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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages › Section 72.400 - Definitions.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 72
• Effective - 27 Jun 2000, see footnote
72.400. Definitions. —
As used in sections 72.400 to 72.423, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Boundary adjustment"
, an adjustment of a boundary between two municipalities or a municipality and the unincorporated area of the county involving all or part of one or more residential parcels in common ownership or an adjustment between two municipalities or a municipality and the unincorporated area of the county involving only public property or public rights-of-way;
(2)
"Boundary change"
, any annexation, consolidation, incorporation, transfer of jurisdiction between municipalities or between a municipality and the county, or combination thereof, which, if approved, would result in a municipality composed of contiguous territory;
(3)
"Commission"
, a boundary commission established pursuant to this section;
(4)
"Contiguousness"
, territory proposed for annexation in which at least fifteen percent of its boundary is adjacent to the municipality which is proposing the annexation or territory proposed for addition to an established unincorporated area in which at least fifteen percent of its boundary is adjacent to the established unincorporated area;
(5)
"Established unincorporated area"
, an area in the unincorporated area of the county which has been approved by the voters pursuant to section 72.422 to remain unincorporated and not subject to any boundary change except as otherwise provided;
(6)
"Proposing agent"
, the governing body of any municipality which by ordinance has adopted a boundary change proposal or the governing body of the county which by ordinance has adopted a boundary change proposal, or the chief elected official of the county who has authorized the filing of an unincorporated area proposal, or a person presenting petitions for incorporation signed by a number of registered voters equal to not less than fifteen percent of the number of votes cast for governor in the last gubernatorial election in the total combined area affected by the boundary change proposal. Petitions submitted by proposing agents may be submitted with exclusions for the signatures collected in areas originally included in the proposal but subsequently annexed or incorporated separately as a municipality, although the commission shall be satisfied as to the sufficiency of the signatures for the final proposed area;
(7)
"Voting jurisdiction"
, a city, town or village, or areas of unincorporated territory with boundaries established by the commission for purposes of holding a boundary change election.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 487 § 1, A.L. 1991 S.B. 402, A.L. 1992 S.B. 571, A.L. 1995 H.B. 446, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1557 & 1489, A.L. 1998 S.B. 809, A.L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1967)
Effective 6-27-00
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages › Section 72.402 - Rules and regulations, commission shall promulgate — procedure.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 72
• Effective - 27 Jun 2000, see footnote
72.402. Rules and regulations, commission shall promulgate — procedure. —
The commission shall enact and adopt all rules, regulations and procedures that are reasonably necessary to achieve the objectives of sections 72.400 to 72.423 no sooner than twenty-seven calendar days after notifying all municipalities and the county of the proposed rule, regulation or procedure enactment or change. Notice may be given by ordinary mail or by publishing in at least one newspaper of general circulation qualified to publish legal notices. No new or amended rule, regulation or procedure shall apply retroactively to any boundary change or unincorporated area proposal pending before the commission.
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(L. 1991 S.B. 402, A.L. 1995 H.B. 446, A.L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1967)
Effective 6-27-00
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages › Section 72.408 - Limitation on resubmission — void petition, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 72
• Effective - 27 Jun 2000, see footnote
72.408. Limitation on resubmission — void petition, when. —
1. If a boundary change is disapproved by the voters, no boundary change which contains more than sixty percent of the area of the disapproved boundary change shall be submitted to or processed by the commission any sooner than two years after the date of the disapproved boundary change.
2. Every petition shall be presented to the commission within two hundred eighty days following the date on which the first signature was affixed to the petition, or any part thereof, except that the period of time from June 14, 1999, to April 15, 2001, shall be excluded. Failure to present a petition within the foregoing time period shall render the petition absolutely void.
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(L. 1998 S.B. 809, A.L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1967)
Effective 6-27-00
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages › Section 72.409 - Boundary change, effective when — transition committee established, members, how selected — to disband when delay in declaring new incorporated municipality, when — conflict of laws, this section to prevail.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 72
• Effective - 27 Jun 2000, see footnote
72.409. Boundary change, effective when — transition committee established, members, how selected — to disband when delay in declaring new incorporated municipality, when — conflict of laws, this section to prevail. —
1. If a proposed boundary change is approved by the voters, such proposal shall be effective six months following the date of the election or the date specified in such proposal, whichever date is later. Immediately following the certification of the election, the commission shall establish a committee to determine the details of the transition. The governing body of each affected municipality shall select two members and the governing body of the county in which each unincorporated territory is situated shall select two members from the affected unincorporated territory to meet with similar members appointed from other affected municipalities and the unincorporated territory. The committee shall disband no later than the date the boundary change becomes effective. The governing body of the county may delay declaring a newly incorporated municipality for a period not to exceed six months at the request of the boundary commission to provide for an orderly transition from unincorporated to incorporated status.
2. If a conflict shall exist between the provisions of sections 72.400 to 72.423 and the orders, ordinances or charters of any statutory or charter cities affected by sections 72.400 to 72.423, the provisions of sections 72.400 to 72.423 shall prevail.
3. If a boundary change involves an annexation, failure of the proposing agent to provide services to the area being annexed or to zone in compliance with the plan of intent required of the proposing agent within three years of the boundary change becoming effective, unless compliance is made unreasonable, shall give rise to a cause of action for deannexation which may be filed in the circuit court by any resident who was residing in the area at the time the boundary change became effective.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 487 § 3 subsecs. 8, 9, A.L. 1992 S.B. 571, A.L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1967)
Effective 6-27-00
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages › Section 72.412 - Commission independent of county — budget request, appropriation level — application fee for annexation, use.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 72
• Effective - 27 Jun 2000, see footnote
72.412. Commission independent of county — budget request, appropriation level — application fee for annexation, use. —
1. The commission, once established, shall not be a county commission but shall act as an independent commission. The commission may hire such staff and acquire such facilities as it finds necessary to carry out its duties.
2. The commission shall submit a budget requesting the funds necessary to carry out its duties pursuant to sections 72.400 to 72.423. The county shall appropriate and provide a reasonable and necessary level of funding for the commission to carry out its statutory duties. In addition, the county shall upon request provide petitioners with such available information as may be necessary to develop a plan of intent. Funding must provide for at least one professional staff person, one attorney or the equivalent funds for legal services, and clerical support for the professional staff and attorney. All salary levels shall be based upon the personnel system in use for county employees.
3. The commission shall provide by rule for an application fee for municipal annexations in the amount of one dollar per resident of the proposed annexation area to defray the commission's cost of processing and reviewing proposals.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 487 § 4, A.L. 1995 H.B. 446, A.L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1967)
Effective 6-27-00
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages › Section 72.414 - Approval of change, governing body to declare a municipality and designate metes and bounds — first officers designated by governing body.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 72
• Effective - 09 Jul 1992, see footnote
72.414. Approval of change, governing body to declare a municipality and designate metes and bounds — first officers designated by governing body. —
If the approval of the boundary change creates a new municipality, the governing body of the county shall declare such municipality, designating in such order the metes and bounds thereof, and henceforth the inhabitants within such bounds shall be a body politic and incorporate, by the name and style of "the city of ______" and the first officers of such city shall be designated by the order of the governing body of the county, and they shall hold their offices until the next municipal election and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 487 § 5, A.L. 1992 S.B. 571)
Effective 7-9-92
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages › Section 72.416 - Civil actions against commission, who may bring, cost and attorneys fees paid to commission, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 72
• Effective - 27 Jun 2000, see footnote
72.416. Civil actions against commission, who may bring, cost and attorneys fees paid to commission, when. —
The county, an interested municipality, or any other interested party may bring an appropriate civil action against the commission regarding a proposed boundary change, unincorporated area proposal, or other commission action or failure to act. In any civil action brought against the commission regarding a proposed boundary change, if the commission prevails in the action, the court may require the party who initiated the action to pay to the commission the reasonable costs incurred by the commission in opposing the action, including attorney's fees.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 487 § 6, A.L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1967)
Effective 6-27-00
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages › Section 72.430 - Standing for proposed boundary change.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 72
Effective - 28 Aug 1999
72.430. Standing for proposed boundary change. —
A county or any other interested municipality or person may bring an action against the commission established pursuant to section 72.400 contesting a proposed boundary change or other commission action.
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(L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al. § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.010 - Third class cities, incorporation and powers of.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.010. Third class cities, incorporation and powers of. —
Any city of the third class in this state may become a body corporate under the provisions of this chapter, in the manner provided by law, under the name of "The city of ______", and by that name shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in all courts of law and equity, and in all actions whatever; may receive and hold property, both real and personal, within such city, and may purchase, receive and hold real estate within or without such city for the burial of the dead; and may purchase, hold, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of any property, real or personal, it now owns or may hereafter acquire; may receive bequests, gifts and donations of all kinds of property; and may have and hold one common seal, and may break, change or alter the same at pleasure, and all courts of this state shall take judicial notice thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6865)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6719; 1919 § 8206; 1909 § 9143
CROSS REFERENCE:
Cities of the third classification, population, 72.030
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.020 - City limits may be altered, how.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 2007
77.020. City limits may be altered, how. —
The mayor and council of such city, with the consent of a majority of the legal voters of such city voting at an election thereof, shall have power to extend the limits of the city over territory adjacent thereto, and to diminish the limits of the city by excluding territory therefrom, and shall, in every case, have power, with the consent of the legal voters as aforesaid, to extend or diminish the city limits in such manner as in their judgment and discretion may redound to the benefit of the city; provided, however, that no election or voter consent shall be required for voluntary annexations or transfers of jurisdiction under chapter 71.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6866, A. 1949 H.B. 2027, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6720; 1919 § 8207; 1909 § 9144
CROSS REFERENCES:
Extension of limits of special charter city to include another city, procedure, 81.080
Procedure for annexation of area to which objection is made, 71.015
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.030 - Division of city into wards — council members, terms.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 2013
77.030. Division of city into wards — council members, terms. —
1. Unless it elects to be governed by subsection 2 of this section, the council shall by ordinance divide the city into not less than four wards, and two councilmen shall be elected from each of such wards by the qualified voters thereof at the first election for councilmen in cities hereafter adopting the provisions of this chapter; the one receiving the highest number of votes in each ward shall hold his office for two years, and the one receiving the next highest number of votes shall hold his office for one year; but thereafter each ward shall elect annually one councilman, who shall hold his office for two years.
2. In lieu of electing councilmen as provided in subsection 1 of this section, the council may elect to establish wards and elect councilmen as provided in this subsection. If the council so elects, it shall, by ordinance, divide the city into not less than four wards, and one councilman shall be elected from each of such wards by the qualified voters thereof at the first election for councilmen held in the city after it adopts the provisions of this subsection. At the first election held under this subsection the councilmen elected from the odd-numbered wards shall be elected for a term of one year and the councilmen elected from the even-numbered wards shall be elected for a term of two years. At each annual election held thereafter, successors for councilmen whose terms expire in such year shall be elected for a term of two years.
3. (1) Council members may serve four-year terms if the two-year terms provided under subsection 1 or 2 of this section have been extended to four years by approval of a majority of the voters voting on the proposal.
(2) The ballot of submission shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall the terms of council members which are currently set at two years in ______ (city) be extended to four years for members elected after August 28, 2013?
☐ YES
☐ NO
(3) If a majority of the voters voting approve the proposal authorized in this subsection, the members of council who would serve two years under subsections 1 and 2 of this section shall be elected to four-year terms beginning with any election occurring after approval of the ballot question.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6881, A.L. 1985 H.B. 817, A.L. 2013 H.B. 163, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6735; 1919 § 8222; 1909 § 9159
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.040 - Election of officers — option to appoint certain officers — terms.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 10 Apr 1985, see footnote
77.040. Election of officers — option to appoint certain officers — terms. —
A general election for the elective officers of each city of the third class shall be held after the organization of the city under the provisions of this chapter and on municipal election days every two years thereafter, the city council may by ordinance provide for the nomination of officers by primary election; and provided, that all certificates of nomination and petitions therefor shall be filed with the city clerk and not with any other officer. Any city organizing under the provisions of this chapter may elect a mayor and may elect or provide for the appointment of such other officers as may be necessary to carry this chapter into effect, who shall hold office until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified; provided, that the assessor shall hold office until the first day of September and until his successor is elected or appointed and qualified, and the term of office of the assessor in such cities shall commence on the first day of September after the election at which he is elected or at such time as the city shall set the beginning of his appointive term, if appointed.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6867, A.L. 1945 p. 1302, A.L. 1963 p. 129, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1985 H.B. 817)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6721; 1919 § 8208; 1909 § 9145
Effective 4-10-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.042 - City administrator, employment authorized.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
77.042. City administrator, employment authorized. —
The governing body of any city of the third class, except those organized under the provisions of sections 78.430 to 78.640, and any fourth class city may by ordinance provide for the employment by the governing body with the approval of the mayor of a city administrator who shall be the chief administrative assistant to the mayor and who shall have general superintending control of the administration and management of the government business, officers and employees of the city, subject to the direction and supervision of the mayor.
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(L. 1969 H.B. 284 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.044 - Qualifications, compensation of administrator.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
• Effective - 28 Aug 1987
77.044. Qualifications, compensation of administrator. —
1. The governing body shall provide, as minimum qualifications, that the city administrator be at least twenty-one years of age, and that he devote his full time to the performance of the duties of his office. The governing body may also require that the city administrator meet other personal qualifications.
2. The city administrator shall receive a salary as set by ordinance, and shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
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(L. 1969 H.B. 284 § 2, A.L. 1987 S.B. 393)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.046 - Other officers, appointment, discharge, regulations concerning.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
77.046. Other officers, appointment, discharge, regulations concerning. —
1. Upon the adoption of a city administrator form of government, the governing body of the city may provide that all other officers and employees of the city, except elected officers, shall be appointed and discharged by the city administrator, but the governing body may make reasonable rules and regulations governing the same.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the city to remove or discharge any chief, as that term is defined in section 106.273.
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(L. 1969 H.B. 284 § 3, A.L. 2013 H.B. 307)
(1980) Statute with clause authorizing board of aldermen to make rules and regulations governing city administrator's power to appoint and discharge employees strongly suggests that legislature contemplated variations in extent of dismissal power delegated to city administrator. State ex rel. Gorris v. Mussman (A.), 612 S.W.2d 357.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.048 - Other powers of mayor and council retained.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
77.048. Other powers of mayor and council retained. —
Except as provided in sections 77.042 to 77.048, the mayor and city council of any third class city and the mayor and board of aldermen of any fourth class city which adopts the city administrator form of government shall retain all the powers given to it by the laws applying to the city before the city administrator form of government was adopted, and all laws governing the city under its prior form of government and not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 77.042 to 77.048 shall apply to and govern the city after it adopts this form of government. All bylaws, ordinances, and resolutions lawfully passed and in force at the time the city administrator form of government is adopted shall remain in force until repealed or altered by the council or board of aldermen.
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(L. 1969 H.B. 284 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.050 - Election may be ordered, how, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1978
77.050. Election may be ordered, how, when. —
If at any time, by reason of nonacceptance, resignation, refusal to qualify, or for any other cause, there shall be no officers of the city to order an election, any associate circuit judge or commissioner of the county commission of the county is empowered to order an election for city officers.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6868, A. 1949 H.B. 2027, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6722; 1919 § 8209; 1909 § 9146
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.060 - Councilman, qualifications.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1955
77.060. Councilman, qualifications. —
No person shall be councilman unless he is at least twenty-one years of age prior to taking office, a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant of the city for one year next preceding his election, and a resident of the ward from which he is elected six months next preceding his election. Whenever there is a tie in the election of a councilman, the matter shall be determined by the council.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6882, A. 1949 H.B. 2027, A.L. 1955 p. 303)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6736; 1919 § 8223; 1909 § 9160
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.070 - President pro tem.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 2003
77.070. President pro tem. —
At the first regular meeting of the city council after the election in each year--which meeting shall occur at the time fixed by ordinance, but shall not be later than the fourth Tuesday in April--the council shall elect one of its members president pro tem, who shall hold his office for the term of one year, and who, in the absence of the mayor, shall preside at the meetings of the council; provided, that in the absence of the mayor and president pro tem the council may select one of its members present to preside at such meetings, who shall be styled "acting president pro tem".
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(RSMo 1939 § 6883, A.L. 2003 S.B. 136)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6737; 1919 § 8224; 1909 § 9161
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.080 - Style of ordinances — procedure to enact.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
77.080. Style of ordinances — procedure to enact. —
The style of the ordinances of the city shall be: "Be it ordained by the council of the city of ______, as follows:" No ordinance shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall become an ordinance unless on its final passage a majority of the members elected to the council shall vote therefor, and the ayes and nays shall be entered on the journal. Every proposed ordinance shall be introduced to the council in writing and shall be read by title or in full two times prior to passage, both readings may occur at a single meeting of the council. If the proposed ordinance is read by title only, copies of the proposed ordinance shall be made available for public inspection prior to the time the bill is under consideration by the council. No bill shall become an ordinance until it shall have been signed by the officer presiding at the meeting of the council at which it shall have been passed. When so signed, it shall be delivered to the mayor for his approval and signature, or his veto.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6946, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1435)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6800; 1919 § 8287; 1909 § 9224
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.090 - Proceedings of, how kept.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.090. Proceedings of, how kept. —
The council shall cause to be kept a journal of its proceedings, and the ayes and nays of the members shall be entered on any question at the desire of any two members. The council may prescribe and enforce such rules as may be necessary to secure the attendance of its members and the expeditious transactions of its business.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6886)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6740; 1919 § 8227; 1909 § 9164
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.100 - Powers of council — witnesses, papers.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.100. Powers of council — witnesses, papers. —
The council shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers relating to any subject under consideration in which the interest of the city is involved, and shall have power to call on the proper officer of the city, or of the county in which such city is located, to execute such process. The officer making such service shall be entitled to receive therefor such fees as are allowed by law for similar service, to be paid by the city. The president of the council, or president pro tem, shall have power to administer oaths to witnesses.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6885)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6739; 1919 § 8226; 1909 § 9163
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.105 - Budget and expenditures, approval by ordinance, motion, or resolution required.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 2008
77.105. Budget and expenditures, approval by ordinance, motion, or resolution required. —
The budget or any authorization to expend funds shall be approved by an ordinance, motion, or resolution that is approved by a majority of all the members elected to the governing body.
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(L. 2008 H.B. 1804)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.110 - Council to publish semiannual statements.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1989
77.110. Council to publish semiannual statements. —
The council shall publish a full and detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures and indebtedness of the city at the end of each fiscal year and six months after the end of each fiscal year in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. Each such statement shall be for the six-month period preceding the date of the statement.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6884, A.L. 1989 H.B. 308)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6738; 1919 § 8225; 1909 § 9162
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.120 - Council may acquire land for and maintain cemetery.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.120. Council may acquire land for and maintain cemetery. —
The city council shall have power to purchase, receive and hold real estate, as herein mentioned, for public cemetery purposes, either within the city or within three miles thereof; provided, that no such cemetery shall exceed more than one hundred and sixty acres in one body. The council shall provide for the survey, platting, grading, fencing, ornamenting and improving of all the cemetery ground and the avenues leading thereto, owned by the city, and may construct walks and protect ornamental trees therein, and provide for paying the expenses therefor. The council may make rules and pass ordinances imposing penalties and fines, not exceeding one hundred dollars, regulating, protecting and governing city cemeteries, the owners of lots therein, visitors thereto, and punishing trespassers therein; and the officers of such city shall have as full jurisdiction and power in the enforcing of such rules and ordinances as though they related to the city itself.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6972)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6826; 1919 § 8308; 1909 § 9244
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.130 - Cemetery lots, how conveyed.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.130. Cemetery lots, how conveyed. —
The cemetery lots shall be conveyed by certificates, signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk, under the seal of the city, specifying that the purchaser to whom the same is issued is the owner of the lot or lots described therein by numbers, as laid down on such map or plat, for the purpose of interment, and such certificates shall vest in the purchaser, his or her heirs and assigns, a right in fee simple to such lot for the sole purpose of interment, under the regulations of the council; and such certificates shall be entitled to be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the proper county without further acknowledgment; and such descriptions of lots shall be deemed and recognized as sufficient description thereof. The council may limit the number of lots to be owned by the same person at the same time, and may prescribe rules for enclosing, adorning and erecting monuments, tombstones and ornaments on cemetery lots, and prohibit any improper adornment thereof; but no religious test shall be made to the ownership of the lots, or burials therein, or for the ornamentation of graves or lots.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6973)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6827; 1919 § 8309; 1909 § 9245
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.140 - May control watercourses, establish water reservoirs, market houses, city hall and parks.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.140. May control watercourses, establish water reservoirs, market houses, city hall and parks. —
The council may establish, alter and change the channel of watercourses, and wall them and cover them over, and prevent obstructions thereon, and may establish, make and regulate public wells, cisterns and reservoirs of water, and provide for filling the same. The council may purchase grounds and erect and establish market houses and marketplaces, and regulate and govern the same; and also contract with any person or persons, association or corporation for the erection, maintenance and regulation of market houses and marketplaces, on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the council may prescribe. The council may also provide for the erection, purchase or renting of a city hall, workhouses, houses of correction, prisons, engine houses and any and all other necessary buildings for the city; and may sell, lease, abolish or otherwise dispose of the same, and may enclose, improve, regulate, purchase or sell all public parks or other public grounds belonging to the city, and may purchase and hold grounds for public parks within the city, or within three miles thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6954)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6808; 1919 § 8295; 1909 § 9232
(1979) The exercise by a municipality of its powers to acquire land for parks outside but within one mile of the city limits is not subject to zoning regulations of any host county or municipality restricting use of land which would result in prohibiting its use for park purposes. City of Kirkwood v. City of Sunset Hills (A.), 589 S.W.2d 31.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.150 - Cities may acquire property for dams, flood protection, bathhouses.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.150. Cities may acquire property for dams, flood protection, bathhouses. —
In addition to other powers, the mayor and council of cities of the third class are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation, within such cities or within a mile thereof, such real and personal property as may be necessary or desirable for the purpose of the erection or construction of dams, lake and flood protection systems, bathhouses, therapeutic bathhouses, mineral water vending houses and in connection therewith, auditoriums and lecture rooms and for the laying of pipelines for the distribution of mineral waters and to so acquire, improve and operate mineral springs and wells, and to construct all necessary and appropriate buildings and works therefor, and to do any and all things necessary to maintain and operate said properties so acquired and constructed as a self-liquidating revenue producing public project, and for that purpose to lease or convey the same; provided such properties shall be so acquired, constructed and thereafter maintained and operated without increasing the indebtedness of such city and shall not be paid for, maintained or operated by taxes, either general or special.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7045)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Water mains, special assessments for, certain cities, 88.650 to 88.663
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.160 - Payment for property acquired — issuance of bonds.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.160. Payment for property acquired — issuance of bonds. —
The mayor and council of said cities are authorized to accept gifts and grants and to borrow money and execute, issue and negotiate bonds or other securities, for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring said property or the construction of said buildings or works thereon, and to secure same by mortgages or deeds of trust on said properties and the income and revenue derived therefrom; which said mortgage or deeds of trust shall be a first lien on all said property and all revenues or income therefrom and shall be enforceable as provided therein but shall not be a debt of said city or payable out of any revenue not derived from said property. Said bonds issued under the provisions of this section and sections 77.150, 77.170 and 77.180 shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually, shall be executed in such manner and be payable serially in annual installments beginning not later than three years and extending not more than forty years from the date thereof, and at such place or places as the mayor and council shall determine. Any income, receipts, collections and profits from any properties on which such a mortgage or deed of trust has been so executed, shall be held and kept in the city treasury as a separate fund, and payments therefrom shall be made only as provided by said mortgage or deed of trust.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7046)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Improvements, special tax bills and bonds issued in payment of, 88.497 to 88.647
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.170 - Manner of purchasing and condemning lands.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
77.170. Manner of purchasing and condemning lands. —
The mayor and common council, in proceeding by ordinance to purchase and condemn lands for the purpose stated in section 77.160, may proceed in the manner provided by law for the establishment of streets, avenues, alleys or marketplaces or public squares, but it shall not be necessary to establish a benefit district or assess benefits, or, unless there are nonresident or unknown defendants, to give notice by publication as therein provided; and on such condemnation and the payment of the appraisement as therein provided, the title of such lands shall vest in such city for the uses and purposes for which taken.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7047, A. 1949 H.B. 2027)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.180 - Election to be held for issuance of bonds.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
77.180. Election to be held for issuance of bonds. —
Before any such bonds shall be issued the mayor and council shall, by ordinance, provide that said bonds shall be issued, which said ordinance shall fix the maximum amount of said bonds and in a general way the purposes for which said money shall be expended and shall submit the question to issue bonds to the voters of the city. The ballots shall state the maximum amount of bonds proposed to be issued and the fact that such bonds are not to be payable from taxation and will not be a debt of said city and the general purpose for which they are to be issued. If the majority of voters voting on the question assent, the mayor and city council may, by ordinance, cause such bonds of such municipality not exceeding the maximum amount submitted to the voters to be issued for the purpose set out in said ordinance and secure the same as herein provided.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7048, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.190 - May purchase fire-fighting equipment.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.190. May purchase fire-fighting equipment. —
The council may also purchase fire engines, hook and ladder outfits, hose and hose carts, buckets and all other apparatus useful in the extinguishing of fires, and organize fire companies, and prescribe rules of duty for the government thereof, with such penalties for the violation thereof as they may deem proper, not exceeding one hundred dollars, and to make all necessary expenditures for the purchase of such fire apparatus and the payment of such fire companies.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6950)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6804; 1919 § 8291; 1909 § 9228
CROSS REFERENCE:
Information to be filed annually with state fire marshal, 320.271
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.200 - Railroads or street railroads — powers of council.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.200. Railroads or street railroads — powers of council. —
The council shall have sole authority, by ordinance, to grant the right to any person or persons, or corporation, to make and construct railroads or street railroads in any street or highway of the city, and to control and regulate the use thereof; provided, that no such railroad or street railroad shall be located on any street or highway in the city, or any portion of such street or highway, until a majority of the residents, owners of land abutting on said street or highway, or such portion thereof, shall first assent thereto in writing; and provided further, that no such railroad or street railroad shall be constructed or operated until all damages to such abutting lands shall have been first ascertained and paid to the owners thereof by the person, persons or corporation constructing said railroad or street railroad, and the city council shall pass suitable ordinances providing the manner and way of ascertaining any damages contemplated by this section.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6978)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6832; 1919 § 8314; 1909 § 9250
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.210 - Thirty-year franchises and extensions may be granted for supplying heat — voter approval required, procedure.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
• Effective - 28 Aug 1987
77.210. Thirty-year franchises and extensions may be granted for supplying heat — voter approval required, procedure. —
All cities of the third class may grant to any person or corporation formed under the laws of this state or doing business as a foreign corporation under the laws of this state, the privilege and franchise for a period of thirty years, to use the streets, alleys and other public places of such cities, for the purpose of laying pipes, conduits or other heating apparatus thereon and therein, and connecting same with the heating plant of such person or corporation, to furnish heat to the inhabitants of the city at a reasonable rate to be agreed upon by the person or corporation furnishing the heat and the person using the same. Such privilege and franchise may be renewed for another period or periods not to exceed thirty years per period. The plant to heat the city may be by means of hot water, steam, hot air or electricity, or in any other mode that may be advisable, but the person or corporation, to which the franchise or privilege is granted, shall commence operation under its franchise or right within two years after the granting of such franchise or right, or the same shall be forfeited. Such franchise or privilege may be extended or renewed by the city council of such city for another period or periods of not more than thirty years per period, and the extensions or renewals of such franchise or privilege shall be subject to voter approval of the majority of the voters voting on the question, pursuant to the provisions of section 88.251. An initial privilege or franchise must be approved by a majority of the voters of the municipality voting on the question.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6979, A.L. 1987 S.B. 412)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6833; 1919 § 8315; 1909 § 9251
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.220 - May change names of streets, how.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.220. May change names of streets, how. —
Whenever it is deemed necessary by the council to change the name of any street or avenue, the council shall, by resolution, declare such proposed change of name necessary to be made, and shall cause such resolution to be published at least one week in some newspaper published in the city; and if, within four weeks after such publication, a majority of the resident property owners along the line of such street or avenue do not file with the city clerk their written protest against such proposed change of name, then the council shall have power by ordinance to change the name of such street or avenue in accordance with the terms of such resolution; and upon the passage and approval of such ordinance, the city clerk shall file with the recorder of deeds of the proper county a certified copy of such ordinance, and such recorder shall enter the same upon the records of such county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7013)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6867; 1919 § 8349; 1909 § 9276
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.230 - Qualifications of mayor.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1949
77.230. Qualifications of mayor. —
No person shall be mayor unless he be at least thirty years of age, a citizen of the United States and a resident of such city at the time of and for two years next preceding his election. When two or more persons shall have an equal number of votes for the office of mayor, the matter shall be determined by the council.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6870, A. 1949 H.B. 2027)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6724; 1919 § 8211; 1909 § 9148