals from the decisions, findings and orders of county commissions shall be conducted under the provisions of chapter 536. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2490, A.L. 1959 S.B. 65, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219, A.L. 1985 S.B. 405)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2088; 1919 § 2584; 1909 § 4091  (1984) When a county council makes a determination that would normally be made by a county commission in a noncharter county, the decisions of the county council come within the purview of this section governing appeals from decisions, findings and orders of county commissions of quasi-judicial nature. State ex rel. McNary v. Hais (Mo. banc), 670 S.W.2d 494.
MO Rev Stat § 49.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.260 - Settlements with county treasurers and other officers.

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.260. Settlements with county treasurers and other officers. — In the settlements required by law to be made by the county commission with treasurers and other officers holding county funds, whether quarterly, yearly or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the commission, or some commissioner thereof, to ascertain by actual examination and count the amount of balances and funds in the hands of such officers, and to what particular fund it appertains, and such examination and count shall include all funds on hand up to the day on which such settlement is made. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13770, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12111; 1919 § 9509; 1909 § 3730  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.264 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.264 - County commission may grant easements to watershed subdistricts.

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.264. County commission may grant easements to watershed subdistricts. — The county commission of any county may grant easements over any county roads, township roads or any county lands or township lands to any watershed subdistrict for any purpose for which the subdistrict is organized pursuant to the provisions of chapter 278. ­­-------- (L. 1972 S.B. 470 § 1, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.265 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.265 - County commission may authorize closing of county offices, when, procedure (second, third and fourth class counties).

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.265. County commission may authorize closing of county offices, when, procedure (second, third and fourth class counties). — The county commission in all counties of class two, by order entered of record, may authorize all county offices, except the sheriff's office, to be open not more than five days each week, and in all counties of classes three and four by order entered of record, may authorize all county offices, except the sheriff's office, to be open not more than five and one-half days each week. The county commission, after entering such an order, may require any office to be open six days a week when public convenience requires. The authorization by the county commission in counties of the third and fourth class to close such offices must be published three times in the county newspapers and such authorization to be signed by the county commission. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 369 § 1, A.L. 1959 H.B. 534, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.266 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.266 - County commission by orders or ordinance may regulate use of county property, traffic, and parking — burn bans.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 4 histories   49.266. County commission by orders or ordinance may regulate use of county property, traffic, and parking — burn bans. — 1. The county commission in all counties of the first, second, third, or fourth classification may by order or ordinance promulgate reasonable regulations concerning the use of county property, the hours, conditions, methods and manner of such use and the regulation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic and parking thereon.  2. Violation of any regulation so adopted under subsection 1 of this section is an infraction.  3. Upon a determination by the state fire marshal that a burn ban order is appropriate for a county because:  (1) An actual or impending occurrence of a natural disaster of major proportions within the county jeopardizes the safety and welfare of the inhabitants of such county; and  (2) The U.S. Drought Monitor has designated the county as an area of severe, extreme, or exceptional drought, the county commission may adopt an order or ordinance issuing a burn ban, which may carry a penalty of up to a class A misdemeanor. State agencies responsible for fire management or suppression activities and persons conducting agricultural burning using best management practices shall not be subject to the provisions of this subsection. The ability of an individual, organization, or corporation to sell fireworks shall not be affected by the issuance of a burn ban. The county burn ban may prohibit the explosion or ignition of any missile or skyrocket as the terms "missile" and "skyrocket" are defined by the 2012 edition of the American Fireworks Standards Laboratory, but shall not ban the explosion or ignition of any other consumer fireworks as the term "consumer fireworks" is defined under section 320.106.  4. The regulations so adopted shall be codified, printed and made available for public use and adequate signs concerning smoking, traffic and parking regulations shall be posted. ­­-------- (L. 1988 H.B. 1653, A.L. 2003 H.B. 267, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28, A.L. 2014 S.B. 672, A.L. 2021 H.B. 271)
MO Rev Stat § 49.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.270 - County commission to control county property — to audit demands against county.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   49.270. County commission to control county property — to audit demands against county. — The county commission shall have control and management of the property, real and personal, belonging to the county, and may purchase, lease or receive by donation, or to refuse donation of, any property, real or personal, for the use and benefit of the county, and may sell and cause to be conveyed any real estate, goods or chattels belonging to the county, appropriating the proceeds of such sale to the use of the same, and to audit and settle all demands against the county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2480, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1640)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2078; 1919 § 2574; 1909 § 4081  CROSS REFERENCES:  County property subject to city ordinances, cities of the fourth classification, when, 88.743 to 88.750  Powers on claims against county generally, 50.160  Swamp and overflowed lands, employment of counsel to recover, 241.155
MO Rev Stat § 49.272 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.272 - County counselor may impose fine for certain violations of rules, regulations or ordinances, amount. (Boone, Cass, Jasper, Jefferson, Greene, and Buchanan counties.)

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   49.272. County counselor may impose fine for certain violations of rules, regulations or ordinances, amount. (Boone, Cass, Jasper, Jefferson, Greene, and Buchanan counties.) — The county commission of any county of the first classification without a charter form of government and with more than one hundred thirty-five thousand four hundred but less than one hundred thirty-five thousand five hundred inhabitants, any county of the first classification without a charter form of government having a population of at least eighty-two thousand inhabitants, but less than eighty-two thousand one hundred inhabitants, any county of the first classification with more than one hundred four thousand six hundred but fewer than one hundred four thousand seven hundred inhabitants, any county of the first classification with more than one hundred ninety-eight thousand but fewer than one hundred ninety-nine thousand two hundred inhabitants, any county of the first classification with more than two hundred forty thousand three hundred but less than two hundred forty thousand four hundred inhabitants, and any county of the first classification with more than eighty-three thousand but fewer than ninety-two thousand inhabitants and with a home rule city with more than seventy-six thousand but fewer than ninety-one thousand inhabitants as the county seat, which has an appointed county counselor and which adopts or has adopted rules, regulations or ordinances under authority of a statute which prescribes or authorizes a violation of such rules, regulations or ordinances to be a misdemeanor punishable as provided by law, may by rule, regulation or ordinance impose a civil fine not to exceed one thousand dollars for each violation. Any fines imposed and collected under such rules, regulations or ordinances shall be payable to the county general fund to be used to pay for the cost of enforcement of such rules, regulations or ordinances. ­­-------- (L. 2003 S.B. 537, A.L. 2004 H.B. 795, et al., A.L. 2005 H.B. 58, A.L. 2014 S.B. 896)  CROSS REFERENCE:  County counselor to prosecute violations of certain county ordinances, where, 56.640
MO Rev Stat § 49.275 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.275 - County commission may provide transportation for county officers and employees (first class counties).

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.275. County commission may provide transportation for county officers and employees (first class counties). — 1. The county commissions in all counties of the first class not operating under a special charter for their own government may, in their discretion and in addition to any other allowance provided by law, provide such transportation for any county official, deputy or employee as is reasonably necessary to the efficient performance of his official duties.  2. Such transportation may be provided by furnishing county-owned automobiles or by paying a reasonable cash allowance for the use of privately owned automobiles, or by paying a fixed amount per mile for miles actually traveled in privately owned automobiles, or by furnishing gasoline and oil, or in such other manner, or combination of manners, as the county commission may direct. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 379 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.276 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.276 - County commission may provide law enforcement vehicles (third and fourth class counties).

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.276. County commission may provide law enforcement vehicles (third and fourth class counties). — County commissions of third and fourth class counties may provide motor vehicles for the use of law enforcement personnel who are county employees. Such motor vehicles shall be used by authorized personnel only, and each sheriff shall prescribe rules and regulations for the use of the motor vehicles. The county commission may acquire title to such vehicles in the name of the county and may purchase insurance on the vehicles. County commissions may sell or otherwise convey such vehicles and may do all acts consistent with maintenance and operating costs of the vehicles at county expense. The motor vehicles authorized herein shall be of such size, type, make and horsepower as is determined by the county commission. The county commission and the Missouri state highway patrol may cooperate in the purchase and disposal of such vehicles, either pursuant to the provisions of sections 67.330 to 67.450 or otherwise. Costs incident to purchase of such vehicles, other than the purchase price, shall be paid by the county commission. ­­-------- (L. 1974 H.B. 1028 § 2, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.278 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.278 - Governing body may provide certain benefits for county employees, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   49.278. Governing body may provide certain benefits for county employees, procedure. — 1. The county governing body in all counties may contribute to the cost of a plan, including a plan underwritten by insurance, for furnishing all or a part of hospitalization or medical expenses, life insurance, or similar benefits for elected officials and their employees, and to appropriate and utilize its revenues and other available funds for these purposes.  2. No contract shall be entered into by the county to purchase any insurance policy or policies pursuant to the terms of this section unless such contract shall have been submitted to competitive bidding and such contract be awarded to the lowest and best bidder.  3. The governing authority of all counties may provide, in addition to any other programs or plans, workers' compensation, health insurance, life insurance, and retirement plans for all county employees. ­­-------- (L. 1983 S.B. 57, A.L. 2003 H.B. 267)
MO Rev Stat § 49.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.280 - Ex officio commissioner to sell county lands — deeds by.

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.280. Ex officio commissioner to sell county lands — deeds by. — The county commission may, by order, appoint an ex officio commissioner to sell and dispose of any real estate belonging to their county; and the deed of such ex officio commissioner, under his proper hand and seal, for and in behalf of such county, duly acknowledged and recorded, shall be sufficient to convey to the purchaser all the right, title, interest and estate which the county may then have in or to the premises so conveyed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13784, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12125; 1919 § 9523; 1909 § 3744  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.285 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.285 - County not to own real estate in other counties, exceptions — sheriff's sale — restrained by circuit court, when.

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.285. County not to own real estate in other counties, exceptions — sheriff's sale — restrained by circuit court, when. — 1. It shall be unlawful for any county of the third or fourth class to own real estate situated in any other county of this state other than a county which adjoins it after five years from October 13, 1963, or after five years from the date of acquisition of the real estate, whichever date last occurs. If any county subject to these provisions fails to dispose of such real estate within that time, the sheriff of the county in which the land is located shall take possession of the real estate and sell it at public auction from the place where and at the hour when partition sales are normally conducted after giving notice of the sale in the manner prescribed for partition sales both in the county where the land is located and in the county owning the real estate. Proceeds from the sale shall first be applied to paying the costs of notices herein prescribed, then to a sheriff's sale fee not to exceed one hundred dollars and approved by the circuit court of the county wherein the real estate is located, then to the county owning the real estate. However, all oil, gas and mineral rights shall be reserved to the county when said real estate is sold. The county may, however, lease said rights to third parties and the oil, gas and minerals sold under said lease shall revert to the general revenue fund of the county.  2. The circuit court of the county wherein the real estate is situated may upon the application of the county commission owning the real estate and for good cause shown restrain the sheriff of the county from proceeding with the provisions of subsection 1 for such time as may be reasonable if it appears that the county owning the real estate has entered into a valid contract for the sale of the real estate which will be completed within a reasonable time after the five-year limit set forth above. ­­-------- (L. 1963 p. 108 § 1, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.287 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.287 - County may lease property — procedures (certain first class counties).

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.287. County may lease property — procedures (certain first class counties). — 1. In all counties of the first class not having a charter form of government, the county commission may lease to any person any real or personal property and other facilities under the control of the county commission owned by the county for a term not to exceed fifty years.  2. The same procedures shall be followed by the county commission as are required in the purchase of property over five hundred dollars in value. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 153 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.290 - Lands sold by the county — procedure to obtain deed.

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.290. Lands sold by the county — procedure to obtain deed. — Whenever any person shall present to the county commission his petition in writing, duly verified, stating that he is the owner of one or more pieces of real estate in said county which formerly belonged to said county, and which was sold by the county commission to the petitioner, or to a person under whom the petitioner claims title, and which real estate was never conveyed by deed, or which was conveyed by deed and the deed has been lost or destroyed, the county commission, after being satisfied of the truth of the allegations of his petition, and after advising with the prosecuting attorney, shall make an order appointing three ex officio commissioners to execute a deed to such person, and shall direct said ex officio commissioners to execute and acknowledge such deed, and such ex officio commissioners shall thereupon execute a deed conveying said real estate to the petitioner, which deed shall have the same force and effect as if said deed had been executed by the ex officio commissioner or commissioners originally appointed for that purpose by the county governing board. Each ex officio commissioner shall be entitled for his services to a fee of one dollar, to be paid by the petitioner. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13785, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12126; 1919 § 9524; 1909 § 3745  Effective 1-01-85