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MO Rev Stat § 238.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects|Section 238.400 - County first class transit authority created — members, appointment, qualifications.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   238.400. County first class transit authority created — members, appointment, qualifications. — 1. Any county of the first class may, by ordinance or order of the county governing body, establish a county transit authority, which shall be known as the "______ County Transit Authority" and shall consist of five members appointed by the governing body of the county. The county transit authority shall have the powers prescribed in sections 238.400 to 238.412. Any county transit authority created by this section prior to August 28, 1995, shall continue in existence under sections 238.400 to 238.412.  2. The members of the transit authority shall be residents of the county and shall have been qualified voters in the county for a period of at least one year preceding their appointment. Not more than three members of the transit authority shall belong to the same political party.  3. Each member shall be appointed by a majority of the governing body of the county for a term of four years, except that of the members first appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, and two for a term of four years. The members shall elect from among their membership a chairman and such other officers as the members deem necessary. Vacancies in the transit authority shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments are made. The governing body of the county may remove any member for cause following a hearing.  4. Three members of the transit authority shall constitute a quorum, and any action or order of the transit authority shall require the approval of at least three members. All members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 235 § 1, A.L. 1995 H.B. 153 merged with S.B. 212)
MO Rev Stat § 238.404 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects|Section 238.404 - County first class transit authority — powers with respect to bi-state development agency.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   238.404. County first class transit authority — powers with respect to bi-state development agency. — In addition to the powers prescribed in section 238.402, any transit authority established pursuant to section 238.400, with respect to its dealings with the bi-state development agency created pursuant to sections 70.370 to 70.440, may:  (1) Cooperate with the bi-state development agency in the exercise by the bi-state development agency of all the powers granted to it under sections 70.370 to 70.440;  (2) Receive funds from the bi-state development agency upon such terms and conditions as shall be set forth in an agreement between the transit authority and the bi-state development agency, which contract or agreement may be for such number of years or duration as the transit authority and the bi-state development agency may agree;  (3) Acquire from the bi-state development agency any public transportation facility by purchase contract, gift, grant, exchange for other property or rights in property, lease or installment or conditional purchase contracts, which contracts or leases may provide for consideration to be paid in annual installments during a period not exceeding forty years. Such property may be acquired subject to such conditions, restrictions, liens or security or other interests of other parties as the transit authority may deem appropriate and in each case the transit authority may acquire a joint, leasehold, easement, license or other partial interest in such property;  (4) Lease as lessor, or provide for the use by the bi-state development agency any public transportation facility upon such terms and for such consideration, as the transit authority may deem proper; and  (5) Cooperate with the bi-state development agency for the protection of employees of the transit authority and users of public transportation facilities against crime and also to protect such facilities, but neither the transit authority nor its officers or employees shall be held liable for failure to provide a security or police force, or, if a security or police force is provided, for failure to provide adequate police protection or security, failure to prevent the commission of crimes by fellow passengers or other third persons or for the failure to apprehend criminals. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 235 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 238.406 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects|Section 238.406 - Instruments issued by transit authority to be recognized as securities.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   238.406. Instruments issued by transit authority to be recognized as securities. — Any notes, bonds or other instruments in writing issued by a transit authority pursuant to the provisions of sections 238.400 to 238.412 are recognized to be securities in which all state and municipal officers and bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, savings associations, building and loan associations, investment companies, and all other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries and all other persons whatsoever who are now or who may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state of Missouri may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital, belonging to them, or within their control. Such obligations are recognized as securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and shall be received by any state or municipal officer or agency for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of this state is now or may hereafter be authorized. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 235 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 238.408 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects|Section 238.408 - Property held by transit authority — status for purposes of taxation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   238.408. Property held by transit authority — status for purposes of taxation. — All property, real and personal, owned or held by any transit authority established pursuant to section 238.400, and all interest income derived from any notes, bonds or other instruments in writing issued by such transit authority, shall possess the same status, with respect to taxation in the state of Missouri, as is now or may hereafter be possessed by property, real and personal, owned or held by cities within the state of Missouri, and by the interest income derived from notes, bonds or other instruments in writing issued by such cities. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 235 § 5)
MO Rev Stat § 238.412 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects|Section 238.412 - Certain public officials prohibited from award of government funds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   238.412. Certain public officials prohibited from award of government funds. — No elected official in any city or county establishing a transit authority under the provisions of sections 238.400 to 238.412, acting in his own self-interest for profit or acting on behalf of any firm, corporation, person, or other legal entity with whom such official is engaged in any contractual agreement, shall seek, apply for, or be awarded any federal or state funds appropriated for the purpose of conducting a feasibility study of any proposed public transportation system within such city or county. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 235 § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 241.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.010 - Reclamation of swamplands by counties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.010. Reclamation of swamplands by counties. — In order to provide for the reclamation of all overflowed and swamp lands which were granted to the state of Missouri for that purpose by an act of congress, entitled "An act to enable the state of Arkansas and other states to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits", approved September 28, 1850, all of said lands in this state are hereby donated to the counties in which they may be respectively situated, and shall be the absolute property of such counties for the purposes designated in sections 241.010 to 241.280; and the secretary of state is hereby required to furnish to the clerks of all the county commissions a certified copy of the approved and corrected list of swamplands in each county, whenever called on for such list by the said clerk or clerks. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12752)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11128; 1919 § 6992; 1909 § 7995  (1959) The ten-year statute of limitations runs against a county to deprive it of title to islands, swamplands and abandoned river beds. Hamburg Realty Co. v. Walker (Mo.), 327 S.W.2d 155.
MO Rev Stat § 241.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.020 - Duty of governor and secretary of state as to lists and plats.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.020. Duty of governor and secretary of state as to lists and plats. — Whenever the situation, description and quantity of said lands are made known to the governor, as soon as he shall receive from the government of the United States lists and plats of said lands, he shall cause such lists and plats to be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and the secretary of state shall furnish such information and copies of such lists and plats to the county commissions respectively of the counties in which said lands severally lie; and said lists and plats shall be received in all the courts of this state as prima facie evidence of the title in said counties to said lands. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12757)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11133; 1919 § 6997; 1909 § 8000
MO Rev Stat § 241.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.030 - Secretary of state to act as swampland agent — his duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.030. Secretary of state to act as swampland agent — his duties. — 1. It is made the duty of the secretary of state of this state to act as swampland agent, to locate such public lands as the state of Missouri may be authorized to locate under the provisions of the act of congress of September 28, 1850, granting swamp and overflow lands to the state of Missouri, and other acts of congress since that time passed, relating to said lands, and to obtain the right of the state under said acts, and settle and adjust any and all claims the state of Missouri may have against the United States growing out of said grant of land. He is hereby authorized to obtain such proof from the various county commissions as is necessary to secure the indemnity from the general government under the act of March 2, 1855, and is hereby authorized to employ assistants for the performance of the duties required of him in sections 241.010 to 241.280, subject to the approval of the governor.  2. He shall receive all moneys, scrip or certificates of indemnity on account of swamp and overflowed lands sold by the government of the United States since the donation of such lands to the state of Missouri, and deposit the moneys or scrip so obtained in the state treasury, to the credit of the county in whose favor the same is drawn, and cancel all records in his office on which indemnity has been received. He shall locate all certificates of indemnity received as aforesaid in the name of the county in whose favor said certificate is drawn, making said location from sight or personal knowledge of the same, and deposit the certificate of said location in the state treasury, subject to the orders of the respective county commissions, and he shall immediately notify said county commissions of all deposits made in conformity with sections 241.010 to 241.280. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12775)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11151; 1919 § 7015; 1909 § 8018
MO Rev Stat § 241.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.040 - Governor to relinquish title to certain lands, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.040. Governor to relinquish title to certain lands, when. — The governor of the state is hereby authorized to relinquish the title of the state to such swamp and overflowed lands as may have been sold by the general government since the passage of the law donating said lands to the state in which they lie, whenever the counties interested in said lands may, by an order of the county commission, authorize him so to do. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12774)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11150; 1919 § 7014; 1909 § 8017
MO Rev Stat § 241.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.050 - Duty of treasurer.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.050. Duty of treasurer. — It is made the duty of the treasurer of this state to pay said money or scrip mentioned in section 241.030 to the authorized agents of the counties to which such money or scrip may be made payable by the provisions of sections 241.010 to 241.280. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12776)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11152; 1919 § 7016; 1909 § 8019
MO Rev Stat § 241.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.060 - Expenses, how paid.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   241.060. Expenses, how paid. — All expenses incurred by the secretary of state in performing the duties under the law relating to the disposition of overflowed and swamp lands shall be paid from the state treasury upon warrants upon the general revenues of the state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12777, A. 1949 S.B. 1081)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11153; 1919 § 7017; 1909 § 8020
MO Rev Stat § 241.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.070 - Compensation of persons appointed to designate lands.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.070. Compensation of persons appointed to designate lands. — Whenever the lands contemplated in sections 241.010 to 241.280, in any county, shall have been designated and reported by the person or persons appointed in such county for that purpose, the county commission shall audit the account of such person, and allow such reasonable compensation for such services as they may deem just, to be paid from the county treasury. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12758)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11134; 1919 § 6998; 1909 § 8001
MO Rev Stat § 241.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.080 - Title to be conveyed by patents.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.080. Title to be conveyed by patents. — In order to convey to the different counties in the state of Missouri a complete title to all the swamp and overflowed lands which have been granted and patented to the state of Missouri by an act of congress, entitled "An act to enable the state of Arkansas and other states to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits", approved September 28, 1850, the secretary of state is hereby directed to prepare a patent or patents, embracing all the swamp or overflowed lands lying within the limits of the several counties of this state, conveying thereby all the title and interest of the state of Missouri in and to such lands, to the counties in which such lands may lie, and when such patents have been prepared as provided in sections 241.010 to 241.280, they shall be presented to and signed by the governor of this state, attested by the secretary of state, and recorded by the secretary of state in his office. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12780)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11156; 1919 § 7020; 1909 § 8023
MO Rev Stat § 241.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.090 - Preparation of patents.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.090. Preparation of patents. — Whenever possible so to do, all the overflowed and swamp lands situate in any one county shall be included in one patent and described numerically by sections, townships and ranges, having due regard for county lines. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12781)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11157; 1919 § 7021; 1909 § 8024
MO Rev Stat § 241.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.100 - Lands hereafter patented to be also conveyed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.100. Lands hereafter patented to be also conveyed. — It shall be the duty of the officers named in section 241.080 to convey by patent or patents, as provided in said section, all such overflowed and swamp lands as may hereafter be patented to the state of Missouri by the government of the United States, to the respective counties in which the same may lie. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12782)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11158; 1919 § 7022; 1909 § 8025
MO Rev Stat § 241.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.110 - County recorder to record patents.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.110. County recorder to record patents. — It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to forward all patents, when the same shall be executed and recorded as required by sections 241.010 to 241.280, to the clerks of the several county commissions of this state, and so soon as the same shall be received by said clerks, the several county commissions shall cause the same to be duly recorded in the recorder's office of their respective counties, as other conveyances are required by law to be recorded. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12783)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11159; 1919 § 7023; 1909 § 8026
MO Rev Stat § 241.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.120 - Patents to be evidence of title.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.120. Patents to be evidence of title. — All patents issued, executed and duly recorded, as required by sections 241.010 to 241.280, or a certified copy of the same, which shall include all the land therein described, or which shall include any separate and distinct description of the lands therein described, either under the hand of the secretary of state or the recorder of the proper county, shall be received and read in all courts in this state as prima facie evidence of the title in the counties where such overflowed and swamp lands severally lie. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12784)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11160; 1919 § 7024; 1909 § 8027
MO Rev Stat § 241.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.130 - Construction of this law.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.130. Construction of this law. — Nothing in this law shall be so construed as to require the secretary of state to patent to the several counties, as provided in sections 241.010 to 241.280, any swamp or overflowed lands heretofore patented to the several counties in which such lands lie or which have been patented to any person or persons by the state, nor shall the secretary of state issue patents to any individuals for any overflowed or swamp lands situate in the various counties in this state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12786)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11162; 1919 § 7026; 1909 § 8029
MO Rev Stat § 241.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.140 - County recorder to be lawful custodian.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.140. County recorder to be lawful custodian. — In all counties where lands have been sold, patents issued, and the same have been recorded, the clerk of the county commission in whose office any such records may now remain, or that hereafter may be made under the laws respecting the sale of swamp and overflowed lands, the issuing of patents therefor, and providing for the record thereof, shall, upon application of the recorder of deeds of such county, or the clerk of the circuit court when ex officio recorder of such county, deliver up to said recorder, or clerk when ex officio recorder, all completed record books of such patents, with the indices and abstracts thereof, and upon the completion of each and every such record book, until all the swamp and overflowed lands in each and every county to which this law applies shall be sold, patents issued, and the same shall be recorded, the clerk of the county commission shall deliver the records thereof to the recorder of deeds, or the clerk of the circuit court when ex officio recorder of the county, with the indices and abstracts of such recorders, for which said recorder, or clerk, when ex officio recorder, shall give the clerk of the county commission a receipt, which he shall file in his office and the said recorder of deeds, or clerk of the circuit court when ex officio recorder, shall be the lawful custodian of all such records received by him, and certified copies of the same shall be received in evidence in all courts of this state, and shall have the same force and effect in all matters of law and equity as if said records had been made by the recorder of deeds, or clerk of the circuit court when ex officio recorder, under the laws of this state providing for the recording of conveyances of real estate. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12788)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11164; 1919 § 7028; 1909 § 8031
MO Rev Stat § 241.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 241 - Swamplands, Islands and Abandoned Riverbeds|Section 241.150 - Control over patented lands vested in county commissions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   241.150. Control over patented lands vested in county commissions. — The several county commissions shall have full power and control over all such overflowed and swamp lands patented to their respective counties under the provisions of sections 241.010 to 241.280, and to sell and dispose of the same in like manner and with like effect as is or may be provided by law for the conveyance of other real estate belonging to their respective counties. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12785)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11161; 1919 § 7025; 1909 § 8028  CROSS REFERENCE:  Swamplands may be appropriated for purpose of constructing levee, 245.540