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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.460 - Township trustee, collector.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
65.460. Township trustee, collector. —
Every person elected or appointed to the office of township trustee and ex officio treasurer, before such person enters on the duties of his or her office, and within ten days after such person's election or appointment, shall execute and deliver to the township clerk a bond with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the township clerk payable to the township board, equal to one-half the largest amount on deposit at any one time during the year preceding his or her election or appointment of all the township funds, including school moneys, that may come into his or her hands; and every such bond, when deposited with the township clerk as aforesaid, shall constitute a lien upon all the real estate within the county belonging to such trustee and ex officio treasurer at the time of filing thereof, and shall continue to be a lien until its conditions, together with all costs and charges which may accrue by reason of any prosecution thereon, shall be satisfied.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13956, A.L. 1945 p. 1968, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1464, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with S.B. 210)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12279; 1919 § 13192; 1909 § 11680
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.470 - Trustee to receive and pay over moneys — suits on default.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.470. Trustee to receive and pay over moneys — suits on default. —
The township trustee and ex officio treasurer of each township shall receive and pay over all moneys raised therein for defraying township expenses; provided, that before entering on the duties of his office he shall execute such bond as is required in section 65.460; and in case of default, it is hereby made the duty of the township clerk to institute suit thereon, in the name of the township, in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13965)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12288; 1919 § 13201; 1909 § 11689
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.480 - Action to enforce penalties and forfeitures — employment of counsel.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.480. Action to enforce penalties and forfeitures — employment of counsel. —
The township trustee shall cause suit to be instituted in the name of the township for all penalties and forfeitures given by law to such township, in all cases where no other officer is specially directed to prosecute, and he may, with the consent of the township board, employ counsel to prosecute or defend any suit to which such township is a party such counsel fees to be paid out of the township funds not otherwise appropriated.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13966)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12289; 1919 § 13202; 1909 § 11690
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.490 - Township funds, how paid out — school district funds, duties of trustees.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 2005
65.490. Township funds, how paid out — school district funds, duties of trustees. —
The township trustee and ex officio treasurer shall not pay out any moneys belonging to the township for any purpose whatever, except upon the order of the township board of directors, signed by the chairman of said board and attested by the township clerk; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to change or interfere with any school district, the boundary lines of which are different from that of the municipal township as organized under the provisions of this chapter, nor with the payment of any school moneys upon proper vouchers. The township trustee and ex officio treasurer shall receive from the collector-treasurer all road and bridge and other taxes due the township when collected by such officers, and shall receipt for the same, and shall account therefor in like manner as for other moneys in his or her hands belonging to the township.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13968, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with S.B. 210)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12291; 1919 § 13204; 1909 § 11692
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.500 - Accounts — annual settlement — report to board.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.500. Accounts — annual settlement — report to board. —
1. He shall keep a correct account of all moneys coming into his hands by virtue of his office, from what source received, and what amount, of the amount paid out, to whom paid, and on what account, in a book to be kept by him and provided for the purpose by the township; said book to be kept in such a manner as to show the amount of money in his hands belonging to each school district or fractional part in the township and the amount of road money belonging to the township.
2. He shall make settlement annually between the twentieth day of March and the fifteenth day of April with the county clerk of all moneys received by him on account of schools, showing how the same have been disbursed, and he shall settle with the county treasurer within twenty days after the apportionment of the school funds to the school district, and receive all money in the hands of the county treasurer belonging to his township, and receipt for the same, and shall pay all warrants drawn on him by the board of school directors in his township out of the funds belonging to the district making the order, and he shall not pay any money out belonging to any other fund than that mentioned in the warrants, and he shall file with the township clerk on or before the day of the regular meeting of the township board in April a detailed statement of all money by him received and paid out, to whom and out of what fund, and the amount on hand, and at the expiration of his term of office he shall turn over to his successor all moneys, books and papers belonging to the office, and take duplicate receipts for the same, one to be filed with the township clerk, the other to be retained by himself.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13967)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12290; 1919 § 13203; 1909 § 11691
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.510 - All books and papers to be delivered to successors.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.510. All books and papers to be delivered to successors. —
Whenever the term of office of any township officer shall expire, and others are elected or appointed and qualified as their successors, such successors shall, immediately after entering upon the duties of their office, demand and receive from his or their predecessors, or their legal representatives, all the books, papers and money under his or their control belonging to such office, and such books, papers and other property shall be delivered upon oath that the same are all the moneys, books, papers and other property under his control belonging to such township; duplicate receipts shall be given the outgoing officer for the same, who shall retain one copy and deliver the other to the township clerk, who shall charge the incoming officer with the value thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13961)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12284; 1919 § 13197; 1909 § 11685
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.520 - Treasurer to settle annually with board for school funds — certified copy.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.520. Treasurer to settle annually with board for school funds — certified copy. —
1. The township treasurer shall, annually, between the first day and the tenth day of July of each year, settle with the township board and account for all school moneys received, from whom and on what account, and the amount paid out for school purposes and for building purposes to the various school districts of the township.
2. The township board shall examine the vouchers for such payments, and, if satisfied with the correctness thereof, shall certify the same, which certificate shall be prima facie a discharge of such liability of the treasurer for the funds expressed in the vouchers.
3. The township clerk shall, on or before the fifteenth of July of each year, deliver to the county clerk a certified copy of said settlement, which shall constitute the required settlement by which the county clerk shall make his annual settlement with the state superintendent of public schools.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13969)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12292; 1919 § 13205; 1909 § 11693
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.530 - Township boundaries and new townships, how changed and constituted.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.530. Township boundaries and new townships, how changed and constituted. —
The county commission of each county shall have power to alter the boundary of townships and to increase or diminish their number, as follows, viz: Upon the petition of one-fourth of the voters of the township or townships proposed to be altered, the county commission shall submit the proposed alteration to the qualified voters thereof, at any regular township election, by giving at least thirty days' notice thereof to such township or townships, in the usual manner of giving election notices; and if such alteration shall be ratified by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast by the voters affected thereby, then such alteration shall be confirmed by the county commission, and each township shall be named in accordance with the expressed wishes of its inhabitants.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13936)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12259; 1919 § 13172; 1909 § 11660
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.540 - Creation of new township — duties of county clerk.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.540. Creation of new township — duties of county clerk. —
The county clerk shall, within thirty days after the county commission has established any new township, or changed the boundary lines of any or all the townships in their respective counties, transmit to the secretary of state, who shall keep a record of the same, an abstract of such division or change, giving the bounds of such townships and the names designated, and said county clerk shall record, in a book kept for that purpose, a description of each township as fully as in such report to the secretary of state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13937)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12260; 1919 § 13173; 1909 § 11661
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.550 - Proceedings in case of neglect or refusal to organize.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
65.550. Proceedings in case of neglect or refusal to organize. —
1. In case any township in any county in which township organization has been or may hereafter be adopted shall refuse or neglect to organize and elect township officers at the time required by law for holding township elections, it shall be lawful for any twelve residents of the township to call a township meeting for the purposes described in this section, by posting up notices in five public places of the township, giving at least ten days' notice of such meeting, setting forth the time, place and object of such meeting; and the electors, when assembled by virtue of such notice, shall have all the powers conferred upon them at the regular township election.
2. In case no such notice shall be given within thirty days after the time for holding the regular township elections, the county commission shall, upon the affidavit of any resident of the township, filed in the office of the county clerk, setting forth the facts, proceed at any regular or special session of the commission to appoint the necessary officers for such township, and the persons so appointed shall hold their offices until others are chosen or appointed in their places, and shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties and penalties as if chosen by the electors of the township.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13938, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12261; 1919 § 13174; 1909 § 11662
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.560 - Failure of appointed officers to qualify — annexation of townships.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.560. Failure of appointed officers to qualify — annexation of townships. —
Whenever it shall be made to appear to the county commission that the township officers appointed by them, as provided in section 65.550, shall have failed to qualify as required by law, so that such township cannot become organized, the county commission may annex such township to any adjoining township, and said township so annexed shall thereafter constitute a part of said adjoining township, unless changed by the county commission under the provisions of this chapter.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13939)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12262; 1919 § 13175; 1909 § 11663
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.570 - Division of township — disposition of property.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1981
65.570. Division of township — disposition of property. —
When a township, seized of real estate, shall be divided into two or more townships, the township trustees and county assessor of the several townships constituted by such division shall meet as soon as may be after the first township election subsequently held in such townships, and when so met shall have power to make such agreement concerning the disposition of such township property, and the division thereof, as shall be equitable, and to take all measures and to execute all conveyances necessary to carry such agreement into effect.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13940, A.L. 1981 H.B. 114 & 146)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12263; 1919 § 13176; 1909 § 11664
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.580 - Meetings to carry this law into effect, how called.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1981
65.580. Meetings to carry this law into effect, how called. —
Whenever a meeting of the township trustees and county assessor of two or more townships shall be required to carry into effect the provisions of sections 65.540 to 65.590, such meeting may be called by either of such township trustees; but the township trustees calling the same shall give at least three days' notice, in writing, to all of the other officers, of the time and place at which such meeting is to be held.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13941, A.L. 1981 H.B. 114 & 146)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12264; 1919 § 13177; 1909 § 11665
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.590 - Debts of divided township, how charged.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.590. Debts of divided township, how charged. —
Debts owing by a township so subdivided or altered shall be apportioned in the same manner as personal property of such township, and each township shall be thereafter charged with its share of such debts, according to such apportionment.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13942)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12265; 1919 § 13178; 1909 § 11666
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.600 - County collector and assessor — tenure upon adoption of township organization.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
65.600. County collector and assessor — tenure upon adoption of township organization. —
1. In any county in this state which may hereafter adopt township organization, the person holding the office of the collector of the revenue in such county, at the time in March when township organization becomes effective in such county, shall continue to hold his or her office and exercise all the functions and receive all the fees and emoluments thereof until the time at which his or her term of office would have expired had such county not adopted township organization, and, except as herein otherwise provided, the collector shall perform the same duties and be subject to the same requirements and liabilities as in counties not under township organization.
2. The county assessor shall assess the property of the various townships in such county and arrange the county assessor's books and lists in a manner so that it can be determined which township is entitled to the taxes assessed against any property.
3. The county clerk of such county shall submit, for the use of such county collector, lists of the property assessed in each township the same as the county clerk is required to submit for the use of township collectors.
4. The collector of the revenue in such county shall pay over to the several township trustees of such county after deducting his or her commission, all township taxes and funds of every kind collected by the collector and belonging respectively to the several townships in such county, as required by section 139.430 in the case of township collectors, and for the collector's failure to do so the collector shall be subject to the same liability as provided by section 139.430 in the case of township collectors.
5. The first township collectors in such county shall be elected at the township election held in March next preceding the time at which the term of office of the collector of the revenue in such county shall expire and their terms of office shall begin at the expiration of the term of office of such collector of the revenue, and they shall hold their offices until the next township election in such county. The provisions of this section shall be effective prior to August 28, 2005.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14020, A.L. 1981 H.B. 114 & 146, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with S.B. 210)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12343; 1919 § 13256; 1909 § 11744
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.620 - Abolition of township government — effect.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
65.620. Abolition of township government — effect. —
1. Whenever any county abolishes township organization the county treasurer and ex officio collector shall immediately settle his accounts as treasurer with the county commission and shall thereafter perform all duties, exercise all powers, have all rights and be subject to all liabilities imposed and conferred upon the county collector of revenue under chapter 52 until the first Monday in March after the general election next following the abolishment of township organization and until a collector of revenue for the county is elected and qualified. The person elected collector at the general election as aforesaid, if that election is not one for collector of revenue under chapter 52, shall serve until the first Monday in March following the election and qualification of a collector of revenue under chapter 52. Upon abolition of township organization a county treasurer shall be appointed to serve until the expiration of the term of such officer pursuant to chapter 54.
2. Upon abolition of township organization, title to all property of all kinds theretofore owned by the several townships of the county shall vest in the county and the county shall be liable for all outstanding obligations and liabilities of the several townships.
3. The terms of office of all township officers shall expire on the abolition of township organization and the township trustee of each township shall immediately settle his accounts with the county clerk and all township officers shall promptly deliver to the appropriate county officers, as directed by the county commission, all books, papers, records and property pertaining to their offices.
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(L. 1963 p. 121, A.L. 1981 H.B. 114 & 146, A.L. 2015 H.B. 517 & 754 merged with H.B. 613, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1291 merged with S.B. 592)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.650 - Township zoning, submitted to the voters, when — township plan, formulated.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.650. Township zoning, submitted to the voters, when — township plan, formulated. —
The township board of any township in a county which has not voted to adopt countywide planning or zoning pursuant to the provisions of sections 64.510 to 64.695, or sections 64.800 to 64.905, may, on its own motion, and shall, upon a petition signed by a number of qualified voters in the county equal to five percent of the total vote for governor in such township at the most recent general election at which a governor was elected, submit to a vote of the voters of the township a proposition adopting township planning and zoning under the provisions of sections 65.650 to 65.700. The township planning and zoning proposal shall provide for the preparation, adoption, amendment, extension and carrying out of a township plan for all areas of the township outside the corporate limits of any city, town or village which has adopted a city plan in accordance with the laws of the state. Upon the adoption of the township plan there is created in that township a township planning commission as provided in sections 65.650 to 65.700.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.652 - Planning commission, established when, members, terms, compensation, chairman.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.652. Planning commission, established when, members, terms, compensation, chairman. —
Such township planning commission shall consist of the township trustee, the commissioner of the county commission who represents the township, one member of the township board selected by the township board, and one resident freeholder appointed by the township board from the unincorporated part of the township for a term of four years or until his successor takes office. The terms of all other members shall be only for the duration of their tenure of official position. All members of the township planning commission shall serve as such without compensation, except that an attendance fee as reimbursement for expenses, for not to exceed two meetings per month, may be paid to the freeholder member of the planning commission in an amount, as set by the township board, not to exceed fifteen dollars for each meeting. The planning commission shall elect its chairman who shall serve for one year.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.657 - Ballot, form — majority vote required.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.657. Ballot, form — majority vote required. —
1. Before the township board of any such township shall adopt any plan or create any commission provided for in sections 65.650 to 65.700, it shall order the question as to whether or not the township board shall adopt township planning or zoning submitted to the voters of the township.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall township zoning (or planning) be adopted?
☐ YES
☐ NO
3. If a majority of the votes cast on the question be in favor of the adoption of zoning or planning, the township board may then proceed as provided in sections 65.650 to 65.700.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.660 - Commission, powers — may collect fee, adopt rules — records, commission to keep.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.660. Commission, powers — may collect fee, adopt rules — records, commission to keep. —
The township planning commission may create and adopt rules for the transaction of its business and shall keep a public record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and recommendations. The commission may appoint such employees as it may deem necessary for its work and may contract with planners and other consultants for such services as it may require and may incur other necessary expenses. The township planning commission may charge and collect a fee for any service it provides, but the fee must be established by rule. The expenditures of township funds by the township planning commission shall not be in excess of the amounts appropriated for that purpose by the township board and the amount of fees collected by the township planning commission. The township planning commission shall have such other powers as may be necessary and proper to enable it to perform the duties imposed upon it by law.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.662 - Master plan developed, purpose — contents — procedure to adopt.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.662. Master plan developed, purpose — contents — procedure to adopt. —
The township planning commission shall have power to make, adopt and publish an official master plan of the township for the purpose of bringing about coordinated physical development in accordance with the present and future needs. The official master plan shall be developed so as to conserve the natural resources of the township, to ensure efficient expenditure of public funds and to promote the health, safety, convenience, prosperity and general welfare of the inhabitants. Such official master plan may include, among other things, studies and recommendations relative to the location, character and extent of highways, railroads, bus, streetcar and other transportation routes, bridges, public buildings, schools, parks, parkways, forests, wildlife refuges, dams, and projects affecting conservation of natural resources. The township planning commission may adopt the official master plan in whole or in part and may subsequently amend or extend the adopted plan or portion thereof. Before the adoption, amendment or extension of the plan or portion thereof, the township planning commission shall hold at least one public hearing thereon, fifteen days' notice of the time and place of which shall be published in at least one newspaper having general circulation within the township, and notice of such hearing shall also be posted at least fifteen days in advance thereof in one or more public area in the township. Such hearing may be adjourned from time to time. The adoption of the plan, or part thereof, shall be by resolution carried by not less than a majority vote of the full membership of the township planning commission. After the adoption of the official master plan, or part thereof, an attested copy shall be certified to the township board, to the county commission, to the recorder of deeds and to the township clerk.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.665 - Improvements, must be approved by commission, exceptions.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.665. Improvements, must be approved by commission, exceptions. —
From and after the adoption of the official master plan or portion thereof and its proper certification and recording, thereafter no improvement of a type embraced within the recommendations of such official master plan or part thereof shall be constructed or authorized without first submitting the proposed plans thereof to the township planning commission and receiving the written approval or recommendations of the township planning commission. This requirement shall be deemed to be waived if the township planning commission fails to make its report and recommendations within forty-five days after receipt of the proposed plans. In the case of any public improvement sponsored or proposed to be made by any municipality or other political or civil subdivision of the state, or public board, commission or other public officials, the disapproval or recommendations of the township planning commission may be overruled by a two-thirds vote properly entered of record and certified to the township planning commission, of the governing body of such municipality, or other political or civil subdivision, or public board, commission or officials, after the reasons for such overruling are spread upon its minutes, which reasons shall also be certified to the township planning commission.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.667 - Regulations of commission, scope, commission may change, how.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.667. Regulations of commission, scope, commission may change, how. —
The township planning commission may also prepare, adopt, change and amend, as parts of the official master plan or otherwise, sets of regulations governing subdivisions of land in unincorporated areas, and amend or change same from time to time, as provided in sections 65.650 to 65.700, which regulations may provide for the proper location and width of streets, building lines, open spaces, safety, recreation, and for the avoidance of congestion of population, including minimum width and area of lots. Such regulations may also include the extent to which and the manner in which streets shall be graded and improved, and the extent to which water, sewer and other utility services shall be provided, to protect public health and general welfare. Such regulations may provide that in lieu of the immediate completion or installation of such work, the township planning commission may accept bond for the county commission in the amount and with surety and conditions satisfactory to the county commission, providing for and securing to the county commission the actual construction of such improvements and utilities within a period specified by the township planning commission, and the county commission shall have power to enforce such bond by all proper remedies. Such subdivision regulations shall be adopted, changed or amended, certified and filed as provided in sections 65.650 to 65.700. Such subdivision regulations shall be adopted, changed or amended only after a public hearing has been held thereon, public notice of which shall be given in the manner as provided for the hearing in sections 65.650 to 65.700.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.670 - Subdivision plats, must be approved, when, exceptions.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.670. Subdivision plats, must be approved, when, exceptions. —
Whenever the township planning commission has adopted, recorded and filed certified copies of any part of the official master plan relating to major highways or to subdivision regulations, thereafter no plat of a subdivision of land within the unincorporated area of such township or the portion thereof covered by the major highway plan shall be recorded until such plat shall first have been approved by the township planning commission. If the township planning commission does not report upon the plat within thirty days, it may then be deemed approved by the township planning commission, and the township planning commission shall certify such facts upon such plat. If such plat is approved by the township planning commission, such approval shall be endorsed in writing thereon. However, if such plat be amended or rejected by the township planning commission, such approval shall be deemed overruled. No plat of subdivision of land in the unincorporated areas of the county shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds unless and until approved as provided in sections 65.650 to 65.700. Municipalities shall have power, by ordinance, to require plats of subdivision of land within the corporate limits of such municipalities to be submitted to the township planning commission before being submitted to the municipality for approval, and before being recorded. A certified copy of any such ordinance shall be filed in the office of the recorder of deeds for the county. The township planning commission shall, upon written request of any such municipality, consider such plats and shall report its findings and its recommendations thereon in writing to the proper officials of such municipality.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.672 - County commission may establish setback lines from roads, how.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.672. County commission may establish setback lines from roads, how. —
After any plan for major highways, or portion thereof, has been prepared by the township planning commission, filed and certified as provided in sections 65.650 to 65.700, the county commission may establish, regulate and limit building or setback lines on such major highways outside the corporate limits of municipalities and to prohibit any new building being located within such building or setback lines, and to amend such regulations from time to time. All orders of the county commission relating to such building or setback lines shall be entered of record and certified copies thereof shall be filed with the township planning commission and in the office of the recorder of deeds.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 9)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.675 - Board of adjustment, established when, powers.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.675. Board of adjustment, established when, powers. —
The township board shall provide for a board of adjustment with powers to modify or vary the regulations, in specific cases, in order that unwarranted hardships, which constitute an unreasonable deprivation of use as distinguished from the mere grant of a privilege, may be avoided, the intended purpose of the regulations being strictly observed and the public welfare and public safety protected. If there is a township board of zoning adjustment as provided in section 65.690, such board shall be appointed to serve as the board of adjustment for the building or setback line regulations. If there is no township board of zoning adjustment, the personnel, length of terms, method of appointment and organization of the board of adjustment for the building or setback line regulations shall be the same as provided in section 65.690 for the board of zoning adjustment. Regulations authorized under section 65.672 shall not be adopted, changed or amended until a public hearing has been held thereon by the township planning commission, public notice of which shall be given in the same manner as provided for the hearing in section 65.665.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.677 - Building regulations, unincorporated areas, township board to regulate, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.677. Building regulations, unincorporated areas, township board to regulate, when. —
For the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals, comfort or the general welfare of the unincorporated portion of the township, to conserve and protect property and building values, to secure the most economical use of the land, and to facilitate the adequate provision of public improvements all in accordance with a comprehensive plan, the township board of any township to which the provisions of sections 65.650 to 65.700 are applicable shall have power after approval by vote of the people to regulate and restrict, by order of record, in the unincorporated portions of the township, the height, number of stories, and size of buildings, the percentage of lots that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population, the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes, including areas for agriculture, forestry, and recreation. The provisions of sections 65.650 to 65.700 shall not be exercised so as to impose regulations or to require permits with respect to land, used or to be used for the raising of crops, orchards or forestry or with respect to the erection, maintenance, repair, alteration or extension of farm buildings or farm structures. The powers granted by sections 65.650 to 65.700 shall not be construed:
(1) So as to deprive the owner, lessee or tenant of any existing property of its use or maintenance for the purpose to which it is then lawfully devoted;
(2) So as to deprive any court of the power of determining the reasonableness of regulations and power in any action brought in any court affecting the provisions of sections 65.650 to 65.700 or the rules and regulations adopted thereunder;
(3) To
*
authorize interference with such public utility services as may have been or may hereafter be authorized or ordered by the public service commission or by permit of the county commission, as the case may be.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 11)
*Word "Nor" appears in original rolls.
(1997) Section prohibits township's zoning requirements which regulate livestock sewage lagoons and livestock finishing buildings. Premium Standard Farms v. Lincoln Township of Putnam County, 946 S.W.2d 234 (Mo.banc).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.680 - Division of unincorporated territory into districts, purposes.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.680. Division of unincorporated territory into districts, purposes. —
For any or all of the purposes of section 65.652, the unincorporated territory may be divided into districts of such number, shape and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purpose of sections 65.650 to 65.700 and shall be shown upon the zoning plan; and within such districts the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, relocation or maintenance of buildings or structures and use of land and lots may be regulated and restricted. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings or land uses throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts. The regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive zoning plan and shall give reasonable consideration, among other things, to the then existing character of the districts, their suitability for particular uses, conservation of the value of buildings and of existing development, and encouragement of the most appropriate use of land throughout the township.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 12)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.682 - Zoning commission, appointed when, powers, duties.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.682. Zoning commission, appointed when, powers, duties. —
The township board shall provide for the manner in which such regulations, restrictions and boundaries of such districts shall be determined, established and enforced, and from time to time amended, supplemented or changed within the unincorporated territory. In order to avail itself of the zoning powers conferred by sections 65.650 to 65.700, the township board shall request the township planning commission to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. If there be no township planning commission the township board shall appoint a township zoning commission whose personnel, length of terms and organization shall be the same as provided in sections 65.650 to 65.700 for a township planning commission. Such zoning commission shall make a preliminary report and a proposed zoning order and shall hold public hearings thereon and shall afford persons interested an opportunity to be heard. A hearing shall be held in the areas of the township affected by the terms of such proposed order, public notice of which hearing shall be given in the same manner as provided for the hearing in section 65.662. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the place where copies of the proposed report and proposed zoning order will be accessible for examination by interested parties. Such hearings may be adjourned from time to time. Within ninety days after the final adjournment of such hearings the zoning commission shall make a report and submit a proposed order to the township board. The township board may adopt the order with or without change or may refer it back to the zoning commission for further consideration and report. In the preparation of its report and proposed zoning order the zoning commission may incur such expenditures as shall be authorized by the township.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 13)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.685 - Change in prescribed use of land, hearing required.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.685. Change in prescribed use of land, hearing required. —
After the adoption of a zoning plan or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, no use of any parcel of land included in the plan or regulations shall be changed without a public hearing and the person or body which conducts the hearing shall give notice, at least fifteen days before the hearing, by certified mail to all owners of any real property located within one thousand feet of the parcel of land for which the change is proposed.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 14)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.687 - Designation of zoning official, when — permit required for building alterations, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.687. Designation of zoning official, when — permit required for building alterations, when. —
Any township board which has adopted a zoning plan, as provided in sections 65.650 to 65.700, shall appoint an officer or shall designate one of the existing officials to enforce the provisions of sections 65.650 to 65.700. After the appointment or designation of such officer or official, no building or other structure shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged or altered, or repaired in such manner as to prolong the life of the building, nor shall the use of any land be changed without a permit issued by such officer or official.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 15)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.692 - Regulations, change of by township board, procedure, hearing required.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
65.692. Regulations, change of by township board, procedure, hearing required. —
The regulations imposed and the districts created under authority of sections 65.650 to 65.700 may be amended from time to time by the township board by order after the order establishing the same has gone into effect but no such amendment shall be made by the township board except after recommendation of the township planning commission, or if there is no township planning commission, of the township zoning commission, after hearings thereon by such commission. Public notice of such hearings shall be given in the same manner as provided for the hearing in section 65.662. In case of written protest against any proposed change or amendment, signed and acknowledged by the owners of thirty percent of the frontage within one thousand feet to the right or left of the frontage proposed to be changed, or by the owners of thirty percent of the frontage directly opposite, or directly in the rear of the frontage proposed to be altered, or in cases where the land affected lies within one and one-half miles of the corporate limits of a municipality having in effect ordinances zoning property within the corporate limits of such municipality, made by resolution of the city council or board of trustees thereof, and filed with the township clerk, such amendment may not be passed except by the favorable vote of all the members of the township board.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 17)