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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.390 - Special assessment bonds to be issued.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.390. Special assessment bonds to be issued. —
1. The commissioners of the special road district, after such order is made, shall issue special assessment bonds of the district for an amount not exceeding ninety percent of the total amount of the tax so ordered, in denominations of not less than one hundred dollars, having some convenient date, and bearing interest from such date at a rate not to exceed six percent per annum. The interest on such bonds shall be payable on the first days of each April and October after said date, until all of said bonds are paid. Said bonds shall be payable in the same number of installments, which need not be equal, as the special tax so ordered, one of which shall become due and payable on the first day of April after each installment of such tax becomes payable. Both principal and interest shall be payable at some convenient banking house or trust company's office to be named in said bonds.
2. Said bonds shall be signed by the president of the road district and attested by the county clerk, who shall, before the delivery thereof register the same in a suitable book for that purpose. After such bonds are so registered, they shall be presented to the state auditor for registration, who shall register the same as bonds are required by law to be registered. Such bonds after being so registered by the state auditor shall be deposited with the district treasurer in whose custody they shall remain until disposed of as authorized by sections 233.320 to 233.445; and such bonds after being so registered by the state auditor shall be eligible as good and lawful securities for any and all purposes that bonds issued under the provisions of sections 242.010 to 242.690, and sections 243.010 to 243.540, are made so eligible and by sections 108.240 to 108.300, and county commissions of this state may invest school funds or other trust funds that may be under their control in said bonds at their par value.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8848)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8188; 1919 § 10949
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.400 - Partial payments of special tax bills — correction of errors.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.400. Partial payments of special tax bills — correction of errors. —
1. District treasurers and collectors may receive and receipt for partial payments of special tax bills they may have for collection, but not cancel any such tax bills until receiving full payment thereof.
2. Whenever the owner of any tract of land against which a special tax has been ordered desires to divide, or has divided, such tract into two or more tracts, the county commission shall, upon his application, make an apportionment of the special tax against the entire tract, against the tracts into which it is divided, and when special tax bills are thereafter issued, a separate bill shall issue, in accordance with such apportionment, against each of the tracts into which the tract is divided.
3. Special tax bills issued under sections 233.320 to 233.445 shall not be void by reason of errors therein, but shall be valid for such amount and to such extent as they should have been issued for, and the county clerk may at any time correct any error that may be found in any such special tax bills.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8849)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8189; 1919 § 10950
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.405 - Contracts for improvements.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.405. Contracts for improvements. —
1. Whenever an order for improvement is made, the commissioners of the district shall, in the name of the district, enter into a written contract with the lowest and best bidder for making such improvement in compliance with such order. Such contract shall require that the work be completed within a certain time, and shall provide a penalty for each day beyond said time said work remains uncompleted, and said commissioners shall require said contractor to enter into a bond, to be approved by the commissioners, for the full performance of said contract, and payment for all labor and material used or employed in the performance of such contract.
2. Said special road district commissioners may advertise for bids for such contract in any manner they choose; and the contract shall in no case be let to any special road district commissioner, nor shall any special road district commissioner, directly or indirectly, have any pecuniary interest therein other than the performance of his official duties as herein required.
3. Said contract shall in no case provide for the payment of a sum in excess of the estimated cost of the work, as found by the commission, plus ten percent thereof, and shall not provide for payment of exceeding eighty percent of the value of the work actually performed and materials furnished until the entire improvement is completed.
4. As payments to the contractor become payable by the terms of the contract, the commissioners shall cause warrants to be drawn on the district treasurer therefor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8850)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8190; 1919 § 10951
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.410 - Title of lands — how considered.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
233.410. Title of lands — how considered. —
If it shall appear that any land within the district so incorporated has been conveyed by mortgage or deed of trust, the mortgagor or owner of the equity of redemption, or if any land shall be owned by a minor, his conservator, or if any land shall have been conveyed or devised to a trustee to be held by him for the use or benefit of another for a number of years or during the life of such other, the trustee, or if any lands shall be held by any widow as a homestead or dower, then the widow and adult heirs, shall be deemed and held to be the owner of such land within the meaning of sections 233.320 to 233.445.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8851, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8191; 1919 § 10952
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.415 - State roads — cost of improving and upkeep — how paid.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.415. State roads — cost of improving and upkeep — how paid. —
Whenever any road or highway in said special road district shall be designated and approved by the state transportation department as a state road, then the state shall pay at least one-half of the expense of constructing or improving said state road, and the procedure for obtaining such state aid shall be the same as is now or may hereafter be provided by law for the obtaining of state aid in other road districts of the state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8853)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8193; 1919 § 10954
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.420 - Compensation of collector, county clerk and commissioners of special road district.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.420. Compensation of collector, county clerk and commissioners of special road district. —
1. Township or county collectors shall receive for collecting special tax bills authorized by sections 233.320 to 233.445 the same compensation as if collected as county taxes.
2. Clerks of county commissions shall receive, for issuing and attesting each special tax bill issued under sections 233.320 to 233.445, six cents; for recording an abstract or description of each such tax bill, five cents; for making the record of a special tax payable in installments, four cents for each tract of land against which such tax is assessed; for attesting special assessment bonds issued under sections 233.320 to 233.445 and registering the same, twenty cents for each bond; for any other service performed under sections 233.320 to 233.445, such compensation as may be fixed by law, and if not fixed by law, such as may be fixed by the county commission.
3. Commissioners of road district incorporated under sections 233.320 to 233.445 shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be paid any and all expense they may incur in transacting business of the district, including reasonable attorney's fees.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8854)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8194; 1919 § 10955
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.425 - Dissolution of road district — petition — notice.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 07 Feb 1994, see footnote
233.425. Dissolution of road district — petition — notice. —
Whenever a petition, signed by the owners of a majority of the acres of land owned by residents of the county residing within the district organized under the provisions of sections 233.320 to 233.445, shall be filed with the county commission of any county in which such district is situated, setting forth the name of the district and the number of acres owned by each signer of such petition and the whole number of acres in such district, the county commission shall have power, if in its opinion the public good will be thereby advanced, to disincorporate such road district. No such road district shall be disincorporated until notice is published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county where the district is situated for four weeks successively prior to the hearing of such petition.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8855, A.L. 1993 S.B. 194, A.L. 1994 H.B. 940)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8195; 1919 § 10956
Effective 2-7-94
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.430 - Contracts not affected by disincorporation.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.430. Contracts not affected by disincorporation. —
No dissolution of such road district shall invalidate or affect any right accruing to such road district or to any person, or invalidate or affect any contract entered into or imposed on such road district; provided further, that nothing in sections 233.320 to 233.445 shall be construed to in any way interfere with the organization of special road districts now organized or being organized under the laws repealed by sections 233.320 to 233.445.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8856)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8196; 1919 § 10957
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.435 - Appointment of trustee.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.435. Appointment of trustee. —
Whenever the county commission shall dissolve any such road district, the said county commission shall appoint some competent person to act as trustee for the road district so dissolved, and such trustee, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully discharge the duties of his office, and shall give bond with sufficient security to be approved by the county commission, to the use of such disincorporated road district, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duty.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8857)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8197; 1919 § 10958
(1960) Individual judges of county court held proper parties defendant in mandamus action to compel appointment of successor trustee to liquidate affairs of dissolved special road district. State ex rel. Heath v. County Court of New Madrid Co. (A.), 331 S.W.2d 289.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.440 - Trustee, duties of.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.440. Trustee, duties of. —
The trustee shall have power to prosecute and defend to final judgment all suits instituted by or against the road district, collect all money due the same, liquidate all lawful demands against the same, and for that purpose shall sell any property belonging to such road district or so much thereof as may be necessary, and generally to do all acts requisite to bring to a speedy close all the affairs of the road district, and for that purpose, under the order and direction of the county commission, to exercise all the powers given by law to said road district.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8858)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8198; 1919 § 10959
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.445 - Final settlement of trustee.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.445. Final settlement of trustee. —
When the trustee shall have closed the affairs of the road district, and shall have paid all debts due by said road district, he shall pay over to the county treasurer all money remaining in his hands, and take receipt therefor, and deliver to the clerk of such county commission all books, papers, records and deeds belonging to the dissolved road district.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8859)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8199; 1919 § 10960
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.450 - Board of commissioners for special road district and county commissions for townships may issue bonds.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
233.450. Board of commissioners for special road district and county commissions for townships may issue bonds. —
The board of commissioners of any special road district organized and incorporated under the provisions of sections 233.010 to 233.165, for and on behalf of such district, and the county commissions of the several counties under township organization on behalf of any township in their respective counties, are hereby authorized to issue road bonds to an amount, including existing indebtedness, not exceeding five percent of the value of the taxable tangible property of such special road district or township, as the case may be, as shown by the last completed assessment for state and county purposes. Such bonds shall be issued in denominations of one hundred dollars, or some multiple thereof, to bear interest at not exceeding six percent per annum, payable semiannually and to become due and payable at such times as the board of commissioners or county commissions shall determine by order of record, not exceeding twenty years from date of issue.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8609, A.L. 1945 p. 1499)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7960; 1919 § 10747
CROSS REFERENCE:
Refunding of bonded indebtedness, procedure, 108.140 to 108.160
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.460 - Form of ballot.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
233.460. Form of ballot. —
The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the ______ special road district of ______ (Name district or township) of ______ county issue road bonds in the amount of ______ dollars?
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(RSMo 1939 § 8611, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7962; 1919 § 10749
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.465 - Bonds to be sold, when — how.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.465. Bonds to be sold, when — how. —
The board of commissioners on behalf of the special road districts, and the county commission on behalf of the townships, shall sell said bonds to the best advantage and the proceeds shall be paid over to the treasurer of the district or the county or township, as the case may be, and be by him disbursed, on the order of the board of commissioners or county commission, in payment of the cost of holding said election and in paying the cost of constructing or improving roads in such districts or townships, including bridges and culverts.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8612)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7963; 1919 § 10750
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.470 - Certain sections not to apply, when.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.470. Certain sections not to apply, when. —
Sections 233.450 to 233.465 shall not apply to any township, the whole or any part of which is included in a special road district that has issued bonds, the whole or any part of which are outstanding and unpaid; nor shall said sections apply to any special road district which includes the whole or any part of any township which has issued bonds for road purposes, the whole or any part of which bonds are outstanding and unpaid, nor shall said sections apply to any special road district which includes the whole or any part of the territory of any other special road district which has incurred an indebtedness evidenced by an issue of bonds, the whole or any part of which are outstanding and unpaid.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8613)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7964; 1919 § 10751
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.500 - Establishment authorized — boundaries of subdistrict.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 30 May 1990, see footnote
233.500. Establishment authorized — boundaries of subdistrict. —
1. Within the boundaries of any special road district established under the provisions of section 233.015, 233.170 or 233.320, or in an area within a county which is not included in any special road district, the county commission may create a special road subdistrict in the manner prescribed in sections 233.500 to 233.520. Any such subdistrict established shall be a body corporate and possess the usual powers of a public corporation for public purposes, and shall be known as "______ Special Road Subdistrict of ______ County" and in that name shall be capable of suing and being sued, of holding such real estate and personal property as may at any time be either donated to or purchased by it in accordance with the provisions of sections 233.500 to 233.520, and of contracting and being contracted with as provided in sections 233.500 to 233.520.
2. Special road subdistricts so organized shall consist of a public road of one mile or more in length and the adjacent lands one-fourth of a mile or more on either side of such public road, including adjacent roads one-fourth of a mile or more from the public road, and any such special road subdistrict shall have an assessed valuation of at least one million dollars, according to the last available report of the state tax commission.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 1)
Effective 5-30-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.505 - Commissioners, appointment of, terms — requirements — vacancies.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 30 May 1990, see footnote
233.505. Commissioners, appointment of, terms — requirements — vacancies. —
1. At the meeting of the county commission in which such order is made, or at any subsequent meeting thereafter, the county commission shall appoint three special road subdistrict commissioners, who shall be voters of the subdistrict who shall hold their office until the second Tuesday in April thereafter. The voters of the subdistrict, at an hour and place to be fixed by the commissioners, shall elect three special road subdistrict commissioners, one of whom shall serve one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and on municipal election days each year thereafter they shall elect a special road subdistrict commissioner to take the place of the one whose term is about to expire, who shall serve for three years.
2. No person shall be elected or appointed as a commissioner who is not a voter of the subdistrict. Any vacancy caused by resignation, death, removal from the subdistrict of a special road subdistrict commissioner or sale of all land owned by him in the subdistrict shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the remaining special road subdistrict commissioners of the subdistrict. All special road subdistrict commissioners shall qualify by taking, subscribing and filing with the county clerk the oath prescribed by the constitution of this state, and that they will faithfully, honestly and impartially discharge their duties as commissioners according to law.
3. If for any reason the board of commissioners shall fail to call an annual election to fill a vacancy or vacancies caused by the expiration of the term of any one or more of the special road subdistrict commissioners, then the county commission is hereby authorized and required to call an election to fill such vacancy.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 3)
Effective 5-30-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.507 - Officers, election of, duties — meetings, conduct of.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 30 May 1990, see footnote
233.507. Officers, election of, duties — meetings, conduct of. —
1. The commissioners so appointed and qualified shall meet at such a time and place within such subdistrict as may be fixed by the county commission at the time of appointing them, or as they may in writing agree upon, and shall organize by electing one of their number president, another vice president and another secretary, except that by a unanimous vote of the commissioners, a person not a member of such board may be chosen secretary.
2. Meetings of the special road subdistrict commissioners shall be held thereafter at such time and place as they may agree upon in writing, or the president or vice president may order. The treasurer of the board shall be the county treasurer, and he shall be responsible on his bond for the faithful keeping of all moneys deposited with him by reason of sections 233.500 to 233.520. The president of the board shall preside at all meetings thereof. He shall sign the minutes and records of the board, and all warrants that may be drawn upon the treasury for the payment of any money out of the treasury on account of the funds belonging to such subdistrict, and exercise a general supervising control over the work of such commissioners, and may do all the acts and things that the board may empower him to do, and such others as may be authorized by sections 233.500 to 233.520. During absence of the president from the county, or from any meeting of the board, the vice president shall perform the duties herein conferred upon the president.
3. The secretary shall carefully keep a true record of all warrants drawn on the treasurer and all written contracts that may be entered into on behalf of the subdistrict, shall attest such warrants and the execution of such contracts, keep minutes of meetings of the board, and perform such other duties as the law may require. All money paid to the county treasurer and placed to the credit of the subdistrict shall be paid out only on warrants signed by the president or vice president and attested by the secretary, except as may be otherwise authorized by law.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 4)
Effective 5-30-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.510 - Tax for support of subdistrict, authorized — four-sevenths vote required — levy and collection of, procedure.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 30 May 1990, see footnote
233.510. Tax for support of subdistrict, authorized — four-sevenths vote required — levy and collection of, procedure. —
1. The commissioners of any special road subdistrict may levy, if four-sevenths of the voters of the subdistrict voting thereon approve, a tax on all taxable property in the subdistrict, the proceeds of which to be used for the support of the subdistrict, including the payment of bonds issued under section 233.513. The proposition to levy the tax authorized by this section may be submitted by the commissioners at the next annual election of the members of the commission or at any regularly scheduled primary or general election or at a special election called for the purpose. A separate ballot containing the question shall read as follows:
Shall the commissioners of the ______ Special Road Subdistrict be authorized to levy a tax of ______ cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation to provide funds for the support of the subdistrict?
☐ FOR THE PROPOSITION
☐ AGAINST THE PROPOSITION
(Place an X in the square opposite the one for which you wish to vote.)
­­If four-sevenths of the qualified voters casting votes thereon be in favor of the question, the commissioners shall levy a tax in accordance with the provisions of this section, but if four-sevenths of the voters casting votes thereon do not vote in favor of the levy authorized by this section, no such tax shall be levied.
2. Any tax authorized pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be levied and collected as provided by law for the levy and collection of taxes for special road districts. Taxes authorized pursuant to this section shall be deposited with the county treasurer, who shall disburse the moneys only to the president or vice president of the subdistrict upon warrants signed by such officer and attested by the secretary of the subdistrict.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 5)
Effective 5-30-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.515 - Contracts for road improvements, procedures — commissioners to take bids, requirements.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 30 May 1990, see footnote
233.515. Contracts for road improvements, procedures — commissioners to take bids, requirements. —
1. Whenever an order for improvement is made, the special road subdistrict commissioners of the subdistrict shall, in the name of the subdistrict, enter into a written contract with the lowest and best bidder, in the same manner as the letting of public works contracts by the department of transportation, for making such improvement in compliance with such order. Such contract shall require that the work be completed within a certain time, and shall provide a penalty for each day beyond the time the work remains uncompleted, and the commissioners shall require the contractor to enter into a bond, to be approved by the commissioners, for the full performance of the contract, and payment for all labor and material used or employed in the performance of such contract.
2. The special road subdistrict commissioners shall advertise and let bids in the same manner as the letting of public works contracts by the department of transportation, and the contract shall in no case be let to any special road subdistrict commissioner, nor shall any special road subdistrict commissioner, directly or indirectly, have any pecuniary interest in the contract other than the performance of his official duties as required by sections 233.500 to 233.520.
3. The contract shall in no case provide for the payment of a sum in excess of the estimated cost of the work, as found by the county commission, plus ten percent, and shall not provide for payment of over eighty percent of the value of the work actually performed and materials furnished until the entire improvement is completed.
4. As payments to the contractor become payable by the terms of the contract, the commissioners shall cause warrants to be drawn on the county treasurer for such payments.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 7)
Effective 5-30-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.520 - Disincorporation, petition required, contents — county commission to appoint trustee, when — powers of trustee.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 30 May 1990, see footnote
233.520. Disincorporation, petition required, contents — county commission to appoint trustee, when — powers of trustee. —
1. Whenever a petition, signed by a majority of the owners of land within a special road subdistrict organized under the provisions of sections 233.500 to 233.520 shall be filed with the county commission of any county in which the subdistrict is situated, setting forth the name of the subdistrict and the number of signers of such petition and the total number of landowners in the subdistrict, the county commission shall have power, if in its opinion the public good will be thereby advanced, to disincorporate such special road subdistrict. No such special road subdistrict shall be disincorporated until notice is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the subdistrict is situated for four successive weeks prior to the hearing of the petition.
2. No dissolution of such special road subdistrict shall invalidate or affect any right accruing to such special road subdistrict or to any person, or invalidate or affect any contract entered into or imposed on such special road subdistrict.
3. Whenever the county commission shall dissolve any such special road subdistrict, the county commission shall appoint some competent person to act as trustee for the special road subdistrict so dissolved, and such trustee, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully discharge the duties of his office, and shall give bond with sufficient security to be approved by the county commission, to the use of such disincorporated special road subdistrict, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duty.
4. The trustee shall have power to prosecute and defend to final judgment all suits instituted by or against the special road subdistrict, collect all moneys due the same, liquidate all lawful demands against the same, and for that purpose shall sell any property belonging to such special road subdistrict, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and generally to do all acts requisite to bring to a speedy close all the affairs of the special road subdistrict, and for that purpose, under the order and direction of the county commission, to exercise all the powers given by law to the special road subdistrict.
5. When the trustee shall have closed the affairs of the special road subdistrict, and shall have paid all debts due by the special road subdistrict, he shall pay over to the county treasurer all money remaining in his hands, and take receipt therefor, and deliver to the clerk of such county commission all books, papers, records and deeds belonging to the dissolved special road subdistrict.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 8)
Effective 5-30-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 234 - Bridges › Section 234.010 - County commission to determine what bridges to be built.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 234
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
234.010. County commission to determine what bridges to be built. —
Each county commission shall determine what bridges shall be built and maintained at the expense of the county and what by the road districts; provided, that no road district shall be compelled to build a bridge which costs fifty dollars or more.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8534)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7898; 1919 § 10686; 1909 § 10486
CROSS REFERENCES:
Bridges in special road districts, how built, 233.115
Bridges in township organization counties, how built, 231.220, 231.230
Bridges required by drainage district, how built, enlarged, and maintained, 242.350, 243.200
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 234 - Bridges › Section 234.020 - County engineer to supervise certain construction.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 234
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
234.020. County engineer to supervise certain construction. —
The construction of all masonry or concrete culverts and bridges, and of all other bridges costing over fifty dollars, shall be under the supervision of the county highway engineer.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8535)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7899; 1919 § 10687; 1909 § 10487
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 234 - Bridges › Section 234.030 - Damaged bridges, how repaired.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 234
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
234.030. Damaged bridges, how repaired. —
Whenever the highway engineer of any county is notified by any road overseer, or other reputable person, that any county bridge has been badly damaged by recent floods, or is otherwise in imminent danger of falling in, or is dangerous in any manner to public travel, said highway engineer, with the consent of one or more of the county commissioners, may contract with some bridge contractor, or other competent person, and have said bridge repaired forthwith, and the county commission, at the next term thereof, shall allow a reasonable compensation for such repair, not to exceed the reasonable cost thereof, plus ten percent.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8552)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7908; 1919 § 10696; 1909 § 10501
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 234 - Bridges › Section 234.040 - Road districts to repair bridges, when.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 234
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
234.040. Road districts to repair bridges, when. —
The county commission may order any bridge built by the county to be attached to a road district, for the purpose of being kept in repair by such road district; but when the repairs necessary at one time shall exceed in value fifty dollars, the same shall not be required to be done by such road district.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8536)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7900; 1919 § 10688; 1909 § 10488
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 234 - Bridges › Section 234.050 - Toll bridges, how controlled.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 234
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
234.050. Toll bridges, how controlled. —
The control and management of any toll bridge or toll road which may have been constructed originally by any corporation, partnership or person, whether chartered under the general laws or organized under special act, whose charter has expired or may hereafter expire, is hereby passed to and vested in the county commission of the county or counties in which such bridge or road may be situated.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8537)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7901; 1919 § 10689; 1909 § 10494
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 234 - Bridges › Section 234.060 - Taxpayers may petition for bridge, when.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 234
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
234.060. Taxpayers may petition for bridge, when. —
Whenever twelve resident taxpayers in any township or townships petition the county commission for a bridge upon any public road in such township or townships, giving the name of the stream and the locality of the contemplated bridge, and the citizens of the township or townships raise one-half the estimated cost of such bridge and deposit such amount with the county treasurer and certify the fact to the county commission, the commission shall immediately make an appropriation for the other half; provided, sufficient funds are on hand in the county treasury or will be available out of the taxes collected for such year and not previously set apart for other purposes.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8538)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7902; 1919 § 10690; 1909 § 10497
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 234 - Bridges › Section 234.070 - Construction of bridge in adjoining county.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 234
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
234.070. Construction of bridge in adjoining county. —
Whenever the county commission of any county, upon investigation, shall be satisfied that the citizens of said county will be benefitted by the construction of a bridge in an adjoining county and within one mile of the boundary line dividing said counties, the aforesaid county commission may unite with the county commission of said adjoining county in causing said bridge to be built and may contribute to the expense of building said bridge in any sum not to exceed one-half the cost of such bridge, and may make an appropriation for the payment of same.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8540)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7904; 1919 § 10692
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 234 - Bridges › Section 234.080 - Bridge across stream uniting two counties, how paid for.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 234
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
234.080. Bridge across stream uniting two counties, how paid for. —
1. If a bridge be necessary over any watercourse which divides one county from another, the county commissions of such counties may unite in the building of said bridge and the expenses shall be borne by such counties in such proportion as may be agreed upon by the county commissions of said counties; provided, that the county commission of any other county of this state and the authorities of any municipal corporation, township, road district or other political subdivision of the state having jurisdiction of the construction and maintenance of public roads, which may deem the construction of such a bridge a benefit, may contribute to the cost of such bridge.
2. The plans and specifications for such bridge shall be prepared, the contract let and the construction of said bridge shall be supervised by the county highway engineers of the counties so uniting, or either of them, or otherwise, as the county commissions of said counties may agree.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8539)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7903; 1919 § 10691; 1909 § 10498
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 234 - Bridges › Section 234.090 - Bridges across state line — payment of expenses.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 234
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
234.090. Bridges across state line — payment of expenses. —
1. If a bridge or bridges be necessary over any river, stream or watercourse forming the boundary line or part of the boundary line between the state of Missouri and any adjoining state or states, the county commissions of the counties of this state bordering on such river, stream or watercourse may unite with such adjoining state or the proper authorities of any county in such adjoining state for building such bridge or bridges and the expense thereof shall be defrayed by such county of this state and the adjoining state or county therein in such proportion as may be agreed upon.
2. The plans and specifications for such bridge or bridges shall be prepared and the contract let and construction supervised by some competent person who may be agreed upon by the respective interested authorities; provided, that private subscriptions may be received by the county commissions of such counties in this state to defray in part or in whole the expenses of building such bridge or bridges; provided further, that for the purpose of defraying the expenses of building such bridge or bridges, or to create a fund with which to build any such bridge in the future, it shall be the duty of the county commission in such county in this state, upon a petition signed by a majority of the taxpaying citizens of any township in which such bridge is located or is to be located, to levy on the taxable property in such township the full amount of the special road and bridge tax authorized by the first sentence of the first paragraph of Section 12, Article X of the Constitution of Missouri, and use the same solely for the purpose of defraying the expense of building such bridge or bridges or creating a fund for the future building thereof, and such fund, when inaugurated, shall be perpetuated until such bridge or bridges are built and the cost thereof is defrayed.
3. The county commission may appropriate moneys from the road and bridge fund of the county to pay the cost or part of the cost of building such bridges.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8541, A.L. 1945 p. 1481)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7905; 1919 § 10693
CROSS REFERENCE:
Certain bridges to be part of state highway system, when, 227.080
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 234 - Bridges › Section 234.100 - Cities and counties may contract for free public highways over bridges, procedure.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 234
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
234.100. Cities and counties may contract for free public highways over bridges, procedure. —
Any city organized under general law, or under special charter, or under Section 19 of Article VI of the Constitution of this State, and adjoining a navigable stream and separated by such stream from a county of this state adjoining said stream opposite said city, and the county commission of any such county, may unite in purchasing, for a free public highway for travel between such city and such county by wagons, vehicles, footmen and animals right-of-way over any bridge or bridges crossing such stream and connecting such city and such county and being maintained and used as a toll bridge for wagons, vehicles, footmen, passengers and animals, and for other purposes, or in contracting with any holder of a franchise; for construction of a proposed bridge across such stream and to connect such city and such county, and for maintenance of such bridge as a toll bridge for wagons, vehicles, foot passengers and animals, and for other purposes, for the purchase, upon completion of such proposed bridge, of right-of-way thereon for a free public highway for travel between such city and such county by wagons, vehicles, footmen and animals; the cost of any right-of-way so purchased or contracted for to be defrayed by such city and such county, each paying such portion thereof as may be agreed upon between such city and such county commission; and whenever the owner of any such bridge shall in writing propose to sell such a right-of-way over such bridge, or the holder of any such franchise shall propose to contract with any such city and county for the sale, upon completion of the proposed bridge, of such a right-of-way thereon, said county commission shall appoint a commission, composed of the county surveyor or highway engineer, and two owners of real estate in the county, who shall confer with the mayor or other chief officer of such city and the owner of such bridge or the holder of such franchise, and ascertain and report to the county commission the price for which such right-of-way can be purchased or contracted for, and whether such price is reasonable, and the portion of such price that such city proposes to pay; which report shall be filed with such county commission, and if such price is for right-of-way over such a proposed bridge, such committee shall procure and file with such report a copy of the plans for such proposed bridge.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8553, A.L. 1945 p. 1481)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7909; 1919 § 10697
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 234 - Bridges › Section 234.110 - Counties may issue bonds.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 234
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
234.110. Counties may issue bonds. —
After filing of such report as provided in section 234.100 the county commission, with such city or the proper authorities thereof, may make, or cause to be made, a contract for the purchase of such right-of-way and such counties may issue bonds for such purpose, as authorized by the general law governing the issuance of bonds by counties.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8554, A.L. 1945 p. 1477)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7910; 1919 § 10698
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 234 - Bridges › Section 234.130 - Cities may increase indebtedness, how.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 234
Effective - 28 Aug 1990
234.130. Cities may increase indebtedness, how. —
1. Any such city may increase its indebtedness by issuing and selling its bonds for funds for use in making a purchase or purchases by authority of this law and paying expenses of holding an election as by this section authorized and other expenses preliminary or incidental to the issuance and sale of such bonds. Such increase of indebtedness shall not cause the indebtedness of the city to exceed the constitutional limit. The council, trustees, or other proper authorities of the city, shall order an election to be held, and an election shall be held, as by this section provided, for the purpose of testing the sense of the voters of the city on the proposition to so increase indebtedness and the constitutionally required percentage of those voting at such election favor the increase of indebtedness.
2. Such council, trustees, or other proper authorities, shall give, or cause to be given, at least three weeks' notice of such election in a newspaper published in such city, or if there be no such newspaper, then by posting up ten printed or written handbills in ten different public places in such city. If there are one or more daily newspapers published in the city, which are qualified to publish public advertisements and orders of publication as provided by law, such notice shall be published in at least one of such newspapers. If the notice is published in a newspaper as provided in this section, such publication shall be made at least once in each of the three weeks, the last publication to be within two weeks of the date of such election.
3. Such election shall be held and judges thereof appointed as in case of other elections in such city, except that the board of election commissioners of the city, if there be such a board, or other proper authorities having charge of such election shall provide at least two voting places in each ward of the municipality conducting such election, if there be more than one ward, and for that purpose they may combine as many election precincts in each ward as in their opinion may be proper. The judges and clerks of the precinct in which a voting place is located shall act as the judges and clerks of such election for such combined precinct. Except as provided in this section, such election shall be conducted in the same manner and by the same election commissioners, if there be such election commissioners, judges and clerks and other officers and employees as other elections are conducted.
4. Such election may be held at the same time as any other election of the city, whether general or special, in which event the voting precincts, judges, clerks and the booths used shall be the same as at such other election, but not the same ballots or ballot boxes.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8556, A.L. 1953 p. 666, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1621)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7912; 1919 § 10700
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 234 - Bridges › Section 234.140 - City and county may pay proportionately, when.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 234
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
234.140. City and county may pay proportionately, when. —
1. Any city and the county commission of any county contracting by authority of this law for the purchase of right-of-way over a bridge may pay the purchase price therefor when having funds therefor and proper conveyance of such right-of-way shall be made; provided, that payment shall not be made for right-of-way over a proposed bridge until after completion of such bridge in accordance with plans therefor.
2. The expense of preserving and maintaining the paving on and lighting and guarding the roadway or roadways covered by or subject to such a right-of-way shall thereafter be shared by such city and county proportionately to the amounts paid by them respectively of such purchase price; and any and all necessary expense of permanently preserving and maintaining such bridge so as it shall be sufficient and proper support for such roadway or roadways shall thereafter be borne by the owner of such bridge.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8557)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7913; 1919 § 10701