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MO Rev Stat § 67.783 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.783 - Recreational lake authority — purpose and powers — exemption — immunity.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   67.783. Recreational lake authority — purpose and powers — exemption — immunity. — 1. There is hereby created within any county of the third class having a population of more than ten thousand and less than fifteen thousand and any county of the second class having a population of more than fifty-eight thousand and less than seventy thousand adjacent to such third class county, both counties making up the same judicial circuit, a joint county recreational lake authority, which shall be a body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of this state.  2. Subject to the limitations in section 67.788, the authority may exercise its powers over the reservoir area encompassing any recreational lake and within five thousand feet of the conservation storage level of any recreational lake constructed or to be constructed by the authority pursuant to sections 67.781 to 67.790.  3. It shall be the purpose of each authority to promote the general welfare, to promote recreation and to encourage private capital investment through the construction, operation and maintenance of a recreational lake and related improvements to be located jointly in the second class county and the third class county.  4. The income of the authority and all property at any time owned by the authority shall be exempt from all taxation or any assessments whatsoever to the state or of any political subdivision, municipality or other governmental agency thereof.  5. No county in which an authority is organized shall be held liable in connection with the construction, operation or maintenance of any project or program undertaken pursuant to sections 67.781 to 67.790, including any actions taken by the authority in connection with any project or program undertaken pursuant to sections 67.781 to 67.790. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 776)
MO Rev Stat § 67.787 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.787 - Lake authority — initial meeting — officers — duties — bond, amount — restrictions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   67.787. Lake authority — initial meeting — officers — duties — bond, amount — restrictions. — 1. The county commissions shall by joint resolution establish a date and time for the initial meeting of the authority. At the initial meeting and annually thereafter, the authority shall elect one of its members as chairman and one as vice chairman. In addition, at the initial meeting and annually thereafter, the authority shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, either of whom may be a member of the authority and, if not a member of the authority, shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed from time to time by action of the authority. The authority may appoint an executive director who shall not be a member of the authority and who shall serve at its pleasure. If an executive director is appointed, he shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed from time to time by action of the authority. The authority may designate the secretary to act in lieu of the executive director. The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the authority and shall be the custodian of all books, documents, and papers filed with the authority, the minute books or journal thereof, and its official seal. The secretary may cause copies to be made of all minutes and other records and documents of the authority and may give certificates under the official seal of the authority to the effect that the copies are true and correct copies, and all persons dealing with the authority may rely on such certificates. The authority, by resolution duly adopted, shall fix the powers and duties of its executive director as it may from time to time deem proper and necessary.  2. Each member of the authority shall execute a surety bond in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars or, in lieu thereof, the chairman of the authority shall execute a blanket bond covering each member and the employees or other officers of the authority, each surety bond to be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office or offices covered, to be executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in the state as surety, and to be approved by the attorney general and filed in the office of the secretary of state. The cost of each such bond shall be paid by the authority.  3. No authority member shall participate in any deliberations or decisions concerning issues where the authority member has a direct financial interest in contracts, property, supplies, services, facilities or equipment purchased, sold, or leased by the authority. Authority members shall additionally be subject to the limitations regarding the conduct of public officials as provided in chapter 105. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 776)
MO Rev Stat § 67.790 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.790 - Lake authority — tax increment financing — approval, by whom.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   67.790. Lake authority — tax increment financing — approval, by whom. — 1. The authority shall have the power to adopt tax increment financing within its boundaries in the same manner as provided for a municipality under sections 99.800 to 99.865.  2. If the authority desires to implement a tax increment financing project within the boundaries of a municipality partially or totally within the boundaries of the authority, the authority shall first obtain the permission of the governing body of the municipality.  3. Any tax increment financing project of the authority shall first be approved by the county commission of the county in which the proposed tax increment financing project lies. ­­-------- (L. 1990 S.B. 776)
MO Rev Stat § 67.794 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.794 - Hearing on petition — notice by publication, content — costs how paid — two petitions filed covering in part same territory, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   67.794. Hearing on petition — notice by publication, content — costs how paid — two petitions filed covering in part same territory, procedure. — 1. Upon the filing of the petition with the county clerk pursuant to section 67.793, the county clerk shall present it to the governing body of the county who shall set the petition for hearing not less than thirty days nor more than forty days after the filing.  2. Notice shall be given by the governing body of the county of the time and place where the hearing will be held, by publication on three separate days in one or more newspapers having a general circulation within the territory proposed to be incorporated as a regional recreational district or to be added to an existing regional recreational district, the first of which publications shall be not less than twenty days prior to the date set for the hearing and if there is no such newspaper, then notice shall be posted in ten of the most public places in the territory, not less than twenty days prior to the date set for the hearing. This notice shall include a description of the territory as set out in the petition, names of municipalities located therein, and the type and rate of the tax to be levied, the name of the proposed district and the question of creating a regional recreational district or adding to an existing district.  3. The costs of printing and publication or posting of notices of public hearing thereon shall be paid in advance by the petitioners, and, if a district is organized or territory is added to an existing district pursuant to sections 67.792 to 67.799, such persons shall be reimbursed out of the funds received by the district from taxation or other sources.  4. If two or more petitions covering in part the same territory are filed prior to the public hearing upon the petition which is first filed, the petitions shall be consolidated for public hearing, and hearing on such petitions may be continued to permit the giving of notice of any subsequent petitions. At the public hearing upon the petitions, the petitioners in the petition first filed may move to amend the petition to include any part of the territory described in the subsequent petitions, either as originally filed or as amended. Any such motion shall be allowed by the governing body of the county. The public hearing shall proceed upon the first petition as originally filed or as so amended, and further proceedings upon any other petitions subsequently filed shall be stayed until the termination of all proceedings upon the first petition, or any petition may be dismissed or withdrawn upon motion of the petitioners therein by their representatives. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 88 § 3, A.L. 1999 S.B. 405)
MO Rev Stat § 67.795 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.795 - Submission of question, formation or expansion of a regional recreation district, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   67.795. Submission of question, formation or expansion of a regional recreation district, when. — If the governing body of the county finds that the petition and notice meets the requirements of sections 67.793 and 67.794, and that the boundaries as defined are reasonable boundaries for the formation of or addition to a regional recreational district, the question of the creation of or addition to a regional recreational district shall be submitted to the voters in the proposed or existing district. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 88 § 4, A.L. 1999 S.B. 405)
MO Rev Stat § 67.796 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.796 - Ballot form, content.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   67.796. Ballot form, content. — Pursuant to sections 67.793 to 67.795, the question shall be submitted to the voters in the proposed district in substantially the following form:  (1) For the creation of a new district:   Shall there be organized in the counties of ______, state of Missouri, a regional recreational district for the establishment and maintenance of public parks, recreational facilities, and other recreational grounds within the boundaries of such proposed district, to be known as "______ Regional Recreational District" as (requested by petition filed with the county clerk of ______ Or provided by ordinance no. ______ of ______) County, Missouri, on the ______ day of (month) ______, (year) ______?    ☐ YES   ☐ NO     (2) For an addition to a district:   Shall there be annexed to the "______ Regional Recreational District" the territory within the boundaries of (describe the territory)?    ☐ YES   ☐ NO    ­­If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal, then the district shall be deemed organized or added, as the case may be. If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters voting are opposed to the proposal, then the district shall not be organized or added to unless and until another proposal to authorize the organization of or addition to a regional recreational district is submitted to the voters of the proposed district and such proposal is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon. In the event that the proposed district or addition to a district consists of more than one county, if a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting in the territory proposed for inclusion in the district are in favor of the proposal, then the district shall be deemed organized, but if a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting in the territory proposed for inclusion are opposed to the proposal, then the district shall not be organized, or territory shall not be added, as the case may be, unless and until another proposal to authorize the organization of or addition to a regional recreational district is submitted to the voters of the proposed district and such proposal is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 88 § 5, A.L. 1999 S.B. 405)
MO Rev Stat § 67.800 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.800 - Notice to nonresident property owners, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   67.800. Notice to nonresident property owners, when. — Before any political subdivision or special taxing district for public works or public improvements shall be formed, and before any political subdivision or special taxing district excepting school districts may impose any special assessment for public works or public improvements, a copy of any notice required to be published by general law shall be mailed to all nonresident property owners who request notice as provided herein, within ten days after the first publication of such notice. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 156 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 67.810 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.810 - Owner to file affidavit of request, contents, fee.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   67.810. Owner to file affidavit of request, contents, fee. — Any nonresident property owner may file with the county clerk, the circuit clerk, the city clerk, or clerk of any political subdivision, who is required by law to publish notices required by general law in regard to the formation of special taxing districts for public works or public improvements, or in regard to the imposition of special assessments by such special taxing districts, an affidavit requesting copies of such notices. The affidavit shall specify the notices to be required by the nonresident property owner by reference to the particular statutes which provide for publication of such notices, and the duty of the various clerks to provide notice shall be limited to those specific notices requested in the affidavit. The affidavit shall be accompanied by a self-addressed envelope together with sufficient postage for the mailing of any notice by certified mail. The affidavit shall also be accompanied by a fee of one dollar payable to the political subdivision. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 156 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 67.820 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.820 - Notice, how sent, by whom.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   67.820. Notice, how sent, by whom. — 1. The county clerk, circuit clerk, city clerk, or clerk of any political subdivision, upon whom the duty is imposed by law to publish notice required by law in regard to the formation of a special taxing district for public works or public improvements, shall mail by certified mail with return receipt a copy of each published notice in regard to the formation of any special taxing district within the county, city or other political subdivision to each nonresident property owner who has requested such notice by affidavit as provided in section 67.810.  2. The county clerk, circuit clerk, city clerk, or clerk of any political subdivision, upon whom the duty is imposed by law to publish notice required by law in regard to any special assessment by a special taxing district, shall mail by certified mail with return receipt a copy of each published notice to each nonresident property owner who has requested such notice by affidavit as provided in section 67.810. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 156 §§ 3, 4)
MO Rev Stat § 67.830 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.830 - Receipt of notice, owner to refile affidavit.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   67.830. Receipt of notice, owner to refile affidavit. — If any clerk shall provide notice to a nonresident property owner pursuant to section 67.820, such nonresident property owner shall refile with the clerk the affidavit together with self-addressed envelope, postage and filing fee, as provided in section 67.810, for any further notices which the nonresident property owner may require. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 156 § 5)
MO Rev Stat § 67.840 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.840 - Request for notice expires, when, renewed, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   67.840. Request for notice expires, when, renewed, how. — The request for notice provided in section 67.810 shall expire five years following the date that the affidavit is filed, and ten days prior to such expiration date the clerk with whom the affidavit was filed shall return the affidavit to the nonresident property owner with notification that the request for notice can be renewed upon a renewed compliance by the nonresident property owner with the provisions of section 67.810. The clerk shall return the affidavit together with such notification in the self-addressed envelope provided by the nonresident property owner pursuant to section 67.810. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 156 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 67.850 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.850 - Failure of notice, effect of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   67.850. Failure of notice, effect of. — The failure of any county clerk, circuit clerk, city clerk, or clerk of a political subdivision to mail any copy of a published notice as provided in sections 67.800 to 67.860 shall not invalidate the formation of any political subdivision or special taxing district for public works or public improvements, nor shall it invalidate any bonds issued by such political subdivision or special taxing district, nor shall it invalidate any special assessment made by such subdivision or district. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 156 § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 67.860 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.860 - Nonresident property owner defined.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   67.860. Nonresident property owner defined. — The term "nonresident property owner" as used in sections 67.800 to 67.860 is defined as any person whose residence is outside the boundaries of the political subdivision or taxing district. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 156 § 8)
MO Rev Stat § 67.870 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.870 - Policy statement.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   67.870. Policy statement. — The general assembly finds that the rapid growth and random spread of urban development is encroaching upon, impairing, or eliminating, many open areas and spaces of varied sizes and character, including many such sites having significant scenic or esthetic values, which areas and spaces, if preserved and maintained in their present open state, would constitute important physical, healthful, esthetic or economic assets adding to the value of existing or impending urban and metropolitan development. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 570 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 67.875 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.875 - Provisions of sections 67.870 to 67.910 applicable to state and certain subdivisions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   67.875. Provisions of sections 67.870 to 67.910 applicable to state and certain subdivisions. — The general assembly hereby declares that it is necessary for sound and healthful urban and metropolitan development, and in the public interest, for the state or any county having a population in excess of two hundred thousand, or any county adjoining, or city not within but adjoining such county, to expend or advance public funds for, or to accept, any interest in land herein described for the purpose of acquiring, maintaining, improving, protecting, limiting the future use of, or otherwise conserving and properly utilizing open spaces and areas within such counties, or cities, and the acquisition of such interests in land shall be deemed for a public purpose. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 570 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 67.880 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.880 - Who may acquire land and for what purpose.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   67.880. Who may acquire land and for what purpose. — The Missouri state park board, and any county having a population in excess of two hundred thousand and any county adjoining, or city not within but adjoining such county, may acquire by purchase, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, the fee, development right or restrictive covenant, conservation easement, covenant or other contractual right in land or water rights located within such counties or cities necessary or appropriate to maintain, improve, protect, limit the future use of, or otherwise conserve and properly utilize open spaces and areas within such counties or cities. The state park board or any such county or city may also acquire the fee to any property for the purpose of conveying or leasing said property back to its original owner or other person under such covenants or other contractual arrangements as will limit the future use of the property in accordance with the purposes herein expressed. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 570 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 67.885 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.885 - Plan for conservation, hearing and reports required before condemnation authorized.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   67.885. Plan for conservation, hearing and reports required before condemnation authorized. — No private property shall be acquired by eminent domain hereunder until and unless the state park board or governing body of such county or city shall adopt a resolution or formal order declaring the public purpose or use therefor or shall have adopted a plan for conservation of open spaces embracing such property, and shall have held a public hearing thereon, and received the report of the planning agency of the state or county or city with regard to such acquisition. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 570 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 67.890 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers|Section 67.890 - Not-for-profit organizations may acquire land or water rights in same manner, exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   67.890. Not-for-profit organizations may acquire land or water rights in same manner, exception. — Any not-for-profit organization formed for the purpose of conserving open spaces in harmony with the policies recited in sections 67.870 to 67.910 may acquire in the same manner, other than by eminent domain, any such interest in land or water rights for the same purposes. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 570 § 5)