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MO Rev Stat § 71.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.120 - Property held in trust.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   71.120. Property held in trust. — Whenever any property, real or personal, is held by any municipal corporation in a fiduciary capacity, the circuit court shall have jurisdiction, upon proceedings instituted in the name of the attorney general or prosecuting attorney, to inquire into any breaches of trust, fraud or negligence, and to administer the proper relief. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7314)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7163; 1919 § 8612; 1909 § 9500
MO Rev Stat § 71.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.130 - Breach of trust — proceedings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   71.130. Breach of trust — proceedings. — Such proceedings shall be conducted as near as may be in conformity with the law regulating practice in civil cases. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7315)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7164; 1919 § 8613; 1909 § 9501
MO Rev Stat § 71.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.140 - Purchase of Missouri products.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   71.140. Purchase of Missouri products. — Every commission, board, committee, officer or other governing body of any city or town shall purchase and use only those materials, products, supplies, provisions and other needed articles produced, manufactured, compounded, made or grown within the state of Missouri, when they are found in marketable quantities in the state and are of a quality suited to the purpose intended and can be secured without additional cost over foreign products or products of other states; provided, however, that quality and fitness of articles shall be considered in purchasing or letting contracts for articles herein mentioned. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14616, A. 1949 H.B. 2023)  Prior revision: 1929 § 13320
MO Rev Stat § 71.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.150 - Property qualifications for officers not required.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   71.150. Property qualifications for officers not required. — No property qualification shall be required of any person to render him eligible to any office in any city or incorporated town. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7290, A. 1949 H.B. 2023)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7139; 1919 § 8588; 1909 § 9476
MO Rev Stat § 71.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.160 - Special census — qualifications and oath of supervisor.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   71.160. Special census — qualifications and oath of supervisor. — Whenever the council of any incorporated city or town in this state shall be of the opinion that there has been a substantial increase or decrease in the population of such city or town since the last preceding census of such city or town, taken under the authority of the state, or of the United States, said council may, by resolution, declare that it is deemed advisable and necessary that a special census be taken in said city or town, and request the governor to order a special census to be taken therein. Upon such a resolution being passed by the council of any incorporated city or town and a certified copy thereof, certified to by the city clerk of such city or town, being presented to the governor, the governor shall order a special census to be taken in such city or town and shall immediately appoint a census supervisor, who shall be a resident in and qualified voter of such city or town, to supervise the taking of such special census. Such supervisor shall subscribe to an oath that he will faithfully discharge the duties of such office and cause a true and correct census of the population of such city to be taken, according to his best ability, which oath shall be filed with the secretary of state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7408)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7256  (1971) The revenue from the cigarette tax authorized by section 66.340, RSMo, is to be allocated among the unincorporated and the incorporated areas of the county on the basis of decennial census population figures and not on the basis of population figures shown by special municipal census taken pursuant to this section. City of Bridgeton v. Gilstrap (Mo.), 463 S.W.2d 908.
MO Rev Stat § 71.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.170 - Special census — enumerators — results certified.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   71.170. Special census — enumerators — results certified. — Upon qualifying in the manner prescribed in section 71.160, the census supervisor shall appoint such enumerators as may be necessary to assist in taking such census, each of whom shall take the same oath as heretofore prescribed for such supervisor, before some officer authorized to administer oaths. Such supervisor and enumerators shall immediately proceed to take a census of such city or town, for the sole purpose of determining the population of such city or town, and no other information shall be taken by such supervisor and enumerators. Upon the completion of such census, the supervisor shall certify the result thereof to the secretary of state, and, from and after the date of the filing of such certificate with the secretary of state, the population of such city or town, as given in such certificate of the supervisor, shall be the legal census and population of such city or town, for all purposes whatsoever, under the constitution and laws of the state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7409)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7257
MO Rev Stat § 71.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.180 - Special census — compensation, supervisor and enumerators.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   71.180. Special census — compensation, supervisor and enumerators. — The census supervisor and enumerators provided for in the preceding sections shall receive such compensation as may be designated by the governor for their services; provided, that the compensation of the supervisor shall not exceed seven dollars and fifty cents for each day actually spent in the performance of his duties as such supervisor, and the compensation of the enumerators shall not exceed five dollars each for each day actually spent in the performance of their duties as enumerators. The compensation of the supervisor and enumerators and all other expenses of such census shall be paid by the city in which such census is taken. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7410)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7258
MO Rev Stat § 71.185 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.185 - Tort liability for governmental acts, insurance, trial.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   71.185. Tort liability for governmental acts, insurance, trial. — 1. Any municipality engaged in the exercise of governmental functions may carry liability insurance and pay the premiums therefor to insure such municipality and their employees against claims or causes of action for property damage or personal injuries, including death, caused while in the exercise of the governmental functions, and shall be liable as in other cases of torts for property damage and personal injuries including death suffered by third persons while the municipality is engaged in the exercise of the governmental functions to the extent of the insurance so carried.  2. In all suits brought against the municipality for tort damages suffered by anyone while the municipality is engaged in the exercise of governmental functions, it shall be unlawful for the amount of insurance so carried to be shown in evidence, but the court shall be informed thereof and shall reduce any verdict rendered by a jury for an amount in excess of such insurance to the amount of the insurance coverage for the claim. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 346 §§ 1, 2)  (1977) Statutes which contain disclaimer provisions that they shall not be construed as waiver of sovereign immunity show desirability of providing relief rather than legislative expression favoring retention of sovereign immunity. Jones v. State Highway Commission (Mo.), 557 S.W.2d 225. (1979) A school district is not a "municipality" for purposes of statute which waives the sovereign immunity of a municipality for torts committed while exercising a governmental function if and to the extent the municipality carries liability insurance. Beiser v. Parkway School District (Mo.), 589 S.W.2d 277. (1985) Held, for purposes of section 71.185, RSMo, the St. Louis Housing Authority is not a "municipality". State ex rel. St. Louis Housing Authority v. Gaertner, 695 S.W.2d 460.  (1987) The operation and supervision of a police department does constitute a governmental function and city may be liable to the extent of liability insurance purchased for the alleged negligent acts of police officers. Nelson v. City of Chester, Ill., 733 S.W.2d 28 (Mo.App.).
MO Rev Stat § 71.195 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.195 - Security guards, license or permit issued by a municipality valid in any municipality in St. Charles County, definition.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   71.195. Security guards, license or permit issued by a municipality valid in any municipality in St. Charles County, definition. — 1. Any license or permit issued by a municipality to a person in order for such person to seek, obtain or maintain employment as a security guard shall be valid in any municipality within a charter county with a population not exceeding three hundred thousand adjoining another first class charter county, or by reciprocal agreement between the municipalities in any other county.  2. For the purposes of this section, the term "security guard" is defined as any person who is not authorized to carry a firearm and who is paid to protect the person or property of another, but shall not include law enforcement officers or any other public official or employee. ­­-------- (L. 1997 H.B. 756 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 71.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.200 - Police force, appointment of men and women.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   71.200. Police force, appointment of men and women. — All cities in this state shall have power to appoint both men and women as members of the police force and to prescribe their duties and provide for their compensation. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7427, A.L. 1983 H.B. 97)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7274; 1919 § 8696
MO Rev Stat § 71.205 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.205 - Pensioning of city employees — financing by municipal utility (cities 40,000 to 450,000).

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   71.205. Pensioning of city employees — financing by municipal utility (cities 40,000 to 450,000). — 1. Any city of this state that now has or may hereafter have a population of more than forty thousand inhabitants and less than four hundred and fifty thousand is authorized to provide by ordinance or otherwise for the pensioning of its municipal employees and the surviving spouses and children of deceased employees and to appropriate and utilize its municipal revenues and other available funds for these purposes.  2. Any city authorized to provide for the pensioning of its municipal employees and the surviving spouses and children of deceased employees in accordance with subsection 1 may include within the provisions of any pension plan adopted the employees of any municipally owned or operated public utility, or may authorize by ordinance or otherwise a separate plan for the pensioning of the employees and the surviving spouses and children of deceased employees of any such municipally owned public utility. Any pension plan adopted covering the employees and the surviving spouses and children of the deceased employees of a municipally owned or operated public utility may provide that the pensions to such employees and their surviving spouses and children be paid from the funds and revenues of the municipally owned public utility. If the employees of any such municipally owned public utility are included in a plan covering all of the city's municipal employees, then the plan may provide a pro rata share of the cost of administering the pension plan shall be borne by funds and revenues of the municipal utility, and if a separate plan is provided covering just the employees and the surviving spouses and children of deceased employees of the municipal utility, then the plan may provide the cost of administering the plan be paid solely from funds and revenue of the municipal utility. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 205 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1965 p. 190, A.L. 1983 H.B. 571)  CROSS REFERENCE:  Multinational banks, securities and obligations of, investment in, when, 409.950
MO Rev Stat § 71.207 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.207 - Benefits from pension plan exempt from state taxes, execution, garnishment, attachment, and are unassignable, exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   71.207. Benefits from pension plan exempt from state taxes, execution, garnishment, attachment, and are unassignable, exception. — Whenever any municipality has established pension plans for the pensioning of the salaried employees of such city and the surviving spouses and minor children of deceased employees, the right of any person to a benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of such pension plan and the funds created under such pension plan are exempt from any tax of the state of Missouri and are not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever and are unassignable unless specifically so provided in such plan. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 1065 § 1, A.L. 1983 H.B. 571, A.L. 1988 H.B. 924 & 1243)
MO Rev Stat § 71.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.220 - City prisoners, labor on public works — fines payable in installments.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   71.220. City prisoners, labor on public works — fines payable in installments. — 1. The various cities, towns and villages in this state, whether organized under special charter or under the general laws of the state, are hereby authorized and empowered to, by ordinance, cause all persons who have been convicted and sentenced by the court having jurisdiction, for violation of ordinance of such city, town or village, whether the punishment be by fine or imprisonment, or by both, to be put to work and perform labor on the public streets, highways and alleys or other public works or buildings of such city, town or village, for such purposes as such city, town or village may deem necessary. And the marshal, constable, street commissioner, or other proper officer of such city, town or village shall have power and be authorized and required to have or cause all such prisoners as may be directed by the mayor, or other chief officer of such city, town or village, to work out the full number of days for which they may have been sentenced, at breaking rock, or at working upon such public streets, highways or alleys or other public works or buildings of such city, town or village as may have been designated. And if the punishment is by fine, and the fine be not paid, then for a portion of such judgment that is equal to the greater of the actual daily cost of incarcerating the prisoner or the amount the municipality is reimbursed by the state for incarcerating the prisoner, the prisoner shall work one day. And it shall be deemed a part of the judgment and sentence of the court that such prisoner may be worked as herein provided.  2. When a fine is assessed for violation of an ordinance, it shall be within the discretion of the judge, or other official, assessing the fine to provide for the payment of the fine on an installment basis under such terms and conditions as he may deem appropriate. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7359, A.L. 1971 S.B. 227, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2011 H.B. 38)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7208; 1919 § 8648; 1909 § 9536
MO Rev Stat § 71.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.230 - Unimproved additions, how vacated.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   71.230. Unimproved additions, how vacated. — If any person shall lay off an addition to any town or city which he does not improve, and shall be the legal owner of all lots contained in such addition, such person, or any other person who shall become the legal owner thereof, shall have such addition or any part thereof vacated by applying to the county commission of the proper county, after notice as provided in section 71.240 and proof of ownership of such lots, but such act of vacation shall have no force or effect until a certificate thereof be made out by the clerk of the said commission and filed for record in the recorder's office of said county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7319)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7168; 1919 § 8617; 1909 § 9505
MO Rev Stat § 71.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.250 - Duty of county commission — procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   71.250. Duty of county commission — procedure. — If no opposition be made to such petition, the county commission may vacate the same, with such restrictions as they may deem for the public good; but if opposition be made, such application shall continue until the next term of the commission, when, if the objector consent to such vacation, or if two-thirds of all the real estate holders of the town or city petition therefor, the commission may grant the prayer of the petition. The part so vacated, if it be a lot, shall vest in him who may have the title thereof, according to law; and if the same be a street or alley, the same shall be attached to the ground bordering on such street or alley, and all title thereto shall vest in the person owning the property on each side thereof in equal proportions, according to the length or breadth of such ground, as the same may border on such street or alley; and whenever a public square or common shall be vacated, the property thereof shall be disposed of in such manner as the proper authorities of said town or city may direct. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7317)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7166; 1919 § 8615; 1909 § 9503
MO Rev Stat § 71.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.260 - What consent necessary.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   71.260. What consent necessary. — But no such vacation of a street or alley shall take place, unless the consent of the persons owning two-thirds of the property immediately adjoining thereto be obtained therefor in writing, which consent shall be acknowledged before some circuit or associate circuit judge and filed for record in the recorder's office in said county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7318, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7167; 1919 § 8616; 1909 § 9504  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 71.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.270 - Streets, easements and commons in subdivision outside limits — petition — notice.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   71.270. Streets, easements and commons in subdivision outside limits — petition — notice. — 1. Whenever a tract or parcel of land, being outside the limits of any incorporated town, village or city shall have been subdivided and streets, avenues, roads, alleys, public easements, public square or common marked on the recorded plat of said subdivision, the county commission of the county in which the subdivision is located may vacate the streets, alleys, roads, public easements, public square or common or part of either upon petition of the owner or owners of the ground lying on both sides of or fronting on the street, avenue, road, alley, public easement, public square or common, or part of such street, avenue, road, alley, public easement, public square or common, proposed to be vacated.  2. No such vacation shall be ordered until proof shall be made to the commission of the publication in a newspaper published in the county or of written or printed notices posted in five public places in the county, at least fifteen days prior to the term of the commission at which such petition shall be presented, that application would be made at that term of the commission for the vacation of the street, avenue, road, alley, public easement, public square or common, or part thereof, as described in the petition. Such notice shall state distinctly the nature of the petition, when it is to be made, and what street, avenue, road, alley, public easement, public square or common or part of such street, avenue, road, alley, public easement, public square or common, is proposed to be vacated. Utility providers which provide service in the area of the street, avenue, road, alley, public easement, public square or common, or any part of such street, avenue, road, alley, public easement, public square or common, sought to be vacated shall be notified of the petition by the proponent of the petition.  3. If no person interested in such subdivision shall appear and show cause to the commission why the vacation should not be made, the commission may make the order for the vacation as requested in the petition.  4. In the event that the commission orders the requested vacation, such order shall be filed with the office of the county recorder of deeds. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7320, A.L. 1957 p. 276, A.L. 1999 H.B. 779)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7169; 1919 § 8618; 1909 § 9506  (1961) Street in unincorporated area dedicated under section 445.070 would not be deemed abandoned under section 228.190 by nonuser but could only be vacated in accordance with section 71.270. Winschel v. County of St. Louis (Mo.), 352 S.W.2d 652.
MO Rev Stat § 71.275 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.275 - Annexation of contiguous land with a research, development, or office park project, procedure.

Effective - 25 May 2010   71.275. Annexation of contiguous land with a research, development, or office park project, procedure. — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, if the governing body of any municipality finds it in the public interest that a parcel of land within a research, development, or office park project established under section 172.273, that is contiguous and compact to the existing corporate limits of the municipality and located in an unincorporated area of the county, should be located in the municipality, such municipality may annex such parcel, provided that the municipality obtains written consent of all the property owners located within the unincorporated area of such parcel. ­­-------- (L. 2010 H.B. 1806 merged with S.B. 942)  Effective 5-25-10 (H.B. 1806); 8-28-10 (S.B. 942)