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MO Rev Stat § 82.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.070 - Accrued rights or penalties not affected by adoption.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   82.070. Accrued rights or penalties not affected by adoption. — All rights of action, fines, penalties and forfeitures accrued to such city before such charter takes effect shall remain unaffected thereby, and may be prosecuted, recovered and received as fully in every respect as if such charter had not taken effect. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7596)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7453; 1919 § 8864; 1909 § 9713
MO Rev Stat § 82.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.080 - Tax liens on realty vested in city.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   82.080. Tax liens on realty vested in city. — Any lien on real property existing in favor of the state of Missouri, or of such city, at or before the taking effect of such charter, for taxes and special assessments levied by such city, and all right, title and estate acquired by or vested in the state of Missouri or such city, by reason of the forfeiture or sale to the state or such city of any tract of land, town or city lot offered at public sale for taxes or special assessments levied by such city, interest and costs due thereon, and not sold to others for want of bidders, are hereby assigned and transferred to and continued in such city, and all lands, town or city lots forfeited or sold to the state of Missouri or such city on account of taxes or special assessments levied thereon by such city shall, from the taking effect of such charter, be deemed and taken to be forfeited and sold to such city. In all cases where certificates of purchase have, at the time such charter takes effect, been made out in the name of purchasers at any sale for such delinquent taxes or special assessments, the right to redeem from any such sale, or to a deed or deeds, shall not be affected or impaired by anything in this chapter or in such charter contained. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7598)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7455; 1919 § 8866; 1909 § 9715
MO Rev Stat § 82.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.090 - Extension of limits.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   82.090. Extension of limits. — Any constitutional charter city may at any time extend its limits by ordinance, specifying with accuracy the new lines to which it is proposed to extend its limits. All courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the limits of the city when thus extended, and of all the steps in the proceeding leading thereto. Should the city by extension of its territorial limits include any portion of any incorporated city, town or village, the extension shall be made to include the whole territory of such incorporated city, town or village, and upon the extension being made, the corporate existence of the incorporated city, town or village included in the extension ipso facto ceases and all property and rights of every kind and nature belonging to and vested in such incorporated city, town or village shall, by operation of law, at once pass to and vest in the city making the extension of its limits. All officers and employees of such incorporated city, town or village having custody or control thereof shall surrender and deliver the same to the city so extending its limits; and the city shall also, by operation of law, become liable to pay all debts and liabilities of the incorporated city, town or village. Before the city extends its limits to include an incorporated city, town or village, four-sevenths of the voters of the incorporated city, town or village voting at such election desired to be included within the limits of the city shall vote in favor of the question in the following manner: Whenever the city desires to include within its limits any incorporated city, town or village, the mayor of the city shall inform the mayor or other chief officer of the incorporated city, town or village proposed to be taken in of its intention to include the city, town or village within its limits; the mayor thereof shall order the question to be submitted to determine the wish of the city, town or village; and if four-sevenths of the voters voting on the question vote in favor of the proposed extension, the mayor shall certify the result to the mayor of the city seeking to extend its limits and the city may proceed to extend its limits as provided in this section. In all cases where the corporate limits are defined in the charter of the city, the ordinance extending the limits shall be in the form of a proposed amendment to the charter of the city, and before the amendment shall be of any force or effect, it shall be submitted to and accepted by a majority of the voters of the city voting on the question, in all respects and in compliance with all the requirements provided for amendments to the charter of the city. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7626, A. 1949 H.B. 2032, A.L. 1959 S.B. 75, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7483; 1919 § 8894; 1909 § 9743
MO Rev Stat § 82.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.100 - Annexed territory to be divided into wards.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   82.100. Annexed territory to be divided into wards. — Whenever, by extension of its territorial limits as aforesaid, new territory is annexed to such city, the lawmaking authorities thereof shall, by ordinance, organize the same into a new ward or wards, or attach the same to some existing ward or wards, long enough before the next ensuing general city election to enable electors in such annexed territory to register, and all other proper steps to be taken according to law, so that the electors of such annexed territory may have full opportunity to register and vote at such election. Actual residents of any territory at the time of the annexation thereof as aforesaid shall, if otherwise qualified, be qualified electors of such city, and be eligible to any office therein at the next general city election following such annexation. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7627)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7484; 1919 § 8895; 1909 § 9744
MO Rev Stat § 82.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.110 - City may be redistricted, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   82.110. City may be redistricted, when. — Whenever the corporate limits of any such city shall be so extended, and whenever and as often as the population of any such city, or of any ward or wards thereof, has been or may be so increased or diminished as to render, in the opinion of the lawmaking authorities of such city, a revision or redistricting of the corporation into wards or a change in the boundary of any ward or wards necessary, the same may be done by ordinance. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7628)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7485; 1919 § 8896; 1909 § 9745
MO Rev Stat § 82.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.120 - Redistricting ordinance to be published.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   82.120. Redistricting ordinance to be published. — Before such ordinance shall be passed, the same shall be published for at least three weeks in at least one daily newspaper published in such city, to be designated by the lawmaking authorities of such city, but the failure to make such publication shall in no way affect the validity of such ordinance. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7629)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7486; 1919 § 8897; 1909 § 9746
MO Rev Stat § 82.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.130 - Redistricting not to affect eligibility of electors.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   82.130. Redistricting not to affect eligibility of electors. — In case of redistricting or division of such city into wards, creation of any new ward or wards, or change of boundary in any ward or wards, every qualified elector residing in any ward at any general city election next thereafter, duly registered, shall be a qualified voter of such ward, and nothing in this chapter contained shall be so construed as to prevent any elector from voting or being eligible to any office by reason merely of such redistricting or division or creation of any new ward or wards, or change in the boundary of any ward or wards. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7630)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7487; 1919 § 8898; 1909 § 9747
MO Rev Stat § 82.133 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.133 - Disincorporation of charter or home rule cities--election, ballot language.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   82.133. Disincorporation of charter or home rule cities--election, ballot language. — 1. The county governing body of any county in which a constitutional charter or home rule city is located shall disincorporate the city as provided in sections 82.133 to 82.145.  2. The county governing body shall order an election upon the question of disincorporation of a constitutional charter or home rule city upon petition of twenty-five percent of the voters of the city.  3. The county governing body shall give notice of the election by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or, if there is no such newspaper in the city, then in the newspaper in the county published nearest the city. The notice shall contain a copy of the petition and the names of the petitioners. No election on the question of disincorporation shall be held until the notice has been published for four weeks successively.  4. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:   Shall the city of ______ be dissolved?    5. Upon the affirmative vote of a majority of those persons voting on the question, the county governing body shall disincorporate the city. ­­-------- (L. 2016 S.B. 572)
MO Rev Stat § 82.136 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.136 - Contractual rights not invalidated by dissolution.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   82.136. Contractual rights not invalidated by dissolution. — No dissolution of the corporation shall invalidate or affect any right accruing to the corporation or to any person, or invalidate or affect any contract entered into or imposed on the corporation. ­­-------- L. 2016 S.B. 572)
MO Rev Stat § 82.139 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.139 - Dissolution — trustee appointed — oath — bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   82.139. Dissolution — trustee appointed — oath — bond. — Whenever the county governing body shall dissolve any constitutional charter or home rule city, the county governing body shall appoint some competent person to act as trustee for the corporation so dissolved, and the trustee, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and subscribe an oath that he or she will faithfully discharge the duties of the office and shall give bond with sufficient security, to be approved by the governing body, to the use of the disincorporated city, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the trustee's duty. ­­-------- (L. 2016 S.B. 572)
MO Rev Stat § 82.142 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.142 - Dissolution — powers of trustee.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   82.142. Dissolution — powers of trustee. — The trustee shall have power to prosecute and defend to final judgment all suits instituted by or against the corporation, collect all moneys due the same, liquidate all lawful demands against the same, and for that purpose shall sell any property belonging to the corporation, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and generally to do all acts requisite to bring to a speedy close all the affairs of the corporation. ­­-------- (L. 2016 S.B. 572)
MO Rev Stat § 82.145 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.145 - Dissolution — employment of counsel, when — compensation of trustee.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   82.145. Dissolution — employment of counsel, when — compensation of trustee. — The trustee shall employ counsel whenever necessary in the discharge of his or her duties and shall make a report of the proceedings to the county governing body at each regular term thereof, and the trustee shall receive for his or her services such compensation as the governing body shall think reasonable. ­­-------- (L. 2016 S.B. 572)
MO Rev Stat § 82.148 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.148 - Dissolution — moneys to be paid over to county treasurer — records to be delivered to county clerk.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   82.148. Dissolution — moneys to be paid over to county treasurer — records to be delivered to county clerk. — When the trustee shall have closed the affairs of the corporation, and shall have paid all debts due by the corporation, he or she shall pay over to the county treasurer all moneys remaining in his or her hands, take receipt therefor, and deliver to the clerk of the county governing body all books, papers, records, and deeds belonging to the dissolved corporation. ­­-------- (L. 2016 S.B. 572)
MO Rev Stat § 82.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.150 - Wards to be of adjacent territory — numbering.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   82.150. Wards to be of adjacent territory — numbering. — All wards which may be established by ordinance as aforesaid shall be composed of adjacent and compact territory, and the several wards, at the time of redistricting, shall contain as nearly an equal number of inhabitants as may be practicable. The wards shall be numbered consecutively from one up to the highest number thus established. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7632)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7489; 1919 § 8900; 1909 § 9749
MO Rev Stat § 82.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.160 - Election — new ward.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   82.160. Election — new ward. — Whenever any change in the number of wards or alteration in the boundaries of any ward shall be made, or new wards shall be established, there shall be no election of a representative to the municipal legislature for such ward until the general election for corporation officers. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7633)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7490; 1919 § 8901; 1909 § 9750)
MO Rev Stat § 82.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.170 - Redistricting not to affect term of office of incumbent.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   82.170. Redistricting not to affect term of office of incumbent. — Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to limit or abridge the term of office which any representative in the municipal legislature of such city shall be elected to fill, but every such representative shall be deemed and taken, for the residue of the term for which he may have been elected, a representative of that ward in which his actual residence and place of abode may be at the time of any division of such city into wards, creation of any new ward or wards, or change in the boundaries of any ward or wards. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7491; 1919 § 8902; 1909 § 9751
MO Rev Stat § 82.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.180 - Providing for nominations and the form of ballot.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   82.180. Providing for nominations and the form of ballot. — All cities which have heretofore adopted charters pursuant to Section 16, Article IX, of the Constitution of Missouri of 1875, or may hereafter adopt charters pursuant to Section 19, Article VI of the Constitution of Missouri of 1945 shall have power by charter enactment to prescribe the manner in which nominations shall be made for municipal offices in such cities and the form of ballot to be used at elections for municipal offices in such cities. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7436, A.L. 1945 p. 1303)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7283
MO Rev Stat § 82.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.190 - City has exclusive control of public highways.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   82.190. City has exclusive control of public highways. — Such city shall have exclusive control over its public highways, streets, avenues, alleys and public places, and shall have exclusive power, by ordinance, to vacate or abandon any public highway, street, avenue, alley or public place, or part thereof, any law of this state to the contrary notwithstanding. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7635)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7492; 1919 § 8903; 1909 § 9752
MO Rev Stat § 82.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.200 - Attestation of ordinances — evidence, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   82.200. Attestation of ordinances — evidence, when. — All ordinances, resolutions and proceedings of such city may be approved by its corporate seal, attested by the officer having charge thereof, and when printed and published by authority of such city, the same shall be received in evidence in all courts and places without further proof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7591)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7448; 1919 § 8859; 1909 § 9708
MO Rev Stat § 82.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.210 - Action for damages maintained, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   82.210. Action for damages maintained, how. — No action shall be maintained against any city of this state which now has or may hereafter attain a population of one hundred thousand inhabitants, on account of any injuries growing out of any defect in the condition of any bridge, boulevard, street, sidewalk or thoroughfare in said city, until notice shall first have been given in writing to the mayor of said city, within ninety days of the occurrence for which such damage is claimed, stating the place where, the time when such injury was received, and the character and circumstances of the injury, and that the person so injured will claim damages therefor from such city. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7636)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7493; 1919 § 8904  (1990) Steps leading from terminal to parking facility at KCI airport are part of sidewalk and are a thoroughfare. Although statute does not expressly mention steps, statute applies. (Mo. banc) Williams v. City of Kansas City, 782 S.W.2d 64. (2000) Yield sign is not construed as bridge, boulevard, street, sidewalk or thoroughfare pursuant to this section. Jones v. City of Kansas City, 15 S.W.3d 736 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 82.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.220 - Bonds in judicial proceedings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   82.220. Bonds in judicial proceedings. — Such city, in taking an appeal or prosecuting a writ of error in any judicial proceeding, shall give bonds as required by law, but it is hereby released from the obligation of law to furnish security therefor. All such bonds shall be executed by the mayor or chief magistrate of such city, and shall be taken in all courts of this state as full compliance with the law in such cases, and all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with this provision are hereby repealed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7594)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7451; 1919 § 8862; 1909 § 9711
MO Rev Stat § 82.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.230 - Regulation of public franchises.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   82.230. Regulation of public franchises. — It shall be lawful for any such city in such charter, or by amendment thereof, to provide for regulating and controlling the exercise by any person or corporation of any public franchise or privilege in any of the streets or public places of such city, whether such franchises or privileges have been granted by said city, or by or under the state of Missouri, or any other authority. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7637)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7494; 1919 § 8905; 1909 § 9753  (1972) Although CATV system does not specifically fall within definition of public utility under Missouri law, it could be included and under authority granted cities to regulate public franchises or privileges a city may regulate CATV and must follow procedures specified in ordinance. Springfield Television, Inc. v. City of Springfield (CA Mo.), 462 F.2d 21.
MO Rev Stat § 82.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.240 - Parks, cemeteries may be provided for.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   82.240. Parks, cemeteries may be provided for. — It shall be lawful for any such city to make provision in its charter, or by amendment thereof, to acquire and hold by gift, devise, purchase or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain by condemnation proceedings, lands for public use, either within the corporate boundaries of such city or outside of such corporate boundaries, and within the territorial limits of the county in which such city may be situated, for public parks, cemeteries, penal institutions, hospitals, rights-of-way for sewers, or for any other public purpose, and to provide for managing, controlling and policing the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7638)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7495; 1919 § 8906; 1909 § 9754  (1993) Where city's charter claimed any powers which general assembly had authority to confer, including power of eminent domain within or without its corporate boundaries, city had authority to condemn land outside its territorial municipal boundaries. City of Cape Girardeau v. Jett, 851 S.W.2d 114 (Mo. App. E.D.).
MO Rev Stat § 82.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 82 - Constitutional Charter Cities (Home Rule)|Section 82.250 - Certain cities may acquire subways.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   82.250. Certain cities may acquire subways. — All cities in this state having one hundred thousand inhabitants or over are hereby authorized and empowered to build or to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, within their respective corporate limits, a subway or subways, to be exclusively owned by such cities, with such suitable approaches, connections, loops, turnouts, sidings, stations, exits, entrances and other appurtenances, and land, rights-of-way and easements and estates and rights in land, including the right to go on, under or above the surface, as may be necessary or expedient for the construction and efficient use of such subway or subways for the transportation of persons, baggage, express and freight, and for cars, other means of transportation, pipes, wires and cables used for public service purposes. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7639)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7496; 1919 § 8907; 1909 § 9759