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MO Rev Stat § 99.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.300 - Citation of law.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   99.300. Citation of law. — Sections 99.300 to 99.660 shall be known and may be cited as the "Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority Law". ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 300 § 1)  (1954) This law is constitutional. State on Inf. Dalton v. Land Clearance for Redev. Auth. 364 Mo. 974, 270 S.W.2d 44; (1954) Land Clearance for Redev. Auth. v. City of St. Louis (Mo.), 270 S.W.2d 58. (1964) Election of city by resolution and vote of people, to come under this law could not be revoked by initiative proceedings since law was not enacted for solely municipal objectives but for state purposes as well, and law remains effective until legislature repeals it or provides by statute for means of withdrawal. Anderson v. Smith (A.), 377 S.W.2d 554. (1966) Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority Law, §§ 99.300 to 99.660, and the Urban Redevelopment Corporation Law, chapter 353 do not violate the constitutional provisions prohibiting the taking of private property for public use without consent of owner. Annbar Associates v. West Side Redevelopment Corp. (Mo.), 397 S.W.2d 635. (1968) Where redevelopment authority had condemned plaintiff's land and was now owner and possessor, plaintiff had no legally protectable interest and there was no justiciable controversy for plaintiff to maintain action for declaratory judgment on question of authority's compliance with statutory requirements. Brooks v. Land Clearance for Redevelopment Auth. (A.), 425 S.W.2d 481.
MO Rev Stat § 99.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.310 - Declaration of policy.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   99.310. Declaration of policy. — It is hereby found and declared that there exists in municipalities of the state insanitary, blighted, deteriorated and deteriorating areas which constitute a serious and growing menace injurious to the public health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state; that the existence of such areas contributes substantially and increasingly to the spread of disease and crime, necessitating excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for the preservation of the public health and safety, for crime prevention, correction, prosecution, punishment and the treatment of juvenile delinquency and for the maintenance of adequate police, fire and accident protection and other public services and facilities, constitutes an economic and social liability, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of communities and retards the provision of housing accommodations; that this menace is beyond remedy and control solely by regulatory process in the exercise of the police power and cannot be dealt with effectively by the ordinary operations of private enterprise without the aids herein provided; that the elimination or prevention of the detrimental conditions in such areas, the acquisition and preparation of land in or necessary to the development, renewal or rehabilitation of such areas and its sale or lease for development, renewal or rehabilitation in accordance with general plans and redevelopment or urban renewal plans of communities and any assistance which may be given by any public body in connection therewith are public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended and private property acquired; and that the necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination; and that certain insanitary, blighted, deteriorated or deteriorating areas, or portions thereof, may require acquisition and clearance, as provided in this law, since the prevailing condition of decay may make impracticable the reclamation of the area by conservation or rehabilitation, but other areas or portions thereof, through the means provided in this law may be susceptible of conservation or rehabilitation in such a manner that the conditions and evils hereinbefore enumerated may be eliminated, remedied or prevented, and to the extent feasible, salvable, insanitary and blighted areas should be conserved and rehabilitated through voluntary action and the regulatory process. A municipality, to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of this law, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the municipality as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment or renewal of areas by private enterprise. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 300 § 2, A.L. 1955 p. 279)
MO Rev Stat § 99.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.330 - Authority may be created, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   99.330. Authority may be created, when. — There is hereby created in each community (as herein defined) a public body corporate and politic, to be known as the "Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority" of the community; provided, however:  (1) That such authority shall not transact any business or exercise its powers hereunder until or unless the governing body shall approve (by resolution or ordinance as herein provided) the exercise in such community of the powers, functions and duties of an authority under this law; and provided further that, if it deems such action to be in the public interest, the governing body may, instead of such resolution or ordinance adopt a resolution or ordinance approving the exercise of such powers, functions and duties by the community itself or by the housing authority, if one exists or is subsequently established in the community, and in such event, the community or housing authority, as the case may be, shall be vested with all the powers, functions, rights, duties and privileges of a land clearance for redevelopment authority under this law;  (2) The governing body of a community shall not adopt a resolution or ordinance pursuant to subdivision (1) above unless it finds:  (a) That one or more blighted, or insanitary areas (as herein defined) exist in such community, and  (b) That the redevelopment of such area or areas is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals or welfare of the residents of such community. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 300 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 99.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.340 - Board of commissioners — appointment — qualifications — terms.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   99.340. Board of commissioners — appointment — qualifications — terms. — 1. When the governing body of a municipality adopts a resolution or ordinance as aforesaid, it shall promptly notify the mayor of such adoption. If the resolution or ordinance adopted is one approving the exercise of powers hereunder by a land clearance for redevelopment authority, the mayor shall appoint a board of commissioners of such authority which shall consist of five commissioners, and when the governing body of a county adopts such a resolution, said body shall appoint a board of commissioners of the authority created for such county which shall consist of five commissioners.  2. All commissioners of an authority shall be taxpayers who have resided for a period of five years in, in the case of a municipality, the area within the municipality; and, in the case of a county, the area within the county.  3. Two of the commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one year from the date of their appointment and three shall be designated to serve for terms of two, three and four years respectively from the date of their appointment. Thereafter, commissioners shall be appointed as aforesaid for a term of office for four years except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 300 § 4, A.L. 1997 H.B. 689)
MO Rev Stat § 99.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.350 - Board of commissioners — meetings — quorum — employees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   99.350. Board of commissioners — meetings — quorum — employees. — 1. The powers hereunder vested in each land clearance for redevelopment authority shall be exercised by the board of commissioners thereof. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum of such board for the purpose of conducting business and exercising the powers of the authority and for all other purposes. Action may be taken by the board upon a vote of a majority of the commissioners present, unless in any case the bylaws of the authority shall require a larger number. Meetings of the board of an authority may be held anywhere within the perimeter boundaries of the area of operation of the authority.  2. The commissioners of an authority shall elect a chairman and vice chairman from among the commissioners; however, the first chairman shall be designated by the mayor. An authority may employ an executive director, technical experts and such other officers, agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and shall determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. For such legal services as it may require, an authority may call upon the chief law officer of the communities within its area of operation or may employ its own counsel and legal staff. An authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such powers or duties as it may deem proper. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 300 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 99.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.360 - Regional authority — creation — area of operation increased, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   99.360. Regional authority — creation — area of operation increased, how. — 1. If the governing body of each of two or more communities declares, by resolution or ordinance, that there is a need for one land clearance for redevelopment authority to be created for all of such communities, and has made the findings required by subdivision (2) of section 99.330, a public body, corporate and politic, to be known as a regional land clearance for redevelopment authority (herein referred to as regional authority or authority) shall thereupon exist for all of such communities and may exercise the powers and other functions of an authority under this law in such communities.  2. The area of operation of a regional authority shall be increased from time to time to include one or more additional communities if the governing body of each of such additional communities adopts the resolution or ordinance described in subsection 1 of this section and makes the findings required by subdivision (2) of section 99.330, and the commissioners of the regional authority consent to the inclusion within its area of operation of such additional communities. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 300 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 99.370 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.370 - Regional authority — commissioners — terms — additional commissioner appointed, when and how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   99.370. Regional authority — commissioners — terms — additional commissioner appointed, when and how. — 1. If a regional authority is created as herein provided, one person shall be appointed as a commissioner of such authority for each community for which such authority is created.  2. When the area of operation of a regional authority is increased to include an additional community or communities as herein provided, one additional person shall be appointed as a commissioner of such authority for each such additional community.  3. Each such commissioner appointed for a municipality shall be appointed by the mayor thereof, and each such commissioner appointed for a county shall be appointed by the governing body thereof. The first appointment of commissioners of a regional authority may be made at or after the time of the adoption of the resolution declaring the need for such authority or declaring the need for the inclusion of such community in the area of operation of such authority. The commissioners of a regional authority and their successors shall be appointed as aforesaid for terms of four years except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms.  4. If the area of operation of a regional authority consists at any time of an even number of communities, the commissioners of the regional authority already appointed in the manner described above shall appoint one additional commissioner whose term of office shall be as provided for a commissioner of a regional authority except that such term shall end at any earlier time that the area of operation of the regional authority shall be changed to consist of an odd number of communities. The commissioners of such authority already appointed in the manner described above shall likewise appoint each person to succeed such additional commissioner; provided that the term of office of such person begins during the terms of office of the commissioners appointing him.  5. A certificate of the appointment of any such additional commissioners of such regional authority shall be filed with the other records of the regional authority and shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of such additional commissioner. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 300 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 99.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.380 - Commissioners — compensation — certificate of appointment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   99.380. Commissioners — compensation — certificate of appointment. — A commissioner of an authority shall receive no compensation for his services, but shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his duties. Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the municipal or county clerk, as the case may be, and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of such commissioner. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 300 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 99.390 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.390 - Commissioner — misconduct in office — removal — procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   99.390. Commissioner — misconduct in office — removal — procedure. — For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner of an authority may be removed by the mayor (or by the governing body of the county in case it appointed such commissioner), but a commissioner shall be removed only after a hearing and after he shall have been given a copy of the charges at least ten days prior to such hearing and have had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. In the event of the removal of any commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the municipal or county clerk, as the case may be. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 300 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 99.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.400 - Commissioner not to acquire interest voluntarily in clearance project — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   99.400. Commissioner not to acquire interest voluntarily in clearance project — penalty. — 1. No commissioner or employee of an authority shall voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any land clearance project or in any property included or planned by the authority to be included in any such project, or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with any such project.  2. Where the acquisition is not voluntary such commissioner or employee shall immediately disclose such interest in writing to the authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority.  3. A commissioner or employee who owns or controls any interest, direct or indirect, in such property shall not participate in any action by the authority affecting the property. If any commissioner or employee of an authority owned or controlled within the preceding two years an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included or planned by the authority to be included in any land clearance project, he immediately shall disclose such interest in writing to the authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Upon such disclosure such commissioner or employee shall not participate in any action by the authority affecting such property.  4. Any violation of the provisions of sections 99.330 to 99.410 shall constitute misconduct in office. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 300 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 99.410 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.410 - Resolution creating authority deemed conclusive, when — filing.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   99.410. Resolution creating authority deemed conclusive, when — filing. — 1. In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of an authority or other public body, such authority or other public body shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers hereunder upon proof of the adoption of the appropriate resolution prescribed in subdivision (1) of section 99.330 or subsection 1 of section 99.360 above. Each such resolution shall be deemed sufficient if it authorizes the exercise of powers hereunder by the authority or other public body and finds in substantially the terms provided in subdivision (2) of section 99.330 (no further detail being necessary) that the conditions therein enumerated exist.  2. A copy of such resolution duly certified by the municipal or county clerk, as the case may be, shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 300 § 4)  (1968) Where redevelopment authority had condemned plaintiff's land and was now owner and possessor, plaintiff had no legally protectable interest and there was no justiciable controversy for plaintiff to maintain action for declaratory judgment on question of authority's compliance with statutory requirements. Brooks v. Land Clearance for Redevelopment Auth. (A.), 425 S.W.2d 481. (1954) Land Clearance for Redev. Authority v. City of St. Louis, 364 Mo. 974, 270 S.W.2d 58.
MO Rev Stat § 99.460 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.460 - Power of eminent domain — procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   99.460. Power of eminent domain — procedure. — 1. An authority whose board members are appointed by one or more elected officials shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary for a land clearance project or for its purposes under this law after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. An authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner and under the procedure provided for corporations in chapter 523 and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.  2. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner, provided that no real property belonging to the municipality, the county or the state may be acquired without its consent. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 300 § 8, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1944)
MO Rev Stat § 99.470 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.470 - Vacant land may be developed, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   99.470. Vacant land may be developed, when. — Upon a determination, by resolution or ordinance, of the governing body of the community in which such land is located that the acquisition and development of undeveloped vacant land, not within a blighted, or insanitary area, is essential to the proper clearance or redevelopment of blighted, or insanitary areas, or a necessary part of the general land clearance program of the community, the acquisition, planning, preparation for development or disposal of such land shall constitute a land clearance project which may be undertaken by the authority in the manner provided in the foregoing sections. The determination by the governing body shall be in lieu of the declaration required by subdivision (2) of section 99.430 but shall not be made until the governing body finds that there is a shortage of decent, safe and sanitary housing in the community; that such undeveloped vacant land will be developed for predominantly residential uses; and that the provision of dwelling accommodations on such undeveloped vacant land is necessary to accomplish the relocation, in decent, safe and sanitary housing in the community, of families to be displaced from blighted, or insanitary areas which are to be redeveloped; provided, however, that in the undertaking of land clearance projects on a regional or unified metropolitan basis, involving the acquisition and development of undeveloped vacant land in one community as an adjunct to the redevelopment of blighted, or insanitary areas, in another community, each determination or finding required in this section shall be made by the governing body of the community with respect to which the determination or finding relates. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 300 § 9)
MO Rev Stat § 99.480 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing|Section 99.480 - Bonds — authority to issue — how paid.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   99.480. Bonds — authority to issue — how paid. — 1. An authority shall have power to issue bonds from time to time in its discretion for any of its corporate purposes including the payment of principal and interest upon any advances for surveys and plans for land clearance projects.  2. An authority shall also have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring or in exchange for bonds previously issued by it.  3. An authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) bonds on which the principal and interest are payable:  (1) Exclusively from the income, proceeds, and revenues of the land clearance project financed with the proceeds of such bonds; or  (2) Exclusively from the income, proceeds, and revenues of any of its land clearance projects whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds.  4. Provided that any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any loan, grant or contributions, or parts thereof, from the federal government or other source, or a mortgage of any land clearance project or projects of the authority. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 300 § 10)