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MO Rev Stat § 72.402 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.402 - Rules and regulations, commission shall promulgate — procedure.

Effective - 27 Jun 2000   72.402. Rules and regulations, commission shall promulgate — procedure. — The commission shall enact and adopt all rules, regulations and procedures that are reasonably necessary to achieve the objectives of sections 72.400 to 72.423 no sooner than twenty-seven calendar days after notifying all municipalities and the county of the proposed rule, regulation or procedure enactment or change. Notice may be given by ordinary mail or by publishing in at least one newspaper of general circulation qualified to publish legal notices. No new or amended rule, regulation or procedure shall apply retroactively to any boundary change or unincorporated area proposal pending before the commission. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 402, A.L. 1995 H.B. 446, A.L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1967)  Effective 6-27-00
MO Rev Stat § 72.408 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.408 - Limitation on resubmission — void petition, when.

Effective - 27 Jun 2000   72.408. Limitation on resubmission — void petition, when. — 1. If a boundary change is disapproved by the voters, no boundary change which contains more than sixty percent of the area of the disapproved boundary change shall be submitted to or processed by the commission any sooner than two years after the date of the disapproved boundary change.  2. Every petition shall be presented to the commission within two hundred eighty days following the date on which the first signature was affixed to the petition, or any part thereof, except that the period of time from June 14, 1999, to April 15, 2001, shall be excluded. Failure to present a petition within the foregoing time period shall render the petition absolutely void. ­­-------- (L. 1998 S.B. 809, A.L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1967)  Effective 6-27-00
MO Rev Stat § 72.409 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.409 - Boundary change, effective when — transition committee established, members, how selected — to disband when delay in declaring new incorporated municipality, when — conflict of laws, this section to prevail.

Effective - 27 Jun 2000   72.409. Boundary change, effective when — transition committee established, members, how selected — to disband when delay in declaring new incorporated municipality, when — conflict of laws, this section to prevail. — 1. If a proposed boundary change is approved by the voters, such proposal shall be effective six months following the date of the election or the date specified in such proposal, whichever date is later. Immediately following the certification of the election, the commission shall establish a committee to determine the details of the transition. The governing body of each affected municipality shall select two members and the governing body of the county in which each unincorporated territory is situated shall select two members from the affected unincorporated territory to meet with similar members appointed from other affected municipalities and the unincorporated territory. The committee shall disband no later than the date the boundary change becomes effective. The governing body of the county may delay declaring a newly incorporated municipality for a period not to exceed six months at the request of the boundary commission to provide for an orderly transition from unincorporated to incorporated status.  2. If a conflict shall exist between the provisions of sections 72.400 to 72.423 and the orders, ordinances or charters of any statutory or charter cities affected by sections 72.400 to 72.423, the provisions of sections 72.400 to 72.423 shall prevail.  3. If a boundary change involves an annexation, failure of the proposing agent to provide services to the area being annexed or to zone in compliance with the plan of intent required of the proposing agent within three years of the boundary change becoming effective, unless compliance is made unreasonable, shall give rise to a cause of action for deannexation which may be filed in the circuit court by any resident who was residing in the area at the time the boundary change became effective. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 487 § 3 subsecs. 8, 9, A.L. 1992 S.B. 571, A.L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1967)  Effective 6-27-00
MO Rev Stat § 72.412 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.412 - Commission independent of county — budget request, appropriation level — application fee for annexation, use.

Effective - 27 Jun 2000   72.412. Commission independent of county — budget request, appropriation level — application fee for annexation, use. — 1. The commission, once established, shall not be a county commission but shall act as an independent commission. The commission may hire such staff and acquire such facilities as it finds necessary to carry out its duties.  2. The commission shall submit a budget requesting the funds necessary to carry out its duties pursuant to sections 72.400 to 72.423. The county shall appropriate and provide a reasonable and necessary level of funding for the commission to carry out its statutory duties. In addition, the county shall upon request provide petitioners with such available information as may be necessary to develop a plan of intent. Funding must provide for at least one professional staff person, one attorney or the equivalent funds for legal services, and clerical support for the professional staff and attorney. All salary levels shall be based upon the personnel system in use for county employees.  3. The commission shall provide by rule for an application fee for municipal annexations in the amount of one dollar per resident of the proposed annexation area to defray the commission's cost of processing and reviewing proposals. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 487 § 4, A.L. 1995 H.B. 446, A.L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1967)  Effective 6-27-00
MO Rev Stat § 72.414 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.414 - Approval of change, governing body to declare a municipality and designate metes and bounds — first officers designated by governing body.

Effective - 09 Jul 1992   72.414. Approval of change, governing body to declare a municipality and designate metes and bounds — first officers designated by governing body. — If the approval of the boundary change creates a new municipality, the governing body of the county shall declare such municipality, designating in such order the metes and bounds thereof, and henceforth the inhabitants within such bounds shall be a body politic and incorporate, by the name and style of "the city of ______" and the first officers of such city shall be designated by the order of the governing body of the county, and they shall hold their offices until the next municipal election and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 487 § 5, A.L. 1992 S.B. 571)  Effective 7-9-92
MO Rev Stat § 72.416 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.416 - Civil actions against commission, who may bring, cost and attorneys fees paid to commission, when.

Effective - 27 Jun 2000   72.416. Civil actions against commission, who may bring, cost and attorneys fees paid to commission, when. — The county, an interested municipality, or any other interested party may bring an appropriate civil action against the commission regarding a proposed boundary change, unincorporated area proposal, or other commission action or failure to act. In any civil action brought against the commission regarding a proposed boundary change, if the commission prevails in the action, the court may require the party who initiated the action to pay to the commission the reasonable costs incurred by the commission in opposing the action, including attorney's fees. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 487 § 6, A.L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1967)  Effective 6-27-00
MO Rev Stat § 72.430 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages|Section 72.430 - Standing for proposed boundary change.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   72.430. Standing for proposed boundary change. — A county or any other interested municipality or person may bring an action against the commission established pursuant to section 72.400 contesting a proposed boundary change or other commission action. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al. § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 77.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification|Section 77.010 - Third class cities, incorporation and powers of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   77.010. Third class cities, incorporation and powers of. — Any city of the third class in this state may become a body corporate under the provisions of this chapter, in the manner provided by law, under the name of "The city of ______", and by that name shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in all courts of law and equity, and in all actions whatever; may receive and hold property, both real and personal, within such city, and may purchase, receive and hold real estate within or without such city for the burial of the dead; and may purchase, hold, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of any property, real or personal, it now owns or may hereafter acquire; may receive bequests, gifts and donations of all kinds of property; and may have and hold one common seal, and may break, change or alter the same at pleasure, and all courts of this state shall take judicial notice thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 6865)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6719; 1919 § 8206; 1909 § 9143  CROSS REFERENCE:  Cities of the third classification, population, 72.030
MO Rev Stat § 77.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification|Section 77.020 - City limits may be altered, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   77.020. City limits may be altered, how. — The mayor and council of such city, with the consent of a majority of the legal voters of such city voting at an election thereof, shall have power to extend the limits of the city over territory adjacent thereto, and to diminish the limits of the city by excluding territory therefrom, and shall, in every case, have power, with the consent of the legal voters as aforesaid, to extend or diminish the city limits in such manner as in their judgment and discretion may redound to the benefit of the city; provided, however, that no election or voter consent shall be required for voluntary annexations or transfers of jurisdiction under chapter 71. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 6866, A. 1949 H.B. 2027, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6720; 1919 § 8207; 1909 § 9144  CROSS REFERENCES:  Extension of limits of special charter city to include another city, procedure, 81.080  Procedure for annexation of area to which objection is made, 71.015
MO Rev Stat § 77.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification|Section 77.030 - Division of city into wards — council members, terms.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   77.030. Division of city into wards — council members, terms. — 1. Unless it elects to be governed by subsection 2 of this section, the council shall by ordinance divide the city into not less than four wards, and two councilmen shall be elected from each of such wards by the qualified voters thereof at the first election for councilmen in cities hereafter adopting the provisions of this chapter; the one receiving the highest number of votes in each ward shall hold his office for two years, and the one receiving the next highest number of votes shall hold his office for one year; but thereafter each ward shall elect annually one councilman, who shall hold his office for two years.  2. In lieu of electing councilmen as provided in subsection 1 of this section, the council may elect to establish wards and elect councilmen as provided in this subsection. If the council so elects, it shall, by ordinance, divide the city into not less than four wards, and one councilman shall be elected from each of such wards by the qualified voters thereof at the first election for councilmen held in the city after it adopts the provisions of this subsection. At the first election held under this subsection the councilmen elected from the odd-numbered wards shall be elected for a term of one year and the councilmen elected from the even-numbered wards shall be elected for a term of two years. At each annual election held thereafter, successors for councilmen whose terms expire in such year shall be elected for a term of two years.  3. (1) Council members may serve four-year terms if the two-year terms provided under subsection 1 or 2 of this section have been extended to four years by approval of a majority of the voters voting on the proposal.  (2) The ballot of submission shall be in substantially the following form:   Shall the terms of council members which are currently set at two years in ______ (city) be extended to four years for members elected after August 28, 2013?    ☐ YES   ☐ NO     (3) If a majority of the voters voting approve the proposal authorized in this subsection, the members of council who would serve two years under subsections 1 and 2 of this section shall be elected to four-year terms beginning with any election occurring after approval of the ballot question. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 6881, A.L. 1985 H.B. 817, A.L. 2013 H.B. 163, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6735; 1919 § 8222; 1909 § 9159
MO Rev Stat § 77.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification|Section 77.040 - Election of officers — option to appoint certain officers — terms.

Effective - 10 Apr 1985   77.040. Election of officers — option to appoint certain officers — terms. — A general election for the elective officers of each city of the third class shall be held after the organization of the city under the provisions of this chapter and on municipal election days every two years thereafter, the city council may by ordinance provide for the nomination of officers by primary election; and provided, that all certificates of nomination and petitions therefor shall be filed with the city clerk and not with any other officer. Any city organizing under the provisions of this chapter may elect a mayor and may elect or provide for the appointment of such other officers as may be necessary to carry this chapter into effect, who shall hold office until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified; provided, that the assessor shall hold office until the first day of September and until his successor is elected or appointed and qualified, and the term of office of the assessor in such cities shall commence on the first day of September after the election at which he is elected or at such time as the city shall set the beginning of his appointive term, if appointed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 6867, A.L. 1945 p. 1302, A.L. 1963 p. 129, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1985 H.B. 817)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6721; 1919 § 8208; 1909 § 9145  Effective 4-10-85
MO Rev Stat § 77.042 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification|Section 77.042 - City administrator, employment authorized.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   77.042. City administrator, employment authorized. — The governing body of any city of the third class, except those organized under the provisions of sections 78.430 to 78.640, and any fourth class city may by ordinance provide for the employment by the governing body with the approval of the mayor of a city administrator who shall be the chief administrative assistant to the mayor and who shall have general superintending control of the administration and management of the government business, officers and employees of the city, subject to the direction and supervision of the mayor. ­­-------- (L. 1969 H.B. 284 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 77.044 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification|Section 77.044 - Qualifications, compensation of administrator.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   77.044. Qualifications, compensation of administrator. — 1. The governing body shall provide, as minimum qualifications, that the city administrator be at least twenty-one years of age, and that he devote his full time to the performance of the duties of his office. The governing body may also require that the city administrator meet other personal qualifications.  2. The city administrator shall receive a salary as set by ordinance, and shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. ­­-------- (L. 1969 H.B. 284 § 2, A.L. 1987 S.B. 393)
MO Rev Stat § 77.046 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification|Section 77.046 - Other officers, appointment, discharge, regulations concerning.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   77.046. Other officers, appointment, discharge, regulations concerning. — 1. Upon the adoption of a city administrator form of government, the governing body of the city may provide that all other officers and employees of the city, except elected officers, shall be appointed and discharged by the city administrator, but the governing body may make reasonable rules and regulations governing the same.  2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the city to remove or discharge any chief, as that term is defined in section 106.273. ­­-------- (L. 1969 H.B. 284 § 3, A.L. 2013 H.B. 307)  (1980) Statute with clause authorizing board of aldermen to make rules and regulations governing city administrator's power to appoint and discharge employees strongly suggests that legislature contemplated variations in extent of dismissal power delegated to city administrator. State ex rel. Gorris v. Mussman (A.), 612 S.W.2d 357.
MO Rev Stat § 77.048 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification|Section 77.048 - Other powers of mayor and council retained.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   77.048. Other powers of mayor and council retained. — Except as provided in sections 77.042 to 77.048, the mayor and city council of any third class city and the mayor and board of aldermen of any fourth class city which adopts the city administrator form of government shall retain all the powers given to it by the laws applying to the city before the city administrator form of government was adopted, and all laws governing the city under its prior form of government and not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 77.042 to 77.048 shall apply to and govern the city after it adopts this form of government. All bylaws, ordinances, and resolutions lawfully passed and in force at the time the city administrator form of government is adopted shall remain in force until repealed or altered by the council or board of aldermen. ­­-------- (L. 1969 H.B. 284 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 77.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification|Section 77.050 - Election may be ordered, how, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   77.050. Election may be ordered, how, when. — If at any time, by reason of nonacceptance, resignation, refusal to qualify, or for any other cause, there shall be no officers of the city to order an election, any associate circuit judge or commissioner of the county commission of the county is empowered to order an election for city officers. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 6868, A. 1949 H.B. 2027, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6722; 1919 § 8209; 1909 § 9146
MO Rev Stat § 77.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification|Section 77.060 - Councilman, qualifications.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   77.060. Councilman, qualifications. — No person shall be councilman unless he is at least twenty-one years of age prior to taking office, a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant of the city for one year next preceding his election, and a resident of the ward from which he is elected six months next preceding his election. Whenever there is a tie in the election of a councilman, the matter shall be determined by the council. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 6882, A. 1949 H.B. 2027, A.L. 1955 p. 303)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6736; 1919 § 8223; 1909 § 9160
MO Rev Stat § 77.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification|Section 77.070 - President pro tem.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   77.070. President pro tem. — At the first regular meeting of the city council after the election in each year--which meeting shall occur at the time fixed by ordinance, but shall not be later than the fourth Tuesday in April--the council shall elect one of its members president pro tem, who shall hold his office for the term of one year, and who, in the absence of the mayor, shall preside at the meetings of the council; provided, that in the absence of the mayor and president pro tem the council may select one of its members present to preside at such meetings, who shall be styled "acting president pro tem". ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 6883, A.L. 2003 S.B. 136)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6737; 1919 § 8224; 1909 § 9161
MO Rev Stat § 77.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification|Section 77.080 - Style of ordinances — procedure to enact.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   77.080. Style of ordinances — procedure to enact. — The style of the ordinances of the city shall be: "Be it ordained by the council of the city of ______, as follows:" No ordinance shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall become an ordinance unless on its final passage a majority of the members elected to the council shall vote therefor, and the ayes and nays shall be entered on the journal. Every proposed ordinance shall be introduced to the council in writing and shall be read by title or in full two times prior to passage, both readings may occur at a single meeting of the council. If the proposed ordinance is read by title only, copies of the proposed ordinance shall be made available for public inspection prior to the time the bill is under consideration by the council. No bill shall become an ordinance until it shall have been signed by the officer presiding at the meeting of the council at which it shall have been passed. When so signed, it shall be delivered to the mayor for his approval and signature, or his veto. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 6946, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1435)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6800; 1919 § 8287; 1909 § 9224