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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units › Section 70.878 - Agreement entered into with county of another state, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 70
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
70.878. Agreement entered into with county of another state, when. —
1. A county bordering another state may enter into agreement with the political subdivisions in such other state's contiguous county pursuant to section 70.220, to form a multijurisdictional antifraud enforcement group for the enforcement of antifraud laws and work in cooperation pursuant to sections 70.875 to 70.880.
2. Such other state's law enforcement officers may be deputized as officers of the counties of this state participating in an agreement pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, and shall be deemed to have met all requirements of peace officer training and certification pursuant to chapter 590 for the purposes of conducting investigations and making arrests in this state pursuant to the provisions of section 70.877, provided such officers have satisfied the applicable peace officer training and certification standards in force in such other state.
3. Such other state's law enforcement officers shall have the same powers and immunities when working under an agreement pursuant to subsection 1 of this section as if working under an agreement with another political subdivision in Missouri pursuant to section 70.815.
4. A multijurisdictional antifraud enforcement group formed pursuant to this section is eligible to receive state grants to help defray the costs of its operation pursuant to the terms of section 70.880.
5. The provisions of subsections 2, 3 and 4 of this section shall not be in force unless such other state has provided or shall provide legal authority for its political subdivisions to enter into such agreements and to extend reciprocal powers and privileges to the law enforcement officers of this state working pursuant to such agreements.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 80 § 70.831)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units › Section 70.880 - State grants available to defray costs, eligibility.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 70
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
70.880. State grants available to defray costs, eligibility. —
1. A multijurisdictional antifraud enforcement group which meets the minimum criteria established in this section is eligible to receive state grants to help defray the costs of operation.
2. To be eligible for state grants, a MAEG shall:
(1) Be established and operating pursuant to intergovernmental contracts written and executed in conformity by law, and involve two or more units of local government;
(2) Establish a MAEG policy board composed of an elected official, or a designee, and the chief law enforcement officer from each participating unit of local government to oversee the operations of the MAEG and make such reports to the department of public safety as the department may require;
(3) Designate a single appropriate official of a participating unit of local government to act as the financial officer of the MAEG for all participating units of the local government and to receive funds for the operation of the MAEG;
(4) Limit its target operation to enforcement of antifraud laws;
(5) Cooperate with the department of public safety in order to assure compliance with sections 70.875 to 70.880 and to enable the department to fulfill its duties pursuant to sections 70.875 to 70.880 and supply the department with all information the department deems necessary therefor.
3. The department of public safety shall monitor the operations of all MAEG units which receive state grants. From the moneys appropriated annually, if funds are made available by the general assembly for this purpose, the director shall determine and certify to the auditor the amount of the grant to be made to each designated MAEG financial officer. No provision of this section shall prohibit funding of multijurisdictional antifraud enforcement groups by sources other than those provided by the general assembly, if such funding is in accordance with and in such a manner as provided by law.
4. The director shall report annually, no later than January first of each year, to the governor and the general assembly on the operations of the multijurisdictional antifraud enforcement groups, including a breakdown of the appropriation for the current fiscal year indicating the amount of the state grant each MAEG received or will receive.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 80 § 70.833)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 70 - Powers of Political Subdivisions to Cooperate or Contract with Governmental Units › Section 70.890 - Rogersville and Springfield to abide by agreement for annexation.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 70
Effective - 28 Aug 2007
70.890. Rogersville and Springfield to abide by agreement for annexation. —
The cities of Rogersville and Springfield shall abide by the terms and conditions of the November 15, 2005, settlement agreement, as amended, relating to involuntary annexation of certain real property located between the two cities.
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(L. 2007 S.B. 22 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.010 - Ordinances to conform to state law.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.010. Ordinances to conform to state law. —
Any municipal corporation in this state, whether under general or special charter, and having authority to pass ordinances regulating subjects, matters and things upon which there is a general law of the state, unless otherwise prescribed or authorized by some special provision of its charter, shall confine and restrict its jurisdiction and the passage of its ordinances to and in conformity with the state law upon the same subject.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7442)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7289; 1919 § 8704; 1909 § 9582
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.013 - Train crewman not to be personally liable under city ordinance or state statute for blocking crossing, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1969
71.013. Train crewman not to be personally liable under city ordinance or state statute for blocking crossing, when. —
1. No member of a railroad train or yard crew shall be held criminally guilty of any responsibility of violating a state law or any municipal ordinance regulating the occupying or blocking of any street or highway railroad crossing-at-grade by trains or cars, upon reasonable proof that his action was necessary to comply with the order or instructions, either written or verbal, of his employer or its officers or supervisory officials; and provided, that nothing in this section shall relieve the employer or railroad from any responsibility placed upon said employer or railroad by any such state law or any municipal ordinance.
2. Every person, firm, company, or corporation, operating a railroad as a common carrier in the state of Missouri and violating the provisions of this section, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars for each separate offense.
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(L. 1969 H.B. 124 §§ 1, 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.014 - Annexation by certain cities upon request of all property owners in area annexed — deannexation, statute of limitations.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
71.014. Annexation by certain cities upon request of all property owners in area annexed — deannexation, statute of limitations. —
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 71.015, the governing body of any city, town, or village which is located within a county which borders a county of the first classification with a charter form of government with a population in excess of six hundred fifty thousand, proceeding as otherwise authorized by law or charter, may annex unincorporated areas which are contiguous and compact to the existing corporate limits upon notarized petition requesting such annexation signed by the owners of all fee interests of record in all tracts located within the area to be annexed. That a petition requesting annexation is not or was not verified or notarized shall not affect the validity of an annexation heretofore or hereafter undertaken in accordance with this section.
2. Any action of any kind seeking to deannex from any city, town, or village any area annexed under this section, or seeking in any way to reverse, invalidate, set aside, or otherwise challenge such annexation or oust such city, town, or village from jurisdiction over such annexed area shall be brought within five years of the date of adoption of the annexation ordinance.
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(L. 1973 H.B. 200 § 1, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1362, A.L. 1978 S.B. 738, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1214 & 1319, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1261, A.L. 1994 S.B. 749, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1238, A.L. 2013 S.B. 58)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.016 - Annexation of noncontiguous territory, when allowed.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
71.016. Annexation of noncontiguous territory, when allowed. —
Whenever fifty percent or more of the area of a city, town, or village organized under the laws of this state is liable to be inundated as a result of the construction of a lake, reservoir or other body of water, and it is determined by the legislative body of the city, town, or village, that it is impracticable to annex adjacent or contiguous territory to afford the necessary additional area for the city, town, or village, the legislative body of the city, town, or village may extend its governmental authority over a new townsite in the manner provided in sections 71.016 to 71.019.
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(L. 1969 p. 133 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.017 - Plat of proposed area — acceptance how — election, how conducted — approval by voters, effect of.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
71.017. Plat of proposed area — acceptance how — election, how conducted — approval by voters, effect of. —
1. The owners of a tract of land not more than ten miles distant from the nearest limits of the city, town, or village, or within such greater distance as may be reasonable under the circumstances in order to secure the most desirable site, may present to the legislative body of the city, town, or village a plat containing the same information as is required by the laws of this state to be contained in a plat of an original townsite. The legislative body shall examine the plat, and may require such amendments, changes, additions, or withdrawals therefrom as it deems necessary, and if the legislative body finds that the area contained in the plat is a suitable and desirable site to which the city, town, or village should be moved, it shall pass an ordinance declaring the acceptance of the plat, and shall submit to the voters of the city, town, or village, the question of whether the territory comprised within the plat shall be annexed. The requirements of section 71.015 shall not apply to an annexation under the provisions of sections 71.016 to 71.019.
2. If the annexation of the territory comprised within such plat is approved by a majority of the voters of the city, town, or village voting on the question the legislative body shall so declare by resolution, and shall cause a copy of its resolution and the original plat to be filed for record in the office of the county clerk. If part or all of the territory comprised within the plat lies in a county other than that in which the existing territory of the city, town, or village lies, the resolution and the plat shall be recorded in each county. Upon the date of the filing of the resolution and the plat, the territory comprised within the plat shall be annexed to and shall form a part of the city, town, or village.
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(L. 1969 p. 133 §§ 2, 3, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.018 - Exclusion of prior area from jurisdiction, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
71.018. Exclusion of prior area from jurisdiction, when. —
Whenever any city, town, or village has annexed a new site under the provisions of sections 71.016 to 71.019, the legislative body of the city, town, or village may exclude from its boundaries any portion or portions of the territory embraced within its limits as they existed prior to the annexation of the new site whenever by reason of inundation, disoccupation or any other cause whatsoever, the retention thereof within the limits of the city, town, or village ceases to be desirable for the public interest and for the interest of the inhabitants thereof and of the owners of such land. Until such exclusion, all portions of the original territory of the city, town, or village shall continue within its limits and shall be subject to its governmental authority. Proceedings for such exclusion of territory shall be in accordance with the general laws of this state.
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(L. 1969 p. 133 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.019 - Condemnation authorized — bonds, how issued — cooperation authorized.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
71.019. Condemnation authorized — bonds, how issued — cooperation authorized. —
Any city, town, or village annexing a townsite under the provisions of sections 71.016 to 71.019, through its legislative body, may:
(1) Provide by ordinance for the acquisition of the property so annexed and platted, through the exercise of the right of condemnation in the manner provided by law, or by negotiated purchases or in any other lawful manner;
(2) Provide for the reimbursement of owners of such acquired property through the issuance of bonds in the manner provided by law, and may hold any necessary bond election together with the election provided in section 71.017, or through the encumbrance of such acquired property or in any other lawful manner;
(3) Provide for the administration of the annexed or acquired property, including the authority to zone and other similar and usual powers for regulating use and development of realty and in the case of acquired property the power to provide for and regulate the sale of lots and excess property and to enact such ordinances as will facilitate the orderly and equitable relocation of the city, town, or village;
(4) Act in concert with, cooperate with, or deal with, any private person, agency, nonprofit corporation, governmental body or agency or other appropriate entity in the accomplishment of such ends.
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(L. 1969 p. 133 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.020 - Changing name of town.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
71.020. Changing name of town. —
Whenever a petition, signed by the voters of any city, incorporated town or incorporated village of this state, equal in number to one-half of those who voted for the officers therein at the last election, shall be presented to the corporate authorities of such city, town or village, praying that the name of such city, town or village may be changed, it shall be lawful for such corporate authorities to make such change in the manner herein provided.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7322, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7171; 1919 § 8620; 1909 § 9508
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.030 - Proceedings before presentation of petition to change name.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.030. Proceedings before presentation of petition to change name. —
Previous to the presentation of the petition mentioned in section 71.020, the name proposed to be given to such city, town or village shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, to be there retained for the period of at least sixty days, and, upon application, the secretary of state shall, at any time after the filing of such name, grant a certificate, stating that such name has not been given to any other city, incorporated town or incorporated village or municipality of this state, if such be the fact; but if such name has been adopted by any other city, town or village or municipality, the secretary of state shall so notify the party or parties making such application, in which case another name shall be filed in his office, which name shall likewise remain for the period of sixty days, and no petition shall be acted upon by said corporate authorities unless accompanied by the certificate of the secretary of state, setting forth that such name has not been adopted elsewhere in this state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7323)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7172; 1919 § 8621; 1909 § 9509
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.040 - Duty of the secretary of state.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.040. Duty of the secretary of state. —
The secretary of state shall, as soon as practicable after the passage of this law, communicate with the county clerks in each county in this state, and ascertain the names of all cities, towns, villages or other municipal corporations therein, and arrange such names in alphabetical order for convenient reference. Such lists of names shall be kept filed in his office, and shall be changed whenever a change of name shall be effected under the provisions of this chapter.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7324)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7173; 1919 § 8622; 1909 § 9510
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.050 - Petition to change name — consideration — notice.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.050. Petition to change name — consideration — notice. —
At any meeting of the corporate authorities of any city, incorporated town or incorporated village, after the presentation of the petition herein provided, such corporate authorities shall fix the time when such petition shall be considered, and order notice of the presentation thereof to be given by publishing such notice for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper having a general circulation in such city, town or village; such notice shall state that a change of name of such city, town or village has been prayed for, and the time when action on said petition shall be had, at which time remonstrances, if any, will be heard.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7325)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7174; 1919 § 8623; 1909 § 9511
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.060 - Order to change name.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.060. Order to change name. —
At the time fixed in the notice provided for in section 71.050, or if, from any cause, action thereon is not taken, such petition praying for change of name shall be, with all remonstrances, heard at any subsequent meeting of such corporate authorities; and when said authorities have heard such petitions and remonstrances, and are satisfied such change of name is necessary or proper, they shall thereupon make an order changing the name of such city, town or village, and adopting the name prayed for in such petition.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7326)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7175; 1919 § 8624; 1909 § 9512
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.070 - Order to change name — duty of secretary of state — duty of courts.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.070. Order to change name — duty of secretary of state — duty of courts. —
If said change of name is made, said corporate authorities shall cause a copy of the order making such change to be filed in the office of the secretary of state, who shall thereupon make known the facts of such change by publication in some newspaper of the county in which such city, town or village is situated, and also in some newspaper in the City of St. Louis; and all the courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the change there made.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7327)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7176; 1919 § 8625; 1909 § 9513
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.080 - Change not to affect rights accrued.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.080. Change not to affect rights accrued. —
Nothing in sections 71.020 to 71.080 shall affect the rights or privileges of such city, town or village, or those of any person, as the same existed before such change of name. And all proceedings pending in any court or place, in favor of or against said city, town or village, may be continued to final consummation under the name in which the same was commenced.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7328)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7177; 1919 § 8626; 1909 § 9514
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.090 - Unincorporated town or village — change of name.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
71.090. Unincorporated town or village — change of name. —
When the plat of any unincorporated town or village shall be placed upon record in any county of this state, the circuit court of said county shall have power to change the name of such unincorporated town or village, upon a petition of a majority of the legal voters residing within the limits of such town or village; provided, notice of the proposed change of name shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, as provided in section 71.030.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7329, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7178; 1919 § 8627; 1909 § 9515
Effective 1-2-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.100 - May sell and convey commons.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.100. May sell and convey commons. —
Where any city, town or village in this state hath a common annexed to it, the trustees or body corporate of said city, town or village shall have authority to sell or convey, by deed in fee simple, all the common annexed to said city, town or village.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7361)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7210; 1919 § 8649; 1909 § 9537
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.110 - Sale of commons — ordinances authorized.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.110. Sale of commons — ordinances authorized. —
The trustees, or body corporate, of said city, town or village, is hereby given full power and authority to pass any laws, bylaws, ordinance or other necessary provisions regulating and effecting the sale of said commons, or to perform, or cause to be performed, all acts that are, or may become, necessary to carry into full effect the sale of said commons by said city, town or village.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7362)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7311; 1919 § 8650; 1909 § 9538
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.120 - Property held in trust.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.120. Property held in trust. —
Whenever any property, real or personal, is held by any municipal corporation in a fiduciary capacity, the circuit court shall have jurisdiction, upon proceedings instituted in the name of the attorney general or prosecuting attorney, to inquire into any breaches of trust, fraud or negligence, and to administer the proper relief.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7314)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7163; 1919 § 8612; 1909 § 9500
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.130 - Breach of trust — proceedings.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.130. Breach of trust — proceedings. —
Such proceedings shall be conducted as near as may be in conformity with the law regulating practice in civil cases.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7315)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7164; 1919 § 8613; 1909 § 9501
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.140 - Purchase of Missouri products.

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

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

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.160. Special census — qualifications and oath of supervisor. —
Whenever the council of any incorporated city or town in this state shall be of the opinion that there has been a substantial increase or decrease in the population of such city or town since the last preceding census of such city or town, taken under the authority of the state, or of the United States, said council may, by resolution, declare that it is deemed advisable and necessary that a special census be taken in said city or town, and request the governor to order a special census to be taken therein. Upon such a resolution being passed by the council of any incorporated city or town and a certified copy thereof, certified to by the city clerk of such city or town, being presented to the governor, the governor shall order a special census to be taken in such city or town and shall immediately appoint a census supervisor, who shall be a resident in and qualified voter of such city or town, to supervise the taking of such special census. Such supervisor shall subscribe to an oath that he will faithfully discharge the duties of such office and cause a true and correct census of the population of such city to be taken, according to his best ability, which oath shall be filed with the secretary of state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7408)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7256
(1971) The revenue from the cigarette tax authorized by section 66.340, RSMo, is to be allocated among the unincorporated and the incorporated areas of the county on the basis of decennial census population figures and not on the basis of population figures shown by special municipal census taken pursuant to this section. City of Bridgeton v. Gilstrap (Mo.), 463 S.W.2d 908.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.170 - Special census — enumerators — results certified.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.170. Special census — enumerators — results certified. —
Upon qualifying in the manner prescribed in section 71.160, the census supervisor shall appoint such enumerators as may be necessary to assist in taking such census, each of whom shall take the same oath as heretofore prescribed for such supervisor, before some officer authorized to administer oaths. Such supervisor and enumerators shall immediately proceed to take a census of such city or town, for the sole purpose of determining the population of such city or town, and no other information shall be taken by such supervisor and enumerators. Upon the completion of such census, the supervisor shall certify the result thereof to the secretary of state, and, from and after the date of the filing of such certificate with the secretary of state, the population of such city or town, as given in such certificate of the supervisor, shall be the legal census and population of such city or town, for all purposes whatsoever, under the constitution and laws of the state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7409)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7257
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.180 - Special census — compensation, supervisor and enumerators.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.180. Special census — compensation, supervisor and enumerators. —
The census supervisor and enumerators provided for in the preceding sections shall receive such compensation as may be designated by the governor for their services; provided, that the compensation of the supervisor shall not exceed seven dollars and fifty cents for each day actually spent in the performance of his duties as such supervisor, and the compensation of the enumerators shall not exceed five dollars each for each day actually spent in the performance of their duties as enumerators. The compensation of the supervisor and enumerators and all other expenses of such census shall be paid by the city in which such census is taken.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7410)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7258
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.185 - Tort liability for governmental acts, insurance, trial.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1959
71.185. Tort liability for governmental acts, insurance, trial. —
1. Any municipality engaged in the exercise of governmental functions may carry liability insurance and pay the premiums therefor to insure such municipality and their employees against claims or causes of action for property damage or personal injuries, including death, caused while in the exercise of the governmental functions, and shall be liable as in other cases of torts for property damage and personal injuries including death suffered by third persons while the municipality is engaged in the exercise of the governmental functions to the extent of the insurance so carried.
2. In all suits brought against the municipality for tort damages suffered by anyone while the municipality is engaged in the exercise of governmental functions, it shall be unlawful for the amount of insurance so carried to be shown in evidence, but the court shall be informed thereof and shall reduce any verdict rendered by a jury for an amount in excess of such insurance to the amount of the insurance coverage for the claim.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 346 §§ 1, 2)
(1977) Statutes which contain disclaimer provisions that they shall not be construed as waiver of sovereign immunity show desirability of providing relief rather than legislative expression favoring retention of sovereign immunity. Jones v. State Highway Commission (Mo.), 557 S.W.2d 225.
(1979) A school district is not a "municipality" for purposes of statute which waives the sovereign immunity of a municipality for torts committed while exercising a governmental function if and to the extent the municipality carries liability insurance. Beiser v. Parkway School District (Mo.), 589 S.W.2d 277.
(1985) Held, for purposes of section 71.185, RSMo, the St. Louis Housing Authority is not a "municipality". State ex rel. St. Louis Housing Authority v. Gaertner, 695 S.W.2d 460.
(1987) The operation and supervision of a police department does constitute a governmental function and city may be liable to the extent of liability insurance purchased for the alleged negligent acts of police officers. Nelson v. City of Chester, Ill., 733 S.W.2d 28 (Mo.App.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.195 - Security guards, license or permit issued by a municipality valid in any municipality in St. Charles County, definition.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1997
71.195. Security guards, license or permit issued by a municipality valid in any municipality in St. Charles County, definition. —
1. Any license or permit issued by a municipality to a person in order for such person to seek, obtain or maintain employment as a security guard shall be valid in any municipality within a charter county with a population not exceeding three hundred thousand adjoining another first class charter county, or by reciprocal agreement between the municipalities in any other county.
2. For the purposes of this section, the term
"security guard"
is defined as any person who is not authorized to carry a firearm and who is paid to protect the person or property of another, but shall not include law enforcement officers or any other public official or employee.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 756 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.200 - Police force, appointment of men and women.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1983
71.200. Police force, appointment of men and women. —
All cities in this state shall have power to appoint both men and women as members of the police force and to prescribe their duties and provide for their compensation.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7427, A.L. 1983 H.B. 97)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7274; 1919 § 8696
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.205 - Pensioning of city employees — financing by municipal utility (cities 40,000 to 450,000).

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1983
71.205. Pensioning of city employees — financing by municipal utility (cities 40,000 to 450,000). —
1. Any city of this state that now has or may hereafter have a population of more than forty thousand inhabitants and less than four hundred and fifty thousand is authorized to provide by ordinance or otherwise for the pensioning of its municipal employees and the surviving spouses and children of deceased employees and to appropriate and utilize its municipal revenues and other available funds for these purposes.
2. Any city authorized to provide for the pensioning of its municipal employees and the surviving spouses and children of deceased employees in accordance with subsection 1 may include within the provisions of any pension plan adopted the employees of any municipally owned or operated public utility, or may authorize by ordinance or otherwise a separate plan for the pensioning of the employees and the surviving spouses and children of deceased employees of any such municipally owned public utility. Any pension plan adopted covering the employees and the surviving spouses and children of the deceased employees of a municipally owned or operated public utility may provide that the pensions to such employees and their surviving spouses and children be paid from the funds and revenues of the municipally owned public utility. If the employees of any such municipally owned public utility are included in a plan covering all of the city's municipal employees, then the plan may provide a pro rata share of the cost of administering the pension plan shall be borne by funds and revenues of the municipal utility, and if a separate plan is provided covering just the employees and the surviving spouses and children of deceased employees of the municipal utility, then the plan may provide the cost of administering the plan be paid solely from funds and revenue of the municipal utility.
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(L. 1959 H.B. 205 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1965 p. 190, A.L. 1983 H.B. 571)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Multinational banks, securities and obligations of, investment in, when, 409.950
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.207 - Benefits from pension plan exempt from state taxes, execution, garnishment, attachment, and are unassignable, exception.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1988
71.207. Benefits from pension plan exempt from state taxes, execution, garnishment, attachment, and are unassignable, exception. —
Whenever any municipality has established pension plans for the pensioning of the salaried employees of such city and the surviving spouses and minor children of deceased employees, the right of any person to a benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of such pension plan and the funds created under such pension plan are exempt from any tax of the state of Missouri and are not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever and are unassignable unless specifically so provided in such plan.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 1065 § 1, A.L. 1983 H.B. 571, A.L. 1988 H.B. 924 & 1243)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.220 - City prisoners, labor on public works — fines payable in installments.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 2011
71.220. City prisoners, labor on public works — fines payable in installments. —
1. The various cities, towns and villages in this state, whether organized under special charter or under the general laws of the state, are hereby authorized and empowered to, by ordinance, cause all persons who have been convicted and sentenced by the court having jurisdiction, for violation of ordinance of such city, town or village, whether the punishment be by fine or imprisonment, or by both, to be put to work and perform labor on the public streets, highways and alleys or other public works or buildings of such city, town or village, for such purposes as such city, town or village may deem necessary. And the marshal, constable, street commissioner, or other proper officer of such city, town or village shall have power and be authorized and required to have or cause all such prisoners as may be directed by the mayor, or other chief officer of such city, town or village, to work out the full number of days for which they may have been sentenced, at breaking rock, or at working upon such public streets, highways or alleys or other public works or buildings of such city, town or village as may have been designated. And if the punishment is by fine, and the fine be not paid, then for a portion of such judgment that is equal to the greater of the actual daily cost of incarcerating the prisoner or the amount the municipality is reimbursed by the state for incarcerating the prisoner, the prisoner shall work one day. And it shall be deemed a part of the judgment and sentence of the court that such prisoner may be worked as herein provided.
2. When a fine is assessed for violation of an ordinance, it shall be within the discretion of the judge, or other official, assessing the fine to provide for the payment of the fine on an installment basis under such terms and conditions as he may deem appropriate.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7359, A.L. 1971 S.B. 227, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2011 H.B. 38)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7208; 1919 § 8648; 1909 § 9536
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.230 - Unimproved additions, how vacated.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.230. Unimproved additions, how vacated. —
If any person shall lay off an addition to any town or city which he does not improve, and shall be the legal owner of all lots contained in such addition, such person, or any other person who shall become the legal owner thereof, shall have such addition or any part thereof vacated by applying to the county commission of the proper county, after notice as provided in section 71.240 and proof of ownership of such lots, but such act of vacation shall have no force or effect until a certificate thereof be made out by the clerk of the said commission and filed for record in the recorder's office of said county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7319)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7168; 1919 § 8617; 1909 § 9505
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.250 - Duty of county commission — procedure.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.250. Duty of county commission — procedure. —
If no opposition be made to such petition, the county commission may vacate the same, with such restrictions as they may deem for the public good; but if opposition be made, such application shall continue until the next term of the commission, when, if the objector consent to such vacation, or if two-thirds of all the real estate holders of the town or city petition therefor, the commission may grant the prayer of the petition. The part so vacated, if it be a lot, shall vest in him who may have the title thereof, according to law; and if the same be a street or alley, the same shall be attached to the ground bordering on such street or alley, and all title thereto shall vest in the person owning the property on each side thereof in equal proportions, according to the length or breadth of such ground, as the same may border on such street or alley; and whenever a public square or common shall be vacated, the property thereof shall be disposed of in such manner as the proper authorities of said town or city may direct.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7317)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7166; 1919 § 8615; 1909 § 9503
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.260 - What consent necessary.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
71.260. What consent necessary. —
But no such vacation of a street or alley shall take place, unless the consent of the persons owning two-thirds of the property immediately adjoining thereto be obtained therefor in writing, which consent shall be acknowledged before some circuit or associate circuit judge and filed for record in the recorder's office in said county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7318, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7167; 1919 § 8616; 1909 § 9504
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.270 - Streets, easements and commons in subdivision outside limits — petition — notice.

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