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MO Rev Stat § 91.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.230 - City to pay for fire protection — rates.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.230. City to pay for fire protection — rates. — The city shall pay to the board of waterworks commissioners a reasonable fire hydrant rental for such hydrants as may be used by the city for the purpose of fire protection, and washing and flushing the streets, crossings, alleys and sewers, which shall in no case exceed a reasonable and just price therefor, to be fixed by the concurrent action of the board of waterworks commissioners and city council every five years from the date of the purchase of said waterworks system. The inhabitants of the city shall be required to pay reasonable rates for the use of water, to be fixed by the board of waterworks commissioners, to be paid quarterly, and the amount paid by the city and private consumers shall be sufficient to raise funds adequate:  (1) To pay the current running expenses for maintaining the waterworks system, and provide for such extensions and renewals as may become necessary;  (2) To provide for the payment of the interest on the bonded indebtedness;  (3) To provide each year a sum equal to not less than two nor more than five percent of the entire bonded indebtedness herein provided for, which sum shall be turned into a sinking fund to provide for the final payment and extinguishment of the bonded debt; provided, that the rates in force at the time of taking over any such property shall not be reduced for the first five years, at which time they may be reduced by the board of waterworks commissioners, if it is apparent that the rates are higher than necessary to operate and maintain the plant, pay interest on the bonds, and create a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds at the end of twenty years, in which event it shall be the duty of the said board of waterworks commissioners to make a suitable reduction. Said sinking fund to remain in the depositary to be selected as herein provided, and to draw interest. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7820)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7675; 1919 § 9113; 1909 § 9938
MO Rev Stat § 91.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.240 - Funds, where deposited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.240. Funds, where deposited. — There shall be selected a depositary for the funds of the waterworks system in the manner as provided by section 95.280, and all moneys received from water consumers shall be deposited daily by the manager of the said waterworks system, and all to be drawn out of such depositary on warrants drawn upon said depositary and signed by the president of the board of waterworks commissioners with the seal of the board attached, countersigned by the mayor. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7821)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7676; 1919 § 9114; 1909 § 9939
MO Rev Stat § 91.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.250 - Waterworks bonds of certain cities may be deposited as securities.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.250. Waterworks bonds of certain cities may be deposited as securities. — When any city of over twenty thousand inhabitants has purchased or erected a waterworks system under sections 91.090 to 91.300 and issued bonds in payment therefor as herein provided, such bonds shall be subject to be deposited with the director of the department of commerce and insurance of Missouri, as provided by the statutes relating to the deposit of securities by trust and insurance companies, and such bonds may also be deposited with the treasurer of the state of Missouri, as provided in section 30.270, within the discretion of the governor, attorney general and treasurer of the state, as provided in said section 30.270; provided, that at the time that such bonds are offered for deposit, the waterworks system upon which they are secured has, for a period of five years last past, earned all necessary current running expenses, and in addition thereto an amount equal to eight percent per annum on the entire amount of such bonds issued for the payment of said waterworks system. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7822)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7677; 1919 § 9115; 1909 § 9940
MO Rev Stat § 91.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.260 - Board of waterworks commissioners, how composed — compensation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   91.260. Board of waterworks commissioners, how composed — compensation. — The waterworks system, when acquired by purchase or erected by the city, shall be under the management and control of a board known as "The Board of Waterworks Commissioners", which shall be composed of three residents of the city, well known for their intelligence and integrity, who shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city council. As soon as convenient after the members of the board have been chosen, the board shall hold a meeting at the city council room of such city, and organize by the election of a president, and adopt a corporate seal, and at such first meeting they shall determine by lot the term of office of each member, so that one shall serve for one year, one for two years and one for three years, and whenever the term of office of a member of the board expires, the mayor of the city, with the approval of the city council, shall appoint a successor to serve a full term of three years; and in case any other vacancy arises in the board, it shall be filled in like manner for the unexpired term. Each of the commissioners shall give bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, with two solvent securities, for the faithful performance of their duties, such bond to be approved by the mayor. Any member of such board shall be suspended or removed in the same manner and for like cause as an appointive city officer. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings, and the city clerk of the city, by virtue of his office, shall be secretary of the board of waterworks commissioners, and shall be the custodian of the seal, and shall serve without further compensation than that received as city clerk. Each member of the board may, by ordinance of the council of the city, be paid out of the revenues derived from the operation of the plant, a salary not exceeding the sum of five hundred dollars per year. No person holding an office under the city government, either elective or appointive, shall be eligible to appointment on the board of waterworks commissioners, and no more than two of such commissioners shall belong to the same political party. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7823, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7678; 1919 § 9116; 1909 § 9941
MO Rev Stat § 91.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.270 - Powers and duties of board — may appoint manager — city to pay for water.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.270. Powers and duties of board — may appoint manager — city to pay for water. — Said board of waterworks commissioners shall have full control and management of said waterworks system, and shall make all contracts for supplies and improvements, and manage the business of said waterworks system, and may employ such assistants and employees as may be necessary for the operation of the same, subject to the approval of the mayor, and shall have power to fix the water rates so as to raise funds sufficient for the purposes mentioned in section 91.230, and to adopt such reasonable rules and regulations for the enforcement and collection thereof as it may deem expedient; and such board shall collect from said city rental for hydrants used by the city for the purposes of fire protection, and washing and flushing the streets, crossings, alleys and sewers, at the rate agreed upon between the board and the city council and shall have the same power to sue for any such amount due from the city as if the water was furnished to the city by a private person or corporation. The said board shall have the power to appoint a manager of the plant who shall receive a salary of not exceeding two thousand dollars per year, and such manager shall give bond, the same as required to be given by each member of the board, and all of the books, papers and documents relating to the board and management of the plant shall be under the immediate supervision of the board, and shall be open at all times for public inspection and shall be examined by a committee appointed by the mayor at least once a year. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7824)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7679; 1919 § 9117; 1909 § 9942
MO Rev Stat § 91.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.280 - Board and manager liable on bond for neglect.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.280. Board and manager liable on bond for neglect. — The board of waterworks commissioners and the manager of the waterworks system shall be liable on their bonds for any willful or negligent misappropriation of the moneys or properties of the waterworks system, and no part of the said moneys or properties shall be diverted from the depositary selected as provided in sections 91.090 to 91.300, nor shall the city council or other officers of the city have any power to divert the same, and the city, or any holder of the bonds issued under said sections, may at any time enjoin the misappropriation or waste of the funds of the waterworks system, or may by mandamus proceeding compel the raising of sufficient funds to comply with the provisions of section 91.230, or the performance of any other duty enjoined on them. Any money recovered from any member of the board of waterworks commissioners, or the manager of such waterworks plant, or any sureties on their bonds, for failure to perform their official duties, or for the misapplication of any of the money or properties of the waterworks system, shall be paid into the depositary selected under sections 91.090 to 91.300. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7825)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7680; 1919 § 9118; 1909 § 9943
MO Rev Stat § 91.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.290 - Waterworks exempt from execution, exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.290. Waterworks exempt from execution, exception. — The waterworks system so acquired by any city under sections 91.090 to 91.300 shall be entirely exempt from seizure, levy or sale under any judgment, execution, decree of court, or other proceedings in invitum, except as expressly provided in said sections, for the payment of the bonds issued in payment for the purchase price of said waterworks system, or the contract price for the construction of the same, and the city or board of waterworks commissioners shall not have power to sell, convey, mortgage or pledge the same, except as expressly provided in said sections. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7826)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7681; 1919 § 9120; 1909 § 9945  (1972) A mechanic's lien does not attach to buildings and property owned by a municipality and used for the benefit of the public. Union Reddi-Mix Co. v. Specialty Concrete Contr. (A.), 476 S.W.2d 160.
MO Rev Stat § 91.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.300 - Scope of sections 91.090 to 91.300.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.300. Scope of sections 91.090 to 91.300. — Sections 91.090 to 91.300 are in addition to the powers heretofore granted to such cities with reference to the subject matter hereof, and shall not be construed so as to abridge or take away any of such powers granted to such cities by any statute now in force, not inconsistent herewith, but are intended to enlarge and extend the powers of such cities with reference to the acquisition of waterworks. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7827)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7682; 1919 § 9121; 1909 § 9946
MO Rev Stat § 91.460 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.460 - Board to be nonpartisan — salary — bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.460. Board to be nonpartisan — salary — bond. — Not more than two members of said board shall belong to the same political party, and its administration shall in all respects be entirely nonpartisan. Each member of said board shall receive such salary and give such bond as may be prescribed by ordinance. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7797)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7652; 1919 § 9090; 1909 § 9915
MO Rev Stat § 91.470 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.470 - Office vacated, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.470. Office vacated, how. — Any member of said board of public works, who shall accept a nomination or appointment for any other office during his official term, shall be deemed thereby to have resigned as a member of said board, and his said membership shall thereby be ipso facto vacated. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7798)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7653; 1919 § 9091; 1909 § 9916
MO Rev Stat § 91.480 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.480 - Board to manage municipal utilities.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.480. Board to manage municipal utilities. — Whenever any such city mentioned in section 91.450 shall have by ordinance established a board of public works, as herein provided, such board so established in such city, town or village shall, during the existence of said board, have the power, and it shall be its duty, to take charge of and exercise control over any waterworks, gas works, electric light and power plant, steam heating plant or any other device or plant for furnishing light, power or heat, telephone plant or exchange, street railway or any other public transportation, conduit system or any other public utility whatever which may be owned by such city, town or village at the time such board is so established, or which may be thereafter established or acquired by such city, town or village, by purchase or otherwise, and all appurtenances thereto belonging, and shall enforce the performance of all contracts and work, and have charge and custody of all books, property and assets belonging or appertaining to such plant or plants. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7799)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7654; 1919 § 9092; 1909 § 9917
MO Rev Stat § 91.490 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.490 - Council to prescribe powers — rules and regulations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.490. Council to prescribe powers — rules and regulations. — Said board shall also exercise such other powers and perform such other duties in the superintendence of public works, improvements and repairs constructed by authority of the common council or owned by the city as may be prescribed by ordinance. Said board shall make all necessary regulations for the government of the department not inconsistent with the general laws of this state, the charter of such city or the ordinances thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7800)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7655; 1919 § 9093; 1909 § 9918
MO Rev Stat § 91.500 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.500 - Officers and employees — compensation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.500. Officers and employees — compensation. — Said board shall have the power to appoint a chief superintendent and such subordinates, including engineers, inspectors, clerks, assistants and other persons, as may be necessary, but the number of such additional appointees and the compensation of all employees and appointees of said board shall be as provided by ordinances. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7801)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7656; 1919 § 9094; 1909 § 9919
MO Rev Stat § 91.510 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.510 - Salaries and expenses — how paid.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.510. Salaries and expenses — how paid. — All bills of such board and all salaries of its employees shall be allowed and paid in the same manner that bills and salaries of other officers and employees of such city are allowed and paid. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7802)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7657; 1919 § 9095; 1909 § 9920
MO Rev Stat § 91.520 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.520 - Board to keep accounts and make report.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.520. Board to keep accounts and make report. — It shall be the duty of said board to keep books of account, showing with entire accuracy contemporaneous current entries of the receipts and expenditures of the board in such manner as to enable the same to be understood and investigated, and also to preserve on file in its office duplicate vouchers for all its expenditures, which books and duplicates shall at all times be open to the examination of the finance committee of the city council, or any other committee appointed by the common council, and such board shall make such reports of its business and transactions to the mayor and city council of such city, town or village as may be provided by ordinance. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7803)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7658; 1919 § 9096; 1909 § 9921
MO Rev Stat § 91.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.530 - Board to let work by contract.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.530. Board to let work by contract. — The doing of all work and the furnishing of all supplies for the waterworks, electric power and light plant, or any other plant or work which may be under its supervision or control, shall be let out by the board of public works in the same manner as other public works are let out, except in cases where it is not practicable to do such work or furnish material by contract; and all contracts shall be submitted to the common council for approval. Said board may have charge of the purchase of all supplies needed by the city in its several departments, under such restrictions and regulations as may be provided by ordinance. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7804)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7659; 1919 § 9097; 1909 § 9922
MO Rev Stat § 91.540 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.540 - Rates to be fixed by board.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   91.540. Rates to be fixed by board. — The assessment and collection of rates for water, electric power, electric light, gas, or for the product or service of any other plant or works which any such city, town or village may own or operate, shall be under the control and supervision of the board of public works, when such board has been established as herein provided, subject to the ordinances of such city, town or village. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7805)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7660; 1919 § 9098; 1909 § 9923
MO Rev Stat § 91.550 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.550 - Referendum on sale of municipal utility by third class city.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   91.550. Referendum on sale of municipal utility by third class city. — Before any city of the third class shall sell or dispose of, in any way, or abandon or cease to operate any electric light plant, waterworks plant, gas plant, street railway or any other public utility which may be owned by it, it shall first submit the proposition for such sale or disposition or abandonment or ceasing to operate, by ordinance, to the voters of said city and it shall require a majority of the votes cast to be in favor of the proposition before any authority shall exist for such sale, disposition, abandonment or ceasing to operate. ­­-------- (L. 1949 p. 505 § 6967a, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 91.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.560 - Special charter cities may enact certain ordinances.

Effective - 28 Aug 1944   91.560. Special charter cities may enact certain ordinances. — All cities within this state having less than ten thousand inhabitants, and having a special charter, in their corporate capacity are authorized and empowered to enact ordinances for the following purposes and to have the following rights and powers, in addition to the powers now conferred on such cities by law. ­­-------- (L. 1944 p. 42 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 91.570 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.570 - Cities are authorized to acquire all necessary lands and easements.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   91.570. Cities are authorized to acquire all necessary lands and easements. — All such cities are hereby granted the right and power to acquire by purchase, condemnation or gift all necessary land and easements within and without the city for the purpose of waterworks, electrical power plants to supply the inhabitants of such cities with water and electrical energy, for the construction, maintenance and alteration of levees to protect the inhabitants of such cities and towns and for any other public use. ­­-------- (L. 1944 p. 42 § 2, A.L. 1961 p. 219)
MO Rev Stat § 91.580 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.580 - May condemn private property for public use.

Effective - 28 Aug 1944   91.580. May condemn private property for public use. — All such cities may condemn private property for public use for such purposes, either within or without said city, and shall pay just compensation for all private property taken or damaged for public use for the purposes of said waterworks and such condemnation proceedings and ascertainment of compensation, as far as practicable, shall be governed and regulated in all respects as the condemnation of property for railroad purposes is at the time regulated by law. ­­-------- (L. 1944 p. 42 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 91.590 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities|Section 91.590 - Rights and powers granted herein shall be in addition to all rights and powers of such cities under laws of state.

Effective - 28 Aug 1944   91.590. Rights and powers granted herein shall be in addition to all rights and powers of such cities under laws of state. — All rights and powers granted by sections 91.560 to 91.590 shall be in addition to all rights and powers of such cities under the laws of this state and all such cities shall have the rights and powers herein granted, irrespective of any provision in the charter of such cities. ­­-------- (L. 1944 p. 42 § 4)