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MO Rev Stat § 71.625 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.625 - License tax, payment, when deemed timely — municipal corporations, interest and penalties on delinquencies to apply.

Effective - 28 Aug 2012   71.625. License tax, payment, when deemed timely — municipal corporations, interest and penalties on delinquencies to apply. — 1. The timely payment of a license tax due to any municipal corporation in this state, or any county pursuant to section 66.300, which is delivered by United States mail to the municipality or county office designated by such municipality or county office to receive such payments, shall be deemed paid as of the postmark date stamped on the envelope or other cover in which such payment is mailed. In the event any payment of tax due is sent by registered or certified mail, the date of the registration or certification shall be deemed the postmark date. No additional tax, penalty or interest shall be imposed by any municipality or county on any taxpayer whose payment is delivered by United States mail, if the postmark date stamped on the envelope or other cover containing such payment falls within the prescribed period on or before the prescribed date, including any extension granted, for making the payment. When the last day for making any license tax payment, including extensions, falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday in this state, the payment shall be considered timely if the payment is made on the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.  2. Except as otherwise provided by law, the interest provisions of section 144.170 and penalty provisions of section 144.250 relating to delinquent sales taxes shall apply to delinquent taxes due as a result of the imposition of a license tax by any municipal corporation. The limitation for bringing suit for the collection of the delinquent tax and penalty shall be the same as that provided in sections 144.010 to 144.510. ­­-------- (L. 1998 H.B. 1301, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1504)
MO Rev Stat § 71.630 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.630 - Imposition of tax on producer prohibited, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   71.630. Imposition of tax on producer prohibited, when. — No incorporated city, town or village in this state shall have power to levy or collect any tax, license or fees from any farmer, or producer or producers, for the sale of produce raised by him, her or them, when sold from his, her or their wagon, cart or vehicle, or from any person or persons in the employ of such farmer or producer in any such city, town or village. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7330)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7179; 1919 § 8628; 1909 § 9516
MO Rev Stat § 71.640 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.640 - Tax for band fund authorized.

Effective - 28 Aug 2001   71.640. Tax for band fund authorized. — Any city not within a county, any city, village or town having a population of less than twenty-five thousand and any city having a population of more than thirty-five thousand located in any county of the first class contiguous to a county of the first class having a charter form of government and not containing any part of a city of over four hundred thousand, howsoever organized, and irrespective of its form of government, may, by one of the two methods authorized in section 71.650, levy a tax for use in providing free band concerts, or equivalent musical service by the band upon occasions of public importance. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7431, A.L. 1979 H.B. 465, A.L. 2001 S.B. 430)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7278
MO Rev Stat § 71.650 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.650 - Tax for band fund — limitations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   71.650. Tax for band fund — limitations. — 1. The mayor and council, board of aldermen or board of trustees may levy a tax of not more than one-half mill on each one dollar assessed valuation on all property in such city, village or town, or, when initiated by a petition signed by at least ten percent of the voters, the question shall be submitted to the voters, and a majority of the voters thereon shall be sufficient to carry the provisions of this law into effect, and it shall become the duty of the mayor and council, board of aldermen or board of trustees to levy each year on all the property in such city, village or town, a tax of not to exceed two mills, or such part thereof as shall be petitioned for, on each one dollar assessed valuation.  2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall ______ (name of city, town, or village) levy a tax of ______ mills on each one dollar assessed valuation for the creation of a band fund?  3. The levy made under either of the options of sections 71.640 to 71.670 shall not increase the tax levy of any such political subdivision to exceed the limitations fixed and prescribed by the constitution and laws of this state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7432, A.L. 1945 p. 1304, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7279
MO Rev Stat § 71.660 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.660 - Discontinuance of tax for band fund, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   71.660. Discontinuance of tax for band fund, procedure. — A petition, signed by at least ten percent of the voters, may at any time be presented asking that the following question be submitted: Shall the tax for the creation of a "band fund" be discontinued?  ­­and if a majority of the votes be cast in favor of said question, no further tax shall be made. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7433, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7280
MO Rev Stat § 71.670 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.670 - Band fund — expenditures — contract with band.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   71.670. Band fund — expenditures — contract with band. — All moneys received from such levy shall be paid into a special fund to be known as the "band fund", and no moneys shall be appropriated out of such fund until the mayor and council, board of aldermen or board of trustees shall have first entered into a written contract with the authorized officials of a band for its employment in the giving of free band concerts, or equivalent musical service by the band upon such occasions of public importance as shall be stipulated in said contract. Any band entering into a contract under this law shall be known as the municipal band, and shall administer its own financial and business affairs. No voluntary contribution, donation, or diversion into another fund shall be made from this fund in any manner whatsoever. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7434)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7281
MO Rev Stat § 71.675 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.675 - No class action suits permitted for enforcement or collection of business license taxes imposed on telecommunications companies.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   71.675. No class action suits permitted for enforcement or collection of business license taxes imposed on telecommunications companies. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no city or town shall bring any action in federal or state court in this state as a representative member of a class to enforce or collect any business license tax imposed on a telecommunications company. A city or town may, individually or as a single plaintiff in a multiple-plaintiff lawsuit, bring an action in federal or state court in this state to enforce or collect any business license tax imposed on a telecommunications company.  2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude any taxpayer from initiating an action in federal or state court as a representative member of a class seeking injunctive relief against the Missouri department of revenue to enforce the imposition, assessment, or collection of the business license tax provided under sections 92.074 to 92.095. ­­-------- (L. 2005 H.B. 209)  (2012) Section's bar on cities and towns serving as class representatives in suits to enforce or collect business license taxes on telecommunications companies violates article V, section 5 requirement that amending a procedural rule of the Supreme Court can only be done in a law limited to that purpose. State v. Jamison, 357 S.W.3d 589 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 71.690 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.690 - Garbage disposal — ordinances authorized.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   71.690. Garbage disposal — ordinances authorized. — Such cities may pass all ordinances necessary for the carrying into effect of the powers granted in section 71.680. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7430)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7277
MO Rev Stat § 71.700 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.700 - Water supply — authorization to regulate and license.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   71.700. Water supply — authorization to regulate and license. — All cities in this state have power and authority to regulate and license and to levy and collect license tax on all springs, wells or other sources of water supply from which water is sold to the public or offered or shipped for sale, and to inspect the same and analyze such waters. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7353)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7202; 1919 § 8682; 1909 § 9559
MO Rev Stat § 71.710 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.710 - Water supply — protection of sources.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   71.710. Water supply — protection of sources. — Such cities shall have the power and authority by ordinance to provide for the protection of all springs, wells or other sources of water supply described in section 71.700 from contamination or danger of contamination. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7354)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7203; 1919 § 8683; 1909 § 9560
MO Rev Stat § 71.715 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.715 - Sewerage service charges may be imposed, how collected — use of proceeds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   71.715. Sewerage service charges may be imposed, how collected — use of proceeds. — 1. The governing body of any municipality which has provided common sewers may by ordinance establish just and equitable charges or rents for the use of the sewers to be paid by persons who discharge sewage into the common sewers of the municipality. Any ordinance adopted under this section shall become effective upon its approval by a majority of the votes cast thereon.  2. Any municipality adopting an ordinance under this section may fix the charges or rentals for sewerage services on the basis of the amount of water used by each consumer within the municipality. If the municipality provides water to residents within the municipality the amount of the charges or rentals may be collected by adding the amount thereof to the charges for water. If the water is not supplied by the municipality, the municipality may  (1) Impose upon any person providing water within the municipality the duty of collecting and remitting to the municipality the charges or rentals for sewerage service and may prescribe penalties for the failure to make the collections and remittances; provided, however, that in such case the city shall reimburse the person for all expense (including, but not limited to, overheads, use of equipment, personnel and office space) incurred in collecting and remitting the charges of rentals. The reimbursements shall be made every three months, or  (2) Collect its own charges or rentals on the basis of the amount of water used by each consumer, in which case it is the duty of the person providing water within the municipality to furnish the municipality such information as is necessary for it to calculate its charges for sewerage service.  3. All charges and rentals collected under any ordinance adopted under this section shall be deposited by the municipality into a special fund and shall be used only for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, extending and maintaining municipal sewers and sewerage treatment plants with all appurtenances necessary, useful and convenient for the collection, treatment, purification and disposal in a sanitary manner of the liquid and solid waste, sewage and domestic and industrial waste of the municipality. The rentals and charges in the special fund may be permitted to accumulate until amounts necessary for any sewer or sewerage treatment plant project planned by the municipality are available. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 188 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 71.720 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.720 - Milk — regulation — inspection.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   71.720. Milk — regulation — inspection. — All cities and towns in the state shall have power, by ordinance, to license and regulate milk dairies and the sale of milk, and provide for the inspection thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7355)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7204; 1919 § 8646; 1909 § 9534
MO Rev Stat § 71.760 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.760 - Smoke nuisance — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   71.760. Smoke nuisance — penalty. — The emission or discharge into the open air of dense smoke within the corporate limits of any city of this state is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. The owners, lessees, occupants, managers or agents of any building, establishment or premises from which dense smoke is so emitted or discharged shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall pay a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. And each and every day whereon such smoke shall be emitted or discharged shall constitute a separate offense; provided, however, that in any suit or proceeding under this section, it shall be a good defense if the person charged with a violation thereof shall show to the satisfaction of the jury or court trying the facts that there is no known practicable device, appliance, means or method by application of which to his building, establishment or premises the emission or discharge of the dense smoke complained of in that proceeding could have been prevented. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7575)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7432; 1919 § 8840; 1909 § 9689
MO Rev Stat § 71.770 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.770 - Smoke nuisance — enforcement of penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   71.770. Smoke nuisance — enforcement of penalty. — All cities to which the provisions of section 71.760 are applicable are hereby empowered to enact all necessary or desirable ordinances, not inconsistent with the provisions herein, nor the constitution, nor any general law of this state, in order to carry out the provisions of said section. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7576)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7433; 1919 § 8841; 1909 § 9690
MO Rev Stat § 71.780 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.780 - Nuisances — expense of suppression, how paid.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   71.780. Nuisances — expense of suppression, how paid. — The legislative or governing bodies of cities organized under the general statutes or special charters shall have, and they are hereby granted, the power to suppress all nuisances which are, or may be, injurious to the health and welfare of the inhabitants of said cities, or prejudicial to the morals thereof, within the boundaries of said cities and within one-half mile of the boundaries thereof. Such nuisances may be suppressed by the ordinances of said cities, or by such act or order as the charters of said cities authorize them to adopt. If the nuisance is suppressed within the city limits, the expense for abating the same may be assessed against the owner or occupant of the property, and against the property on which said nuisance is committed, and a special tax bill may be issued against said property for said expenses. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7358)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7207; 1919 § 8694; 1909 § 9574  CROSS REFERENCE:  Dogs, mayor may issue quarantine order, when, 322.040
MO Rev Stat § 71.790 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.790 - Special business districts, how established — dissolution in the city of Springfield.

Effective - 28 Aug 2006, 2 histories   71.790. Special business districts, how established — dissolution in the city of Springfield. — The governing body of any city may establish special business districts in the manner provided hereafter, and upon establishment each such district shall be a body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the state. The governing body of any home rule city with more than one hundred fifty-one thousand five hundred but fewer than one hundred fifty-one thousand six hundred inhabitants may dissolve a special business district in accordance with the procedure set forth in sections 67.950 and 67.955; provided, however, that any proceeds from the disposal of assets of the district after payment of all indebtedness shall be used by the governing body of such city in a manner consistent with the purposes of the district and within the boundary of the former district. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 1156 § 1, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1094)  (1987) In a suit against a business district to enforce provisions of the Hancock Amendment, it was held that the city in which the district was formed, rather than the district itself, was liable for prevailing plaintiff's attorneys' fees. Gilroy Sims & Assoc. v. Downtown St. Louis, 729 S.W.2d 504 (Mo.App.).
MO Rev Stat § 71.792 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.792 - Ordinance to establish district — survey and investigation — cost estimate required — report of survey public record.

Effective - 28 Aug 1972   71.792. Ordinance to establish district — survey and investigation — cost estimate required — report of survey public record. — A business district shall be formed by ordinance of the governing body of the city which shall establish the business district and define its limits. Prior to the establishment of a business district the governing body of the city shall conduct a survey and investigation for the purposes of determining the nature of and suitable location for business district improvements, the approximate cost of acquiring and improving the land therefor, the area to be included in the business district or districts, the need for and cost of special services, and cooperative promotion activities, and the percentage of the cost of acquisition, special services, and improvements in the business district which are to be assessed against the property within the business district and that part of the cost, if any, to be paid by public funds. The cost of the survey and investigation shall be included as a part of the cost of establishing the business district. A written report of this survey and investigation shall be filed in the office of the city clerk in the city and shall be available for public inspection. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 1156 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 71.798 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.798 - Governing body to determine expenditures.

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   71.798. Governing body to determine expenditures. — The governing body of the city creating the district shall have sole discretion as to how the revenue derived from any tax to be imposed herein, or any revenue derived from disposition of assets of the district, shall be used within the scope of the above purposes. The governing body of the city shall appoint an advisory board or commission to make recommendations as to its use. The governing body of the city creating the district shall not decrease the level of publicly funded services in the district existing prior to creation of the district or transfer the financial burden of providing the services to the district unless the services at the same time are decreased throughout the city, nor shall the governing body discriminate in the provision of the publicly funded services between areas included in such a district and areas not so included. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 1156 § 5, A.L. 1975 S.B. 322, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1094)
MO Rev Stat § 71.799 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns|Section 71.799 - Cities of 350,000 or more — powers of district — governing body to determine expenditures.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   71.799. Cities of 350,000 or more — powers of district — governing body to determine expenditures. — 1. In any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more, a district shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out any and all improvements adopted in the ordinance establishing the district and, in addition, may exercise the following powers:  (1) Cooperate with other public agencies and with any industry or business located within the district in the implementation of any project within the district;  (2) Enter into any agreement with any other public agency, any person, firm, or corporation to effect any of the provisions contained in sections 71.790 to 71.808;  (3) Contract and be contracted with, and to sue and be sued;  (4) Accept gifts, grants, loans, or contributions from the city in which the district is located, the United States of America, the state of Missouri, political subdivisions, foundations, other public or private agencies, individuals, partnerships, or corporations;  (5) Employ such managerial, engineering, legal, technical, clerical, accounting, and other assistance as it may deem advisable. The district may also contract with independent contractors for any such assistance.  2. In any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more, the governing body of the city creating the district shall have final discretion as to how the revenue derived from any tax to be imposed under sections 71.790 to 71.808 shall be used within the scope of the above purposes, and the governing body of the city shall give its advice and consent to members of a board of commissioners appointed by the mayor of the city to administer the district. The governing body of the city creating the district shall not decrease the level of publicly funded services in the district existing prior to creation of the district or transfer the financial burden of providing the services to the district unless the services at the same time are decreased throughout the city, nor shall the governing body discriminate in the provision of the publicly funded services between areas included in such a district and areas not so included. ­­-------- (L. 1982 H.B. 1120 §§ 71.797, 71.799, A.L. 1983 H.B. 713 Revision)