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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 229 - Provisions Relating to All Roads › Section 229.477 - Exemptions, authorized eradication of weeds or diseased vegetation, scientific research, certain edibles and seeds.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 229
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
229.477. Exemptions, authorized eradication of weeds or diseased vegetation, scientific research, certain edibles and seeds. —
1. Subsection 2 of section 229.475 shall not apply to the control or eradication of diseased vegetation or noxious weeds by authorized personnel.
2. Provided that such plants or plant parts are not offered for sale, subsection 2 of section 229.475 shall not apply to the collection of seeds, fruits, nuts, berries, edible wild greens or flowering parts of plants, or the occasional collection of plants for the purposes of scientific research or education.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 536 § 1 subsecs. 3, 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 229 - Provisions Relating to All Roads › Section 229.479 - Sale of plants or plant parts collected from highways or roadways, penalty.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 229
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
229.479. Sale of plants or plant parts collected from highways or roadways, penalty. —
No person, except authorized personnel, shall possess for sale, collect, or sell any plants or plant parts collected from highways, county roadways, or rights-of-way. Violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 536 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 229 - Provisions Relating to All Roads › Section 229.481 - Law enforcement officials, conservation agents and agents of department of natural resources to enforce.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 229
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
229.481. Law enforcement officials, conservation agents and agents of department of natural resources to enforce. —
All law enforcement officials and peace officers of this state and of all political subdivisions, including department of conservation agents and agents of the department of natural resources, shall enforce the provisions of sections 229.475 to 229.481 within their respective geographic jurisdictions.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 536 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.010 - County highway commission — members to receive expenses.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953
230.010. County highway commission — members to receive expenses. —
1. There is hereby created and established in the several counties of this state a "County Highway Commission" to be composed of four members who shall possess the qualifications, and be appointed in the manner and for the term in this chapter provided.
2. Members of the county highway commission shall serve without compensation but each of them shall receive his actual and necessary expenses and a mileage allowance of five cents per mile actually and necessarily traveled at his own expense in the performance of his duties.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8502, A.L. 1953 p. 674)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7856
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.020 - County highway commission — appointment.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
230.020. County highway commission — appointment. —
Within sixty days after the taking effect of this chapter, it shall be the duty of the county commission in all counties of this state, except as otherwise in this chapter provided, to appoint four members of the county highway commission, one for a term of one year; one for a term of two years; one for a term of three years; and one for a term of four years. Upon expiration of the term of each of said county highway commissioners his successor shall be appointed for a term of four years, and every such county highway commissioner shall hold office for the term appointed and thereafter until his successor is appointed and qualified. Not more than two of said county highway commissioners shall be appointed from the same county commission district, and not more than two thereof shall be affiliated with the same political party. No person shall be eligible to appointment as a member of the county highway commission who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and who at time of his appointment is not a bona fide resident of county wherein appointed, and possessed of a knowledge of the interest of said county, and a known supporter and advocate of a system of county highways, constructed and maintained with a view to affording the greatest convenience to the greatest number of inhabitants of the county in the matter of farm-to-market roads. Within ten days after their appointment the members of such county highway commission shall meet at the county seats and organize by the election of one of their number as president, and another as secretary, of said commission.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8503)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7857
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.030 - Power and duties of the county highway commission.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
230.030. Power and duties of the county highway commission. —
It shall be the duty of the county highway commission and said commission shall have the power to locate, lay out, designate, construct and maintain, subject to approval of the state highways and transportation commission, a system of county highways not exceeding in the aggregate at any given time one hundred miles in any county, by connecting by the most practical route the several centers of population in the county, in such manner as to afford a connection with such of said centers of population as are not now located on any state highway with such state highway, and so as to afford, as nearly as may be done, a connection with county highways connecting the centers of population of adjoining counties, to the end that all parts of the county shall be connected with the state highway system as now laid out and designated, and that the inhabitants of the county generally shall have and enjoy a system of highly improved farm-to-market roads. If any part of this county one hundred mile highway system has been, or shall hereafter be taken over by the state highways and transportation commission and become a state highway, then an equal amount of new mileage, to take the place thereof, may be placed in the county one hundred mile system.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8504, A.L. 1945 p. 1470)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7858
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.040 - Location of county highway to be submitted to state highways and transportation commission for approval.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
230.040. Location of county highway to be submitted to state highways and transportation commission for approval. —
Before construction of any county highway located, laid out, and designated as in this chapter authorized and provided, or any money, in excess of the cost of such location and designation shall be expended thereon, it shall be the duty of county highway commission to submit such location to the state highways and transportation commission for its approval, and, upon approval of such location by the state highways and transportation commission, the county highway commission shall proceed to procure the right-of-way for said county highways, said right-of-way to be of the standard width required by the state highways and transportation commission for secondary highways, not less, however, than sixty feet wide, and secure title in fee to such right-of-way by deed of conveyance, or by judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction through condemnation. In all cases where condemnation is necessary, the proceedings shall be in the name of the county highway commission, and otherwise the same as now, or hereafter, provided by law for condemnation of land by the state highways and transportation commission for right-of-way for state highways.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8505)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7859
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.050 - Type of county highways.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
230.050. Type of county highways. —
All county highways constructed under the provisions of this chapter shall be of such type, and upon such grade as to permit of the improvement and building up of such highways from time to time as funds are available to a type equivalent to the secondary highways of state highway system, and of such type as to permit of ultimate hardsurfacing in the manner, and in accordance with the specifications of the state highway or chief engineer of state transportation department for hardsurfacing of primary roads of the state highway system.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8506)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7860
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.060 - County highways to be under control and supervision of county highway commission.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
230.060. County highways to be under control and supervision of county highway commission. —
Whenever any county highway laid out and designated under the provisions of this chapter shall be over and along the route of any existing highway, it shall be the duty of the county commission, or other board or commission, having jurisdiction over such highway, to convey the same to the county highway commission, who shall thereafter have control and supervision thereover, and whenever any such county highway shall be laid out and designated through any special road district, or in counties under township organization, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of such special road district, or of the treasurer of such township, to pay over to the county highway commission, such proportion of the total road revenue arising therein as the mileage of said county highway within said special road district, or township, shall bear to the total number of road mileage therein.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8507)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7861
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.070 - Commission to have absolute jurisdiction and control over county highway system roads.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
230.070. Commission to have absolute jurisdiction and control over county highway system roads. —
The county highway commission shall have absolute jurisdiction and control over all highways constituting a part of the county highway system, and shall hold title in fee to the right-of-way thereof, and no other officer, board or commission, except as in this chapter specifically provided, shall have or exercise any authority or jurisdiction over any of such highways. The roads constituting the county highway system shall be known and designated as "county highway".
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(RSMo 1939 § 8508)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7862
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.080 - Commission empowered to employ technical and other help.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
230.080. Commission empowered to employ technical and other help. —
The county highway commission is hereby authorized and empowered to receive, and expend, in the construction and maintenance of county highways, any money or property that may be appropriated or donated by any municipal corporation, special road district, township, or private individual, and to use and employ whatever means, methods, or power, that may be necessary in the construction and maintenance of said county highways, including the power to build culverts and bridges, for which purposes the county highway commission is hereby empowered to employ such technical and other help as may be deemed necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8509)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7863
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.090 - County commission may contribute additional money.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
230.090. County commission may contribute additional money. —
The county may make such additional contributions to said county highway commission as said county commission in its judgment may seem necessary.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8510)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7864
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.100 - Commission to make reports to county commission.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
230.100. Commission to make reports to county commission. —
It shall be the duty of the county highway commission annually to make a complete detailed report to county commission by whom appointed, and to the state highways and transportation commission, showing in detail the amount of money received, and how applied, and if any such county highway commission fails to make the report herein required, the members thereof shall thereby forfeit their office as such commission.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8511)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7865
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.110 - Commission to transfer county highway to state transportation department, when.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
230.110. Commission to transfer county highway to state transportation department, when. —
If, and when, the state highways and transportation commission is authorized by law so to do, and may so desire it may take over all or any part of the highways of the county highway system and make refund therefor in such manner as may now or hereafter be provided by law for making refund to the several counties of this state, and road districts thereof, for highways heretofore designated and taken over by said state transportation department, whereupon it shall be the duty of the county highway commission, by proper deed of conveyance, to transfer to state transportation department that part of county highway system so taken over.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8512)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7866
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.200 - Alternative form authorized in certain counties.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
230.200. Alternative form authorized in certain counties. —
There is hereby provided an alternative county highway commission which may be adopted by any county of the third or fourth class in this state, except counties of the third class containing all or a part of a city having a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more, in lieu of the county highway commission established by sections 230.020 to 230.110.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.205 - Alternative form effective, when — abolished how.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
230.205. Alternative form effective, when — abolished how. —
1. The alternative county highway commission provided by sections 230.200 to 230.260 shall not become operative in any county unless adopted by a vote of the majority of the voters of the county voting upon the question at an election. All counties of this state which have adopted the alternative county highway commission may abolish it and return to the county highway commission provided for by sections 230.010 to 230.110 by submitting the question to a vote of the voters of the county in the manner provided by law.
2. Any county which does not adopt the alternative county highway commission provided by sections 230.200 to 230.260, or any county in which a majority of the voters of the county voting upon the question reject the alternative county highway commission provided by sections 230.200 to 230.260 shall retain the county highway commission provided by sections 230.010 to 230.110.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 2, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.210 - Petition, where filed, contents — form of ballot.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
230.210. Petition, where filed, contents — form of ballot. —
1. Upon petition filed in the office of the clerk of the county commission, of voters equal to five percent of the vote cast for governor in the last preceding general election, requesting the adoption of the alternative county highway commission provided by sections 230.200 to 230.260, the county commission shall, by order of record, submit the question of the adoption of the alternative county highway commission to a vote of the voters of the county at the next general election.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the alternative county highway commission be adopted in ______ County?
3. If a majority of the voters voting upon the question vote for its adoption, the alternative county highway commission shall be declared adopted. If a majority of the voters voting upon the question vote against the adoption of the alternative county highway commission, the county in which the election was held shall retain the county highway commission provided by sections 230.010 to 230.110.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 3, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.215 - Clerk to certify returns.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
230.215. Clerk to certify returns. —
The clerk of the county commission shall record the abstract at length upon the records of the county commission of the county, and shall certify the abstract to the secretary of state.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 4, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.225 - Township and special road districts abolished, when — districts in more than one county, how handled.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
230.225. Township and special road districts abolished, when — districts in more than one county, how handled. —
1. All township road districts in counties adopting sections 230.200 to 230.260 are abolished and all assets and liabilities of each township road district shall be transferred to the county highway commission within thirty days of the adoption of sections 230.200 to 230.260 by the county.
2. All special road districts in counties adopting sections 230.200 to 230.260 are abolished and all assets and liabilities of each special road district shall be transferred to the county highway commission within thirty days of the adoption of sections 230.200 to 230.260 by the county. Whenever any district is located in more than one county, the assets and liabilities of the district shall be transferred to the county adopting sections 230.200 to 230.260 in the proportion that the assessed valuation of that part of the district lying in the adopting county bears to the total assessed value of the district.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.230 - Powers of commission.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
230.230. Powers of commission. —
In all counties adopting sections 230.200 to 230.260, all powers and duties heretofore exercised by the county commission, township boards, and special road district commissioners relating to the improvement, construction, reconstruction, restoration and maintenance of roads shall be exercised by the county highway commission.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.235 - Road plan, who shall prepare — approval by state highways and transportation commission required.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
230.235. Road plan, who shall prepare — approval by state highways and transportation commission required. —
Every county adopting sections 230.200 to 230.260 shall formulate a comprehensive road plan establishing a systematic program for the development and improvement of county roads. The plan shall be prepared by a qualified civil engineer or engineering firm familiar with road and highway engineering, and shall be approved by the state highways and transportation commission.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.240 - Highway engineer — qualifications, exception — appointment, powers — free service to municipalities — compensation from road and bridge fund (third class counties).

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1975
230.240. Highway engineer — qualifications, exception — appointment, powers — free service to municipalities — compensation from road and bridge fund (third class counties). —
1. In addition to the comprehensive road plan required by section 230.235, all counties of the third class adopting sections 230.200 to 230.260 shall employ a qualified graduate civil engineer as county highway engineer; except that, any person serving as county highway engineer on the date the county for which he serves adopts the provisions of sections 230.200 to 230.260 may be retained as county highway engineer and shall be considered qualified for that position within the meaning of sections 230.200 to 230.260. The county highway commission shall appoint the county highway engineer and shall set his salary to be paid out of the road and bridge fund of the county. The services of the engineer shall be available in an advisory capacity to any incorporated municipality within the county at no charge to the municipality.
2. The county highway engineer shall have general supervision over the construction, maintenance, repair and reconstruction of all public highways, roads, bridges and culverts, subject to the approval of the county highway commission.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 9, A.L. 1975 H.B. 244)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.245 - Priority of roads by usage.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
230.245. Priority of roads by usage. —
1. In establishing the comprehensive road plan required by sections 230.200 to 230.260, priority in construction, reconstruction, improvement, restoration and maintenance of roads shall be given in the following order:
(1) County roads presently used for school bus routes, mail routes and milk routes;
(2) County roads now used for any two of the purposes named in subdivision (1) above;
(3) County roads now used for any one of the purposes named in subdivision (1) above;
(4) County roads which may be used if improved or restored for a school bus route, mail route, or milk route;
(5) The construction of county roads which may be used for a school bus route, mail route or milk route;
(6) Any other county road containing a live rural unit, as defined in subsection 2 of this section, if consideration is given to the number of live rural units served by the road, and the amount of traffic on the road.
2. The following terms as used in sections 230.200 to 230.260 mean:
(1)
"County roads"
, all public roads located within the county, except roads or highways constructed or maintained by the state transportation department or by the federal government, and except roads, streets, or highways in incorporated villages, towns, or cities;
(2)
"Live rural unit"
, any church, school, dwelling, or farm.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.250 - County highway commission may designate certain roads as part of supplemental state highway system — state highways and transportation commission to approve.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
230.250. County highway commission may designate certain roads as part of supplemental state highway system — state highways and transportation commission to approve. —
Any county adopting sections 230.200 to 230.260 may, through their county highway commission, designate not less than twenty-five miles nor more than fifty miles of roads within the county which are connecting roads between present supplementary farm to market state highways. Upon designation and approval by the state highways and transportation commission, these roads shall become a part of the permanent supplementary state highway system.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 11)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.255 - Twenty-five percent refund of road and bridge tax to cities, towns and villages required.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
230.255. Twenty-five percent refund of road and bridge tax to cities, towns and villages required. —
In all counties adopting sections 230.200 to 230.260, at least twenty-five percent of the road and bridge tax collected in any incorporated city, town or village in the county shall be expended within the city, town or village.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 12)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions › Section 230.260 - Special named district in two or more counties, effect of.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 230
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
230.260. Special named district in two or more counties, effect of. —
Sections 230.200 to 230.260 shall not apply to any special named district which is located in two or more counties unless all such counties shall adopt the alternative county highway commission plan as herein provided.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 13)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.010 - County commissions to divide counties into road districts.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.010. County commissions to divide counties into road districts. —
The county commissions of all counties, other than those under township organization, shall, during the month of January, 1918, with the advice and assistance of the county highway engineer, divide their counties into road districts, all to be numbered, of suitable and convenient size, road mileage and taxable property considered. Said commissions, during the month of January biennially thereafter, have authority to change the boundaries of any such road district as the best interest of the public may require.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8514)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7868; 1919 § 10661; 1909 § 10464
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.020 - Road overseers to be appointed — when.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
231.020. Road overseers to be appointed — when. —
In all counties of classes two, three and four not adopting an alternative form of county government, all road overseers shall be appointed by the county commission of the county during the month of February.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8516, A.L. 1945 p. 1478)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7870; 1919 § 10662; 1909 § 10465
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.030 - Overseer to give bond — approved by county commission.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.030. Overseer to give bond — approved by county commission. —
Before entering upon his duties each road overseer shall execute to the county a bond in such sum as may be fixed by the county commission, with good and sufficient security to be approved by the commission, the condition of such bond to be that he will faithfully discharge his duties as such road overseer, and that he will account for all sums of money received by him as such overseer, and that he will account to the county highway engineer, at the expiration of his term of office, for all tools, machinery, books, papers and other property belonging to the county or district, and such bond may be sued upon by the county to the use of the road district or any person injured by a breach thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8518)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7872; 1919 § 10663; 1909 § 10467
CROSS REFERENCE:
County officer or road overseer not to be sales agent for road material or machinery, penalty, 229.090, 229.200
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.040 - Copies of road laws to be furnished county commission.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
Effective - 28 Aug 1961
231.040. Copies of road laws to be furnished county commission. —
Five copies of the road laws of this state, properly indexed, in pamphlet form shall be forwarded to the clerk of each of the counties for the use of the county commission. Additional copies shall be forwarded upon application by the commission.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8592, A.L. 1961 p. 558)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7943; 1919 § 10730; 1909 § 10548
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.050 - Overseer to make monthly statement — file with county clerk.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.050. Overseer to make monthly statement — file with county clerk. —
Each road overseer shall file with the county highway engineer, or the county clerk in counties that have no highway engineer, between the first and tenth day of each month, a detailed statement of his transactions as road overseer during the preceding month, showing the amounts collected by him and from whom collected, and the amounts disbursed, and on what account, and what work has been done in his district, including the amount of his own work, and when and where done, and for the making of which reports suitable blanks shall be furnished by the county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8519)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7873; 1919 § 10664; 1909 § 10468
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.060 - Overseer to make annual report and settlement.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
231.060. Overseer to make annual report and settlement. —
It shall be the duty of every road overseer to make a detailed report, under oath, to the county commission at each regular term thereof, and he shall, in February of each year, make to the commission his final report and settlement, under oath, of all moneys received and expended by him, from what source received and on what account expended.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8521, A.L. 1945 p. 1478)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7875; 1919 § 10666; 1909 § 10469
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.070 - Overseer to keep roads in repair — to conform to specifications of engineer.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.070. Overseer to keep roads in repair — to conform to specifications of engineer. —
It shall be the duty of the road overseer to keep the roads in his district in as good repair as the funds at his command will permit. He shall at all times conform to the plans and specifications and instructions of the county highway engineer for the character of the work in question.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8520)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7874; 1919 § 10665; 1909 § 10470
CROSS REFERENCES:
County highway engineer to be custodian of road tools, 61.210
County highway engineer to have supervision over highways of county--reports--hold meetings of road overseers, 61.220, 61.260, 61.270
Overseers to follow plans of engineer--penalty for failure, 61.250
Thistles on unoccupied lands to be cut, expenses how paid, 263.200
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.080 - Highway engineer or overseer to contract for ditching and draining, when.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.080. Highway engineer or overseer to contract for ditching and draining, when. —
The county highway engineer or the overseer of any road district, with the approval of the engineer, is authorized to contract with any owner of land adjacent to the line of public roads for the purpose of opening any ditch or ditches for the drainage of the road, or to procure any necessary material for road purposes, and to pay a reasonable compensation therefor. Said contracts shall be in writing, and, if they relate to the opening of ditches and drains, shall describe the lands on which said ditches or drains are situated, and the location of same, and shall be acknowledged by the landowner and filed and recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8523)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7877; 1919 § 10669
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.100 - Officials authorized to make settlement for damages.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.100. Officials authorized to make settlement for damages. —
Whenever the construction or operation by any person, firm, corporation or association of any power, or a hydroelectric project results in the inundation of roads other than state highways, the county commission or proper officers of the political subdivision, having jurisdiction of such roads, are hereby authorized to make settlement therefor, and all money received therefrom shall be placed to the credit of the road fund of such county or political subdivision as the case may be.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8515)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7869
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.110 - County commission in counties of second class to set aside land for shade trees.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
231.110. County commission in counties of second class to set aside land for shade trees. —
The county commissions of class two counties shall have the power and it is hereby made their duty, upon the petition of a majority of the resident property owners adjoining such road or roads, by order of record, to set aside a strip of land not less than six feet in width, along and from each side of every public road or highway of fifty feet or more in width now or hereafter laid out as a public road, within a distance of two miles of the corporate limits of any city, for the purpose of having planted and cared for shade and ornamental trees and providing for and maintaining footpaths on said strip of land.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8574, A.L. 1945 p. 1500)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7925; 1919 § 10713; 1909 § 10516
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.120 - County commission may construct footpaths, when.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.120. County commission may construct footpaths, when. —
Whenever such a strip of land shall have been set aside by the county commission, and the said road, including said strip of land graded to the established grade, the said county commission shall have the power to have footpaths constructed and cause shade trees of uniform variety and size to be planted thereon, under the supervision of the county highway engineer; after which it shall be the duty of the road overseer of the district containing such road or roads to care for and protect the same out of the road funds of such district; provided, the said county commission may in its discretion, before appropriating any money for the construction of such footpaths, or the purchase and planting of the trees aforesaid, require the property owners owning the property adjoining said road to deposit such part of the total cost of the same with the county treasurer as the commission may deem just and proper.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8575)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7926; 1919 § 10714; 1909 § 10517
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.130 - Overseer to care for trees.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.130. Overseer to care for trees. —
It shall be the duty of the road overseer of the district, including any of the roads aforesaid, to protect and care for any and all of the trees so planted under the supervision of the county highway engineer, and to file information against and prosecute any person or persons who shall injure or destroy any of such trees.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8576)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7927; 1919 § 10715; 1909 § 10518
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.150 - Road laws — how applied.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.150. Road laws — how applied. —
All road laws of this state shall apply to counties under township organization, unless by their terms limited to counties not under township organization, or in conflict with the provisions of this law.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8813)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8149; 1919 § 10911
CROSS REFERENCE:
Township special road and bridge tax, levy, collection and disbursement, 137.585 to 137.595
(1966) A township has the authority to own equipment and employ workmen and to use them in maintaining and improving the roads of the township. Sherman Township, Cass County v. Farr (Mo.), 406 S.W.2d 630.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.160 - Board to form districts — boundary lines — established how — overseer — appointment.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.160. Board to form districts — boundary lines — established how — overseer — appointment. —
The township board of directors shall form the township into one or more road districts. If the boundary line of any road district is along a public road, then one or the other edge of said road, and not the center line, shall be the boundary line of such road; and, in the event the township boards of adjoining townships are unable to agree upon the boundary lines of roads that are on the boundary lines of townships, then the county commission, or county commissions, of the particular county, or counties, interested shall settle boundary lines along such township lines. In the month of April each year the board shall appoint a road overseer for each district, who shall serve for one year and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Any road overseer may be removed from office by the township board for incompetency, neglect or other good cause, and a successor may be appointed by them in his stead.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8814)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8150; 1919 § 10912; 1909 § 11751
CROSS REFERENCE:
Road districts, township board to establish as needed, 65.390
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.170 - Overseer — qualifications — compensation.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.170. Overseer — qualifications — compensation. —
The person appointed to the office of road overseer shall be a citizen of the township from which he is appointed, and shall be a practical road builder, or possessed of technical or scientific knowledge of such work. His compensation shall be fixed by the board of directors at the time of his appointment, and shall be not more than thirty cents per hour for each hour he is actually and necessarily employed as such overseer.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8815)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8151; 1919 § 10913; 1909 § 11752
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.180 - Overseer — bond.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.180. Overseer — bond. —
Before entering upon the performance of his duties each road overseer shall execute and deliver to the township board a bond in such sum as may be fixed by the board, and with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the board, conditioned that he will faithfully discharge all the duties devolving upon him by law as such overseer.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8816)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8152; 1919 § 10914; 1909 § 11753
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.190 - Overseer shall make reports, when.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.190. Overseer shall make reports, when. —
It shall be the duty of every road overseer to make a detailed report and settlement, under oath, to the township board at each regular meeting thereof, and on or before the twentieth day of March next after his appointment he shall make final report, under oath, of all moneys received and expended by him, and from what source received and on what account expended, and final report of the disposition of all tools, machinery, books, papers and other property received by him as such overseer and belonging to such township or road district, and shall settle in full with said board for all moneys which he may have belonging to such road district or which may be owing by him to such district, and shall deliver to said board all tools, machinery, books, papers and other property belonging to such township or road district and received by him as such overseer.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8817)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8153; 1919 § 10915; 1909 § 11754
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.200 - Overseer — employees — material.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.200. Overseer — employees — material. —
The overseer shall not employ any member of the township board nor enter into any contract for road work, material, tools, teams, nor purchase any machinery or material for the use of the road district from any member of the board or a member of his own family, either directly or indirectly, nor in any way use the funds of the district so as to become the beneficiary in the disbursement of the same. The tools of the district shall not be loaned to any person, except persons doing free work upon the roads of the district.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8818)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8154; 1919 § 10916; 1909 § 11755
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.210 - Duties of road overseer.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
231.210. Duties of road overseer. —
It shall be the duty of the road overseer to keep the roads in his district in as good repair as the funds at his command will permit. It shall also be his duty to keep all culverts and holes in the floors of bridges in his district repaired, and to make an inspection of the roads, bridges and culverts in his district as often as practicable and to see that they are kept in a safe condition.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8819, A.L. 1945 p. 1497)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8155; 1919 § 10917
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.220 - Bridges — repairs — bids — notice — contract.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.220. Bridges — repairs — bids — notice — contract. —
The township board of directors shall construct and keep in repair all bridges in their district costing less than one hundred dollars; and shall make all necessary repairs, costing less than twenty-five dollars, upon bridges which are now or may hereafter be built within the township; provided, whenever it shall be necessary in any road district for the township board to cause to be built a bridge, the cost of which exceeds twenty-five dollars, the board may, in its discretion, advertise for bids by giving at least fifteen days' notice, by five written notices, posted in as many public places in said township, or by publication in some newspaper published in the district of the time and place of letting the contract.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8824)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8164; 1919 § 10926; 1909 § 11773
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.230 - Bridges costing more than forty-five hundred dollars, how built.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
231.230. Bridges costing more than forty-five hundred dollars, how built. —
Whenever it shall be necessary in any township to build a bridge, the cost of which shall exceed forty-five hundred dollars, the township board of directors shall make out and cause to be presented to the county commission a certified statement of the amount of money necessary for the construction thereof, and, if deemed proper, the said county commission shall cause the bridge to be built by contract as provided by law.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8825, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8165; 1919 § 10927; 1909 § 11774
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.240 - Contract system — how adopted — publication.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.240. Contract system — how adopted — publication. —
Whenever the inhabitants of any road district of any county of this state having heretofore adopted or which may hereafter adopt township organization may desire to adopt the contract system of working roads in such road district, it may be accomplished in the following manner: Upon the receipt by the township clerk of a petition from a majority of the resident householders of such road district, residing outside of an incorporated city, town or village, setting forth the facts, the township board of directors shall at its next regular meeting, if such meeting be held within thirty days after the receipt by the township clerk of such petition, and otherwise at a special meeting of the township board to be held not later than thirty days after the receipt of such petition, order the adoption of said system in said road district. The township clerk shall enter in the record of the township board all of the proceedings concerning the adoption of said contract system and shall declare, by publication, the adoption of said system in such road district.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8826)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8166; 1919 § 10928; 1909 § 11775