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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 90 - Parks and Recreation (Cities) › Section 90.760 - Duties of the authority — annual report due when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 90
• Effective - 23 Dec 1997, see footnote
90.760. Duties of the authority — annual report due when. —
The duties of the authority created in section 90.750 shall include, but are not limited to, the study and review of all current major sports leagues, clubs or franchises operating in Kansas City and the analysis of possibilities for future growth and expansion of existing and new major sports leagues, clubs or franchises in that and surrounding areas. Unless and until otherwise provided, the authority shall make an annual report by December first of every year, to the governor, the president pro tem of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives, and the director of the department of economic development. Such report shall set forth in detail the authority's findings and recommendations.
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(L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. S.B. 1 § 15)
Effective 12-23-97
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.010 - Cities empowered to erect, maintain gas and power plants — waterworks — ice plants — electric light plants.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.010. Cities empowered to erect, maintain gas and power plants — waterworks — ice plants — electric light plants. —
The city council of any city, town or village in this state shall have power to erect, maintain and operate waterworks, or to acquire waterworks by purchase and to operate and maintain the same, and to supply the inhabitants thereof with water; to erect, purchase, acquire, maintain and operate gas and power plants, electric light plants, ice plants or any other kind of plant or device for lighting purposes, or to acquire and own the same by purchase and to maintain and operate such plants and to supply the inhabitants of such cities, towns and villages with water, light, ice and power therefrom.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7786)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7641; 1919 § 9079; 1909 § 9904
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.020 - Cities empowered to sell light and power.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.020. Cities empowered to sell light and power. —
Any city in this state, which owns and operates any electric light or power plant, may, and is hereby authorized and empowered to, supply electric current from its light or power plant to other municipal corporations for their use and the use of their inhabitants, and also to persons and private corporations for use beyond the corporate limits of such city, and to enter into contracts therefor for such time and upon such terms and under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon by the contracting parties.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7787)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7642; 1919 § 9080
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.030 - Cities may purchase light and power, and ancillary services.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 22 May 2003, see footnote
91.030. Cities may purchase light and power, and ancillary services. —
Any city, town or village in this state, having authority to maintain and operate an electric light and power plant, may procure electric current and ancillary services for that purpose from any other city, owning and operating such plant, or other lawful supplier and to that end may enter into a contract therefor with such city or other supplier having such plant for such period and upon such terms as may be agreed by the contracting parties solely on the approval by the governing board or council of such municipality owned or operated electric power system or by its duly authorized representative without further regulatory or public approval, notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7788, A.L. 2003 H.B. 208 merged with S.B. 555)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7643; 1919 § 9081
Effective 5-22-03 (S.B. 555) 7-09-03 (H.B. 208)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.040 - Cities may use streets and roads.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.040. Cities may use streets and roads. —
Any city, town or village, which any city of this state, having an electric light or power plant, may agree to supply with electric current under the provisions of sections 91.020 and 91.030, is hereby authorized and empowered to conduct said current from the city, agreeing to supply the same, and for that purpose to erect poles, piers, abutments, wires and other fixtures along, across or under any of the public roads, streets and water in such a manner as not to incommode or endanger the public in the use of said public roads, streets and waters, and to put in and maintain and operate all apparatus and devices necessary for and in conducting said current from the city agreeing to supply the same into its own limits in, upon, over and through any territory of this state outside, as well as within, the limits of said city, town or village.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7789)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7644; 1919 § 9082
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.050 - Cities owning waterworks may supply other cities.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.050. Cities owning waterworks may supply other cities. —
Any city in this state which owns and operates a system of waterworks may, and is hereby authorized and empowered to, supply water from its waterworks to other municipal corporations for their use and the use of their inhabitants, and also to persons and private corporations for use beyond the corporate limits of such city, and to enter into contracts therefor, for such time, upon such terms and under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon by the contracting parties.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7790)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7645; 1919 § 9083; 1909 § 9905
(1989) Provision of water to nonresidents is permissive, not mandatory, and is generally subject to contractual agreement between the city and nonresident. City's requirement that residents of unincor-porated portion of county sign a petition for voluntary annexation in order to have access to city's water and sewer systems is entirely consistent with this statute. Blackwell v. City of St. Charles (E.D.Mo.) 726 F.Supp. 256.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.055 - Customers may choose to maintain municipal water service despite claim of exclusive right by public water supply district (Jackson County).

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 14 Jun 1999, see footnote
91.055. Customers may choose to maintain municipal water service despite claim of exclusive right by public water supply district (Jackson County). —
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in a county of the first classification with a charter form of government and having a population of more than six hundred thousand but less than nine hundred thousand inhabitants, any person who is a water service customer of any municipality located in whole or in part in such county may continue to receive water service from such municipality even in the event that a public water supply district shall claim the exclusive right to provide water service to such person.
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(L. 1999 H.B. 450 and L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2011 H.B. 315)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.060 - Cities, towns or villages may procure water from any other city — contract.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.060. Cities, towns or villages may procure water from any other city — contract. —
Any city, town or village in this state having authority to maintain and operate waterworks may procure water for that purpose from any other city having a system of waterworks, and to that end may enter into a contract therefor with such city having a system of waterworks; and any city of this state having a waterworks system is hereby authorized and empowered whenever it deems it expedient to supply any other city, town or village of this state in its vicinity with water from its waterworks for such time and upon such terms and under such rules and regulations as it may deem proper.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7791)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7646; 1919 § 9084; 1909 § 9906
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.070 - City authorized to lay pipes and mains, machinery to carry out provisions of section 91.060.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.070. City authorized to lay pipes and mains, machinery to carry out provisions of section 91.060. —
Any city, town or village, which any city of this state having waterworks may agree to supply with water under the provisions of section 91.060, is hereby authorized and empowered to conduct the water from the city agreeing to supply the same, and for that purpose to lay mains and pipes and to put in, maintain and operate all necessary machinery, apparatus and devices necessary for and in the conducting of the water from the city agreeing to supply the same into its own limits in, upon, over and through any territory of this state, outside as well as within the limits of any such city, town or village, and to connect with the mains of such city agreeing to supply it with water, with the consent of such city supplying the same, and at such place or places and in such manner as such city supplying the water may permit and direct.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7792)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7647; 1919 § 9085; 1909 § 9907
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.080 - Condemnation proceedings — compensation for private property taken.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
91.080. Condemnation proceedings — compensation for private property taken. —
Every such city, town or village to be supplied with water as herein provided shall have the right to acquire, by purchase, donation or condemnation, the right-of-way to and from the city agreeing to supply it with water, and all lands and easements, and all rights-of-way, either above or below ground, it may require for the purposes of laying its mains and pipes and putting in, maintaining and operating all necessary machinery, apparatus and devices for conducting the water into its own limits; and all condemnation proceedings under sections 91.060 to 91.080 shall be had according to and under the provisions of sections 393.030 to 393.100 which are made applicable to condemnation proceedings under sections 91.060 to 91.080.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7793, A. 1949 H.B. 2039)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7648; 1919 § 9086; 1909 § 9908
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.090 - Certain cities may construct or acquire waterworks.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
91.090. Certain cities may construct or acquire waterworks. —
The city council of any city of the third or fourth class in this state, or any city operating under a special charter, having three thousand inhabitants or more and less than one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants shall have the power to erect, maintain and operate waterworks or to acquire waterworks by purchase as herein provided, and to operate and maintain the same and supply the inhabitants thereof with water and to charge therefor reasonable rates as herein provided.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7806, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1554 Revision)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7661; 1919 § 9099; 1909 § 9924
CROSS REFERENCE:
Special charter cities may acquire, sell, lease public utilities, 81.190
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.100 - May contract to supply.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.100. May contract to supply. —
Any such city which shall erect or acquire a system of waterworks under sections 91.090 to 91.300 may, and is hereby authorized and empowered to, supply water from its waterworks to persons and private corporations for use in or beyond the corporate limits of the city, and to enter into any such contracts therefor, upon such terms and under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon by the contracting parties.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7807)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7662; 1919 § 9100; 1909 § 9925
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.110 - May acquire by purchase.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.110. May acquire by purchase. —
Every such city shall have the right and is hereby expressly given the power to acquire, by purchase, as herein provided, a waterworks system, consisting of pipes, mains, machinery, buildings, standpipes, reservoirs, easements, rights-of-way, water supply and such real estate as is necessarily connected therewith for the successful operation thereof, including the franchises and rights granted thereto by the city, and any leasehold rights, and any other water supply that may be necessary or that the city may deem necessary, whether owned by the water company or other person or corporation, and said city is hereby given the power to erect and construct such waterworks system as herein provided.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7808)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7663; 1919 § 9101; 1909 § 9926
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.120 - May acquire water system — procedure.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
91.120. May acquire water system — procedure. —
1. The city shall have the right to acquire by purchase any waterworks system in operation in such city at its fair and equitable value, to be agreed upon by the city and the person, firm or corporation owning the waterworks system, and whenever a proposition is made in writing to the city by the person, firm or corporation owning such plant to sell to the city under sections 91.090 to 91.300 its waterworks system at a price that the city council deems fair and equitable, the council or other proper authorities shall, by ordinance, submit the question to the voters of the city.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the city acquire the waterworks system and property and issue bonds therefor, which shall be a first lien on the waterworks system and property, but not a general or personal obligation of the city?
3. And if a majority of the voters of the city voting on the question shall vote "Yes", then such city shall acquire said property at the price and on the terms named in the question.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7809, A. 1949 H.B. 2039, A.L. 1975 H.B. 947, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7664; 1919 § 9102; 1909 § 9927
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.140 - Petition by citizens — duty of council.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.140. Petition by citizens — duty of council. —
In case a proposition is made by the person, firm or corporation owning the plant in the city for the sale thereof under sections 91.090 to 91.300, and in case the city council fails or neglects to submit said proposition as herein provided, then upon the filing with the city clerk of said city a petition signed by one hundred taxpaying citizens of the city, requesting the submission of such proposition, as above provided, it shall be the duty of the city council and the mayor of such city to duly enact an ordinance submitting the said proposition to the voters of said city, as herein provided.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7811)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7666; 1919 § 9104; 1909 § 9929
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.150 - Plant, how paid for — bonds to constitute lien.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1975
91.150. Plant, how paid for — bonds to constitute lien. —
Whenever a proposition shall be submitted and adopted by a majority of the voters of the city voting on the proposition, then the waterworks system shall be conveyed to the city by the person, firm or corporation owning the same, which deed shall convey to the city a valid title to the property except that such conveyance shall be subject to a vendor's lien for the purchase price of the plant, which shall be evidenced by bonds herein provided for, which shall be issued and delivered to the person, firm or corporation selling the property, in payment therefor. And the city, for the purpose of paying for the waterworks plant, shall issue bonds to an amount equal to the agreed purchase price, which shall be known as "the waterworks bonds" and which shall constitute a first lien on the waterworks plant so acquired, and all the property connected therewith or thereafter acquired constituting a part of the plant, including the income arising therefrom, it being the intent of sections 91.090 to 91.300, however, that there is to be no liability on the part of the city to pay the amount evidenced by the bonds out of any other fund than the one herein specified, and the bonds shall not constitute a liability of the city for which the general revenues thereof can be appropriated, or any part thereof, except to pay a reasonable fire hydrant rental for such hydrants as may be used by the city for the purpose of fire protection, and washing and flushing streets, crossings, alleys and sewers, as herein provided.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7812, A. 1949 H.B. 2039, A.L. 1975 H.B. 947)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7667; 1919 § 9105; 1909 § 9930
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.170 - May advertise for bids to construct.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.170. May advertise for bids to construct. —
When there are no waterworks in operation in any such city, and the city shall desire to construct waterworks, the city council shall, by ordinance, cause plans and specifications of the waterworks system to be constructed, to be duly made and filed in the office of the city clerk by the city engineer, or such other person as the council may designate, which plans and specifications shall give a full description of the plant to be constructed, the details thereof and the manner of construction; and the council shall cause the said engineer or the person so designated, to make the plans and specifications, to advertise for bids, and the council, by and through said city engineer, or such committee as the council may appoint, shall contract, subject to the approval and ratification of the voters of said city, as herein provided, with the person, firm or corporation who will agree to do the work on the lowest and best terms, and such person, firm or corporation shall agree to accept, in payment for the construction of said plant, bonds issued under sections 91.090 to 91.300, and containing substantially the recitals as provided in section 91.160; and the advertisement for bids shall state, among other things, that the work is to be paid for by bonds issued under sections 91.090 to 91.300, which will be a first lien in the nature of a mortgage or vendor's lien upon all the property, rights, issues and revenues of the waterworks system when erected, or in any way appertaining thereto, including any and all funds that may have been or may be derived therefrom, whether in existence at the time of the issuing of the bonds or thereafter acquired, but that the bonds shall not create any personal or general liability on the part of the city or the person signing them for the payment thereof, and that the same shall be paid only out of the property constituting the waterworks system and the revenue derived therefrom.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7814)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7669; 1919 § 9107; 1909 § 9932
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.180 - Contractor to give bond.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.180. Contractor to give bond. —
The contractor who shall be awarded said contract shall give to the city a bond with sufficient security for the performance of the work in accordance with the plans and specifications, and in accordance with the contract, which bond shall be for such sum as the council may by ordinance determine, and shall be approved by the mayor and filed in the office of the city clerk.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7815)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7670; 1919 § 9108; 1909 § 9933
CROSS REFERENCE:
Bond of contractor, conditions of, 107.170
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.190 - Bid for construction to be submitted to voters.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1975
91.190. Bid for construction to be submitted to voters. —
The council shall then, by ordinance, submit the proposition to erect the waterworks system as provided in the contract, ordinance and other proceedings, and to pay for same by bonds issued as aforesaid, to the voters of the city, as provided in section 91.120. The proposition to be submitted at the election shall be:
To erect a waterworks plant and issue bonds in payment therefor, which shall be a first lien on the waterworks plant when erected, but no general or personal obligation of the city—YES.
To erect a waterworks plant and issue bonds in payment therefor, which shall be a first lien on the waterworks plant when erected, but no general or personal obligation of the city—NO.
­­And if a majority of the voters of the city voting on the proposition shall vote "YES", then the contract shall be binding and in full force and effect, and the waterworks system shall be erected in accordance therewith, and when erected and accepted by the city, bonds shall be issued in payment therefor to the contractor under the terms of the contract as provided for in sections 91.090 to 91.300, and the title to the waterworks system, after it is erected, shall pass to and vest in the city subject to the payment of the bonds issued in payment of the contract price for erecting same.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7816, A. 1949 H.B. 2039, A.L. 1975 H.B. 947)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7671; 1919 § 9109; 1909 § 9934
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.200 - Council to appoint superintendent of construction.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1975
91.200. Council to appoint superintendent of construction. —
As soon as the proposition to erect the waterworks system has been ratified by a majority of the voters of the city voting on the proposition as aforesaid, the city council shall appoint some suitable person to superintend the erection thereof, and who shall receive reasonable compensation therefor, whose compensation shall be paid by the contractor into the treasury of the city before the work is commenced, and paid to the superintendent as the work progresses, as may be directed by the council, and the amount so deposited by the contractor shall be included by him in the contract price for the work for which bonds shall be issued in payment.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7817, A. 1949 H.B. 2039, A.L. 1975 H.B. 947)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7672; 1919 § 9110; 1909 § 9935
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.210 - What provisions to apply.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.210. What provisions to apply. —
All the provisions of sections 91.010 to 91.300, 91.450 to 91.540, 91.600 and 91.610, which concern the purchase of waterworks, shall apply, so far as the same are applicable, to the erection or purchase of electric light plants, gas plants, ice plants or other lighting plants.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7818)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7673; 1919 § 9111; 1909 § 9936
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.220 - Failure to redeem bonds.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.220. Failure to redeem bonds. —
In case of default in the payment of the principal of the bonds or interest due thereon for a period of six months, all of said property, to wit: The waterworks system, consisting of pipes, mains, machinery, buildings, standpipes, reservoirs, easements, rights-of-way, water supply and the real estate connected therewith, including any leasehold rights and all obligations due from private corporations, individuals or the city to the said waterworks system, or board of waterworks commissioners, on account of water furnished or consumed, and including the right, privilege and franchise to continue thereafter the maintenance and operation of said plant for a period of thirty years, shall be conveyed by said commissioners by a deed of conveyance to the bondholders to be held by them in the relative proportion that the bonds held by each shall bear to the entire issue; provided, that said property may be conveyed to a trustee designated by a majority of the bondholders to be held for the use of all the bondholders in the proportion aforesaid, and such conveyance shall vest a perfect title in said bondholders and their assigns or their trustee to said property, and said bondholders and their assigns or their trustee, shall thereafter have the use of the streets, avenues, alleys and other public places to maintain and operate their said plant for a period of thirty years, as aforesaid; and provided further, that the lien created by the said bonds and sections 91.090 to 91.300 may be foreclosed in a court of equity in a like manner as if a mortgage or deed of trust was given to secure the same. No general or personal judgment shall be rendered against the city except for such amounts as may be due from said city as rental for hydrants used by the city for the purpose of fire protection and washing and flushing streets, crossings, alleys and sewers of the city, and in case of foreclosure, the decree and sale shall convey to the purchaser, or person or persons receiving title under the decree, or by a sale under the decree, all the rights, title and estate which could be conveyed by a conveyance from the board of waterworks commissioners, as aforesaid.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7819)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7674; 1919 § 9112; 1909 § 9937
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.230 - City to pay for fire protection — rates.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.230. City to pay for fire protection — rates. —
The city shall pay to the board of waterworks commissioners a reasonable fire hydrant rental for such hydrants as may be used by the city for the purpose of fire protection, and washing and flushing the streets, crossings, alleys and sewers, which shall in no case exceed a reasonable and just price therefor, to be fixed by the concurrent action of the board of waterworks commissioners and city council every five years from the date of the purchase of said waterworks system. The inhabitants of the city shall be required to pay reasonable rates for the use of water, to be fixed by the board of waterworks commissioners, to be paid quarterly, and the amount paid by the city and private consumers shall be sufficient to raise funds adequate:
(1) To pay the current running expenses for maintaining the waterworks system, and provide for such extensions and renewals as may become necessary;
(2) To provide for the payment of the interest on the bonded indebtedness;
(3) To provide each year a sum equal to not less than two nor more than five percent of the entire bonded indebtedness herein provided for, which sum shall be turned into a sinking fund to provide for the final payment and extinguishment of the bonded debt; provided, that the rates in force at the time of taking over any such property shall not be reduced for the first five years, at which time they may be reduced by the board of waterworks commissioners, if it is apparent that the rates are higher than necessary to operate and maintain the plant, pay interest on the bonds, and create a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds at the end of twenty years, in which event it shall be the duty of the said board of waterworks commissioners to make a suitable reduction. Said sinking fund to remain in the depositary to be selected as herein provided, and to draw interest.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7820)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7675; 1919 § 9113; 1909 § 9938
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.240 - Funds, where deposited.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.240. Funds, where deposited. —
There shall be selected a depositary for the funds of the waterworks system in the manner as provided by section 95.280, and all moneys received from water consumers shall be deposited daily by the manager of the said waterworks system, and all to be drawn out of such depositary on warrants drawn upon said depositary and signed by the president of the board of waterworks commissioners with the seal of the board attached, countersigned by the mayor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7821)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7676; 1919 § 9114; 1909 § 9939
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.250 - Waterworks bonds of certain cities may be deposited as securities.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.250. Waterworks bonds of certain cities may be deposited as securities. —
When any city of over twenty thousand inhabitants has purchased or erected a waterworks system under sections 91.090 to 91.300 and issued bonds in payment therefor as herein provided, such bonds shall be subject to be deposited with the director of the department of commerce and insurance of Missouri, as provided by the statutes relating to the deposit of securities by trust and insurance companies, and such bonds may also be deposited with the treasurer of the state of Missouri, as provided in section 30.270, within the discretion of the governor, attorney general and treasurer of the state, as provided in said section 30.270; provided, that at the time that such bonds are offered for deposit, the waterworks system upon which they are secured has, for a period of five years last past, earned all necessary current running expenses, and in addition thereto an amount equal to eight percent per annum on the entire amount of such bonds issued for the payment of said waterworks system.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7822)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7677; 1919 § 9115; 1909 § 9940
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.260 - Board of waterworks commissioners, how composed — compensation.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
91.260. Board of waterworks commissioners, how composed — compensation. —
The waterworks system, when acquired by purchase or erected by the city, shall be under the management and control of a board known as "The Board of Waterworks Commissioners", which shall be composed of three residents of the city, well known for their intelligence and integrity, who shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city council. As soon as convenient after the members of the board have been chosen, the board shall hold a meeting at the city council room of such city, and organize by the election of a president, and adopt a corporate seal, and at such first meeting they shall determine by lot the term of office of each member, so that one shall serve for one year, one for two years and one for three years, and whenever the term of office of a member of the board expires, the mayor of the city, with the approval of the city council, shall appoint a successor to serve a full term of three years; and in case any other vacancy arises in the board, it shall be filled in like manner for the unexpired term. Each of the commissioners shall give bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, with two solvent securities, for the faithful performance of their duties, such bond to be approved by the mayor. Any member of such board shall be suspended or removed in the same manner and for like cause as an appointive city officer. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings, and the city clerk of the city, by virtue of his office, shall be secretary of the board of waterworks commissioners, and shall be the custodian of the seal, and shall serve without further compensation than that received as city clerk. Each member of the board may, by ordinance of the council of the city, be paid out of the revenues derived from the operation of the plant, a salary not exceeding the sum of five hundred dollars per year. No person holding an office under the city government, either elective or appointive, shall be eligible to appointment on the board of waterworks commissioners, and no more than two of such commissioners shall belong to the same political party.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7823, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7678; 1919 § 9116; 1909 § 9941
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.270 - Powers and duties of board — may appoint manager — city to pay for water.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.270. Powers and duties of board — may appoint manager — city to pay for water. —
Said board of waterworks commissioners shall have full control and management of said waterworks system, and shall make all contracts for supplies and improvements, and manage the business of said waterworks system, and may employ such assistants and employees as may be necessary for the operation of the same, subject to the approval of the mayor, and shall have power to fix the water rates so as to raise funds sufficient for the purposes mentioned in section 91.230, and to adopt such reasonable rules and regulations for the enforcement and collection thereof as it may deem expedient; and such board shall collect from said city rental for hydrants used by the city for the purposes of fire protection, and washing and flushing the streets, crossings, alleys and sewers, at the rate agreed upon between the board and the city council and shall have the same power to sue for any such amount due from the city as if the water was furnished to the city by a private person or corporation. The said board shall have the power to appoint a manager of the plant who shall receive a salary of not exceeding two thousand dollars per year, and such manager shall give bond, the same as required to be given by each member of the board, and all of the books, papers and documents relating to the board and management of the plant shall be under the immediate supervision of the board, and shall be open at all times for public inspection and shall be examined by a committee appointed by the mayor at least once a year.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7824)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7679; 1919 § 9117; 1909 § 9942
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.280 - Board and manager liable on bond for neglect.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.280. Board and manager liable on bond for neglect. —
The board of waterworks commissioners and the manager of the waterworks system shall be liable on their bonds for any willful or negligent misappropriation of the moneys or properties of the waterworks system, and no part of the said moneys or properties shall be diverted from the depositary selected as provided in sections 91.090 to 91.300, nor shall the city council or other officers of the city have any power to divert the same, and the city, or any holder of the bonds issued under said sections, may at any time enjoin the misappropriation or waste of the funds of the waterworks system, or may by mandamus proceeding compel the raising of sufficient funds to comply with the provisions of section 91.230, or the performance of any other duty enjoined on them. Any money recovered from any member of the board of waterworks commissioners, or the manager of such waterworks plant, or any sureties on their bonds, for failure to perform their official duties, or for the misapplication of any of the money or properties of the waterworks system, shall be paid into the depositary selected under sections 91.090 to 91.300.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7825)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7680; 1919 § 9118; 1909 § 9943
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.290 - Waterworks exempt from execution, exception.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.290. Waterworks exempt from execution, exception. —
The waterworks system so acquired by any city under sections 91.090 to 91.300 shall be entirely exempt from seizure, levy or sale under any judgment, execution, decree of court, or other proceedings in invitum, except as expressly provided in said sections, for the payment of the bonds issued in payment for the purchase price of said waterworks system, or the contract price for the construction of the same, and the city or board of waterworks commissioners shall not have power to sell, convey, mortgage or pledge the same, except as expressly provided in said sections.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7826)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7681; 1919 § 9120; 1909 § 9945
(1972) A mechanic's lien does not attach to buildings and property owned by a municipality and used for the benefit of the public. Union Reddi-Mix Co. v. Specialty Concrete Contr. (A.), 476 S.W.2d 160.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.300 - Scope of sections 91.090 to 91.300.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.300. Scope of sections 91.090 to 91.300. —
Sections 91.090 to 91.300 are in addition to the powers heretofore granted to such cities with reference to the subject matter hereof, and shall not be construed so as to abridge or take away any of such powers granted to such cities by any statute now in force, not inconsistent herewith, but are intended to enlarge and extend the powers of such cities with reference to the acquisition of waterworks.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7827)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7682; 1919 § 9121; 1909 § 9946
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.460 - Board to be nonpartisan — salary — bond.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.460. Board to be nonpartisan — salary — bond. —
Not more than two members of said board shall belong to the same political party, and its administration shall in all respects be entirely nonpartisan. Each member of said board shall receive such salary and give such bond as may be prescribed by ordinance.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7797)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7652; 1919 § 9090; 1909 § 9915
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.470 - Office vacated, how.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.470. Office vacated, how. —
Any member of said board of public works, who shall accept a nomination or appointment for any other office during his official term, shall be deemed thereby to have resigned as a member of said board, and his said membership shall thereby be ipso facto vacated.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7798)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7653; 1919 § 9091; 1909 § 9916
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.480 - Board to manage municipal utilities.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.480. Board to manage municipal utilities. —
Whenever any such city mentioned in section 91.450 shall have by ordinance established a board of public works, as herein provided, such board so established in such city, town or village shall, during the existence of said board, have the power, and it shall be its duty, to take charge of and exercise control over any waterworks, gas works, electric light and power plant, steam heating plant or any other device or plant for furnishing light, power or heat, telephone plant or exchange, street railway or any other public transportation, conduit system or any other public utility whatever which may be owned by such city, town or village at the time such board is so established, or which may be thereafter established or acquired by such city, town or village, by purchase or otherwise, and all appurtenances thereto belonging, and shall enforce the performance of all contracts and work, and have charge and custody of all books, property and assets belonging or appertaining to such plant or plants.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7799)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7654; 1919 § 9092; 1909 § 9917
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.490 - Council to prescribe powers — rules and regulations.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.490. Council to prescribe powers — rules and regulations. —
Said board shall also exercise such other powers and perform such other duties in the superintendence of public works, improvements and repairs constructed by authority of the common council or owned by the city as may be prescribed by ordinance. Said board shall make all necessary regulations for the government of the department not inconsistent with the general laws of this state, the charter of such city or the ordinances thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7800)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7655; 1919 § 9093; 1909 § 9918
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.500 - Officers and employees — compensation.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.500. Officers and employees — compensation. —
Said board shall have the power to appoint a chief superintendent and such subordinates, including engineers, inspectors, clerks, assistants and other persons, as may be necessary, but the number of such additional appointees and the compensation of all employees and appointees of said board shall be as provided by ordinances.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7801)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7656; 1919 § 9094; 1909 § 9919
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.510 - Salaries and expenses — how paid.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.510. Salaries and expenses — how paid. —
All bills of such board and all salaries of its employees shall be allowed and paid in the same manner that bills and salaries of other officers and employees of such city are allowed and paid.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7802)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7657; 1919 § 9095; 1909 § 9920
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.520 - Board to keep accounts and make report.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.520. Board to keep accounts and make report. —
It shall be the duty of said board to keep books of account, showing with entire accuracy contemporaneous current entries of the receipts and expenditures of the board in such manner as to enable the same to be understood and investigated, and also to preserve on file in its office duplicate vouchers for all its expenditures, which books and duplicates shall at all times be open to the examination of the finance committee of the city council, or any other committee appointed by the common council, and such board shall make such reports of its business and transactions to the mayor and city council of such city, town or village as may be provided by ordinance.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7803)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7658; 1919 § 9096; 1909 § 9921
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.530 - Board to let work by contract.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.530. Board to let work by contract. —
The doing of all work and the furnishing of all supplies for the waterworks, electric power and light plant, or any other plant or work which may be under its supervision or control, shall be let out by the board of public works in the same manner as other public works are let out, except in cases where it is not practicable to do such work or furnish material by contract; and all contracts shall be submitted to the common council for approval. Said board may have charge of the purchase of all supplies needed by the city in its several departments, under such restrictions and regulations as may be provided by ordinance.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7804)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7659; 1919 § 9097; 1909 § 9922
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.540 - Rates to be fixed by board.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.540. Rates to be fixed by board. —
The assessment and collection of rates for water, electric power, electric light, gas, or for the product or service of any other plant or works which any such city, town or village may own or operate, shall be under the control and supervision of the board of public works, when such board has been established as herein provided, subject to the ordinances of such city, town or village.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7805)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7660; 1919 § 9098; 1909 § 9923
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 91 - Municipally Owned Utilities › Section 91.550 - Referendum on sale of municipal utility by third class city.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 91
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
91.550. Referendum on sale of municipal utility by third class city. —
Before any city of the third class shall sell or dispose of, in any way, or abandon or cease to operate any electric light plant, waterworks plant, gas plant, street railway or any other public utility which may be owned by it, it shall first submit the proposition for such sale or disposition or abandonment or ceasing to operate, by ordinance, to the voters of said city and it shall require a majority of the votes cast to be in favor of the proposition before any authority shall exist for such sale, disposition, abandonment or ceasing to operate.
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(L. 1949 p. 505 § 6967a, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)