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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.250 - Property tax in districts under contract system, how paid — contracts, how let — notice — contractor to give bond.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.250. Property tax in districts under contract system, how paid — contracts, how let — notice — contractor to give bond. —
Upon the adoption of the contract system of working the roads, the township board of the road district so adopting the same shall, on or before the fifteenth day of April, next following such adoption, make an order, duly entered of record, requiring the property tax of such road district assessed for road purposes to be paid in money. The said township board shall immediately give notice of the letting of the working of the roads in such road district by contract, publicly, to the lowest and best bidder, with specifications in such notice of the work to be done; said notice shall be given by at least four written or printed handbills, posted in at least four public places in such road district at least ten days before the letting of such contract. The township board at the time set forth in the notices above provided for shall proceed to let the contract for the working of the roads in said road district to the lowest and best bidder; provided, that no person or persons who are in any wise connected with any member of such township board shall be an eligible bidder. The person or persons whose bid shall be accepted shall, within ten days thereafter, severally enter into bond with the township board in such amount and with such personal security as shall be acceptable to and be approved by said township board, conditioned that they will faithfully perform the conditions and stipulations contained in said contract, and any breach of the conditions of said bond may be sued on in any court of competent jurisdiction in the corporate name of such township.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8828)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8168; 1919 § 10929; 1909 § 11776
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.260 - Contractor liable on bond for damages — when.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.260. Contractor liable on bond for damages — when. —
Any contractor who shall willfully fail or neglect to keep any road under his care in good repair, or shall in any manner fail or neglect to keep any road under his care in good repair, or shall in any manner fail to faithfully perform or discharge any of his duties according to the terms of his contract, or shall willfully fail or refuse after five days' notice to repair any bridge or culvert which under the terms of the contract it is his duty to repair, shall be held responsible upon his said bond for any and all damages which occur to persons or property by reason of such failure; provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the contractor from pleading as a defense for such failure to perform his work in the time specified in the contract that same was caused by unusual weather and that with due care and diligence he could not have avoided such delay.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8829)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8169; 1919 § 10930; 1909 § 11778
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.270 - May abolish contract system of working roads — how.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.270. May abolish contract system of working roads — how. —
Whenever the inhabitants of any township under township organization having previously adopted the contract system of working roads, as provided for in section 231.240, desire to change such system, they may abolish said system in the same manner as provided in section 231.240 for the establishment of said system.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8827)
Prior revision: 1929 § 8167
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.280 - Clerk to make itemized statement — publication — filing of certain copies.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
231.280. Clerk to make itemized statement — publication — filing of certain copies. —
The township board of directors in all counties under township organization shall keep, or cause to be kept, a full, true and correct record of all moneys received and disbursed on account of roads and bridges and all other receipts and disbursements of every nature in such township, showing in detail from whom and on what account such money was received, and to whom and for what purpose disbursed, together with a complete inventory of all tools, road machinery and other property belonging to the township, together with such other information as to the condition of roads and bridges and the needs of same as may be deemed of value, and within thirty days after the end of the fiscal year of said township board of directors, which fiscal year shall begin and end on the same date as the fiscal year of the county in which such township is located, shall cause to be published an itemized statement of such receipts and expenditures, inventory of tools, machinery and other property in some newspaper published in such township, and if there be no newspaper published in the township, then such publication may be made in any newspaper of general circulation within such township published in the county. Such statement shall be made by the township clerk under the direction of the township board, and shall be sworn to by such clerk, and it shall be the duty of the township clerk within thirty days after the end of the fiscal year of said township board to file one copy of such detailed statement with the county clerk of such county, and the county clerk shall lay the same before the county commission at its next regular meeting.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8830, A.L. 1945 p. 1497 § 8830, A.L. 2003 H.B. 597)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8170; 1919 § 10931; 1909 § 11781
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.290 - County clerk to furnish forms.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.290. County clerk to furnish forms. —
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 231.280, it shall be the duty of the county clerk in counties having township organization to prepare, at the expense of the county, forms for the publication of the detailed statement of the township's receipts and disbursements, on or before the twentieth day of February of each year, and submit the same to the township clerk of each township, together with any other information he may deem necessary, and the county clerk shall require each township board to make such publication according to the form submitted, and also require a certified copy of such statement to be filed in his office on or before the twentieth day of March of each year.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8831)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8171; 1919 § 10932
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.300 - County commission may appropriate money, when.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.300. County commission may appropriate money, when. —
Whenever the citizens along the line of any public road in a district subscribe any sum not less than twenty-five dollars for grading, graveling or otherwise improving any portion of such road, and shall deposit the same with the township treasurer, the county commission may appropriate a like amount for such purpose out of any funds of the county not otherwise appropriated.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8832)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8172; 1919 § 10933; 1909 § 11785
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.310 - Highway engineer to make surveys, when — report.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.310. Highway engineer to make surveys, when — report. —
It shall be lawful for the county commission of any county upon the application of the township board of directors, to empower and authorize the county highway engineer of said county, under the direction of the township board of such township, to survey, locate and plat the public highways of such township; and when such plat shall have been completed and approved by the township board, it shall be filed in the office of the township clerk, together with the minutes and report of such survey, to be kept by such township clerk as a part of his official records, the expenses of such proceeding to be paid out of the road fund of the township. The said plat, minutes and reports, or a certified copy of the same, over the hand and seal of the township clerk, shall be prima facie evidence that the road or roads therein contained or described have been constituted a public highway according to law.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8833)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8173; 1919 § 10934; 1909 § 11786
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.320 - Prosecuting attorney to prosecute actions.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.320. Prosecuting attorney to prosecute actions. —
It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney of the county or his assistant to prosecute all actions brought under sections 231.150 to 231.330.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8834)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8174; 1919 § 10935; 1909 § 11787
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.330 - Violations — penalty.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.330. Violations — penalty. —
Any official or other person who shall willfully fail to comply with any of the provisions of sections 231.150 to 231.330, and any person who shall willfully violate any of the provisions thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and where no other or different punishment is provided, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8835)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8175; 1919 § 10936; 1909 § 11788
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.340 - Streets and alleys in unincorporated towns, under control of county commission.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.340. Streets and alleys in unincorporated towns, under control of county commission. —
All streets and alleys in unincorporated towns and villages shall be under the control of the county commission, and governed by the laws relating to roads and highways.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8562)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7915; 1919 § 10703; 1909 § 10505
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.350 - Road overseer's duties.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.350. Road overseer's duties. —
The road overseer and county highway engineer shall have the same control over and their duties in relation to streets and alleys in said towns and villages shall be the same as in relation to roads and highways on public roads.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8563)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7916; 1919 § 10704; 1909 § 10506
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.360 - Construction of sidewalks, curbs in unincorporated town or village (first class counties).

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
231.360. Construction of sidewalks, curbs in unincorporated town or village (first class counties). —
The county commission in all counties of the first class, as provided by law, shall have the power to provide for the building of sidewalks, curbs, gutters, combinations of curb and gutter, and roadways including grading therefor, along any street, avenue, road or highway in any unincorporated town, village or residence district in such county by and at the expense of the owner, or owners, of the lots fronting on said street, avenue, road or highway along the distance improved in proportion to the front feet. Whenever a petition therefor shall be filed with the county commission signed by a majority of the resident lot owners fronting on such street, avenue, road or highway, and liable to taxation therefor, which sidewalks, curbs, gutters or combinations of curb and gutter and roadways shall be constructed in such manner and of such dimensions as are herein provided.
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(L. 1947 V. I p. 430 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.370 - Contracts to be let by county commission — when — how.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
231.370. Contracts to be let by county commission — when — how. —
Contracts for the laying of such sidewalks, curbs, gutters, combinations of curb and gutter and roadways as are provided for in section 231.360, shall be authorized and let by the aforesaid county commission to the lowest and best bidder therefor, said commission first giving notice thereof by publication, which notice shall be published for fifteen days in a daily newspaper or for three insertions in a weekly newspaper at the county seat of such county. Said notice must contain a summary of the specifications showing the kind of material required, the width and the thickness of such sidewalk, curbs, gutters, combinations of curb and gutter and roadway and the manner of paying therefor, together with the time and place where said specifications may be examined; provided, that all sidewalks constructed under the provisions of sections 231.360 to 231.390, shall be of uniform width not less than four feet in any one block, and the general specifications of such sidewalk or sidewalks shall be determined by the county commission in conformity with the wishes of the petitioners.
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(L. 1947 V. I p. 430 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.380 - Cost, how apportioned, assessed and collected.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
231.380. Cost, how apportioned, assessed and collected. —
The cost of laying such sidewalk or sidewalks, curbs, gutters, combinations of curb and gutter, roadway or roadways, shall be apportioned and assessed by the county commission or commissions against the abutting property on the basis per front foot ascertained by dividing the cost of the work by the total frontage of the abutting property, and such assessments shall be known as special assessments for improvements and shall be levied and collected as a special tax, and a special tax bill, to be prepared by the county clerk of the county, shall issue therefor. Said special tax bills are to be issued upon the completion, approval and acceptance by the county commission, and may bear interest after thirty days, at the rate of eight percent per annum, and every such special tax bill shall be a lien against the lot or piece of ground described in the same until the same is paid.
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(L. 1947 V. I p. 430 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.390 - Special tax bills, how issued.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
231.390. Special tax bills, how issued. —
All special tax bills issued for special assessments for constructing sidewalks, curbs, gutters, combinations of curb and gutter and roadways as authorized herein shall be assignable and collectible by suit in the name of the county to the use and at the cost of the holder thereof. Any such tax bills heretofore or hereafter issued in payment for the construction of a public road, which are invalid by reason of an irregularity in the procedure prescribed for their issuance, may be redeemed by the county and payment thereof made as directed by the county commission. Such special tax bills in any action thereon, shall be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the proceedings for such special assessment, of the validity of the bill, of the doing of the work, and of the furnishing of the materials charged for, and of the liability of the property to the charge stated in the bill.
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(L. 1947 V. I p. 430 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.400 - Construction of sidewalks and roadways in unincorporated villages (second class counties).

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
231.400. Construction of sidewalks and roadways in unincorporated villages (second class counties). —
The county commissions in all counties of the second class shall have the power to provide for and require the building of sidewalks and roadways including grading therefor, along any street, avenue, road or highway in any unincorporated village or residence district in such county by and at the expense of the owner of the lots fronting on such street, avenue, road or highway, along the distance improved in proportion to the front feet, whenever a petition therefor shall be filed with the county commission signed by a majority of the owners resident on such street, avenue, road or highway, and liable to taxation therefor, which sidewalks and roadways shall be constructed in such manner and of such dimensions as are herein provided.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8567, A.L. 1945 p. 1501)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7920; 1919 § 10708; 1909 § 10511
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.410 - Contracts to be let by county commission — when — how.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.410. Contracts to be let by county commission — when — how. —
Contracts for the laying of such sidewalks and roadways as are provided for in section 231.400 shall be authorized and let by the aforesaid county commission to the lowest and best bidder therefor, said commission first giving notice thereof by publication, which notice shall be published for fifteen days in a daily newspaper or for three insertions in a weekly newspaper published at the county seat of such county. Said notice must contain specifications showing the kind of material required, the width and the thickness of such sidewalk and roadway and the manner of paying therefor; provided, that all sidewalks constructed under the provisions of sections 231.400 to 231.430 shall be of uniform width not less than four feet in any one block, and the general specifications of such sidewalk or sidewalks shall be determined by the county commission in conformity with the wishes of the petitioners.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8570)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7921; 1919 § 10709; 1909 § 10512
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.420 - Cost, how apportioned, assessed and collected.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.420. Cost, how apportioned, assessed and collected. —
The cost of laying such sidewalk or sidewalks, roadway or roadways, shall be apportioned and assessed by the county commission or commissions against the abutting property on the basis per front foot ascertained by dividing the cost of the work by the total frontage of the abutting property, and such assessments shall be known as special assessments for improvements and shall be levied and collected as a special tax, and a special tax bill, to be prepared by the county clerk of the county, shall issue therefor. Said special tax bills are to be issued upon the completion, approval and acceptance by the county commission, and may bear interest, after thirty days, at the rate of eight percent per annum, and every such special tax bill shall be a lien against the lot or piece of ground described in the same until the same is paid.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8571)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7922; 1919 § 10710; 1909 § 10513
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.430 - Special tax bills, how issued.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.430. Special tax bills, how issued. —
All special tax bills issued for special assessments for constructing sidewalks and roadways as authorized by sections 231.400 to 231.420 shall be assignable and collectible in the name of the county, to the use of the holder thereof; but the county shall not in any event be liable for any costs that may accrue in such action. Such special tax bills, in any action thereon, shall be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the proceedings for such special assessment, of the validity of the bill, of the doing of the work, and of the furnishing of the materials charged for, and of the liability of the property to the charge stated in the bill.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8572)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7923; 1919 § 10711; 1909 § 10514
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.441 - County receipts from county aid road trust fund, how expended — when distributed.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1973
231.441. County receipts from county aid road trust fund, how expended — when distributed. —
1. All moneys received by a county from the county aid road trust fund shall be used within the county solely for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repairs of roads, bridges and highways as the county commission shall direct. The county commission shall formulate by written regulations, rules and policies for the use of such funds which shall be kept on file by the county recorder for public inspection. The state highways and transportation commission shall have no authority to promulgate rules and regulations concerning the expenditure of such funds and all such rules and regulations heretofore promulgated shall be null and void.
2. The state treasurer by the tenth day of each month shall remit to the county treasurer of each county its allocated share of the county aid road trust fund.
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(L. 1973 H.B. 222)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.444 - County road tax — counties of the third and fourth classification — special road rock fund.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
Effective - 28 Aug 2015, 3 histories
231.444. County road tax — counties of the third and fourth classification — special road rock fund. —
1. In addition to other levies authorized by law, the governing body of any county of the third or fourth classification may by ordinance levy and impose a tax pursuant to this section which shall not exceed the rate of one dollar on each acre of real property in the county which is classified as agricultural and horticultural property pursuant to section 137.016.
2. The proceeds of the tax authorized pursuant to this section shall be collected by the county collector and remitted to the county treasurer who shall deposit such proceeds in a special fund to be known as the "Special Road Rock Fund". All moneys in the special road rock fund shall be appropriated by the county governing body for the sole purpose of purchasing road rock to be placed on county roads within the boundaries of the county.
3. The ordinance levying and imposing a tax pursuant to subsection 1 of this section shall not be effective unless the county governing body submits to the qualified voters of the county a proposal to authorize the county governing body to levy and impose the tax at an election permitted pursuant to section 115.123. The ballot of submission proposing the tax shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall the county of ______ (county's name) be authorized to levy and impose a tax on all real property in the county which is classified as agricultural or horticultural property at a rate not to exceed ______ (rate of tax) cents per acre with all the proceeds of the tax to be placed in the "Special Road Rock Fund" and used solely for the purpose of purchasing road rock to be placed on county roads within the boundaries of the county?
☐ YES
☐ NO
4. If a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting on the proposal vote "YES", then the governing body of the county may by ordinance levy and impose the tax authorized by this section in an amount not to exceed the rate proposed in the ballot of submission. If a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting on the proposal vote "NO", then the governing body of the county shall not levy and impose such tax. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a rejected proposal from being resubmitted to the qualified voters of the county at an election permitted pursuant to section 115.123.
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(L. 1998 H.B. 1113 § 1, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58, A.L. 2008 H.B. 2047, A.L. 2015 H.B. 613)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.450 - Funds may be appropriated for local purposes.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979, 2 histories
231.450. Funds may be appropriated for local purposes. —
The general assembly may appropriate funds to the office of administration to be paid to the various counties and cities to be used solely for road and bridge purposes as provided in sections 231.450 to 231.460.
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(L. 1979 S.B. 109 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.455 - Payment of funds — use.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
231.455. Payment of funds — use. —
1. Each fiscal year for two fiscal years, beginning with fiscal year 1979-80, the general assembly shall appropriate not more than eighteen million dollars for local road and bridge purposes as provided in sections 231.450 to 231.460.
2. The payment of the funds so appropriated shall be made by the commissioner of administration as soon as practicable after the beginning of each fiscal year.
3. The payment shall be made to the governing bodies of the various counties and cities, without any formal application therefor, shall be used solely for local road and bridge purposes, and no part of the moneys so paid shall be used upon any road or bridge which is wholly or partially maintained by the state transportation department.
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(L. 1979 S.B. 109 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads › Section 231.460 - Distribution formula — highways and transportation commission rules not applicable.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 231
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979, 2 histories
231.460. Distribution formula — highways and transportation commission rules not applicable. —
1. Of the total amount appropriated each year, five percent shall be paid to the city of St. Louis, and the city of St. Louis shall not otherwise participate in any distribution from the appropriation as either a city or county.
2. Of the remainder, two-thirds shall be paid to the various counties of the state on the same basis as county aid road trust funds are distributed as provided in Article IV, Section 30(a)(1) of the Missouri Constitution, and shall be expended as provided in section 231.441.
3. The remainder shall be distributed to the various cities of the state in the same manner as road funds are distributed to the incorporated cities, towns and villages within the state as provided in Article IV, section 30(a)(2), Constitution of Missouri, and for the same purposes enumerated therein, but the distribution shall not take into account whether or not a city, town, or village once levied a motor fuel tax. The state highways and transportation commission shall not have any authority to promulgate rules and regulations concerning the expenditure of such funds.
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(L. 1979 S.B. 109 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.010 - Organization of special road districts — not applicable to what counties — special road district exemption.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008
233.010. Organization of special road districts — not applicable to what counties — special road district exemption. —
1. Territory not exceeding eight miles square, wherein is located any city, town or village, may be organized as herein set forth into a special road district; provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to counties under township organization or to class one counties except any first class county without a charter form of government which contains all or part of a city with a population greater than four hundred thousand and any first class county with a population of over one hundred thousand inhabitants which does not adjoin another first class county and which contains a campus of the University of Missouri; however, any county of the second class which had within its boundaries, prior to January 1, 1989, a special road district already organized and existing under this section and which second class county becomes a first class county without a charter form of government under the laws of this state, such change in classification shall in no way affect the existing status, nor the right to exist, nor the legality of the organization nor the right to remain organized of any such prior existing special road district nor shall it in any way affect, alter or change the right of said special road district so existing prior to the change in classification of the second class county to function and to lawfully continue to function under this section and section 233.165, in the same manner as such special road district functioned prior to the change in classification of the second class county. However, no city, town, or village containing more than one hundred thousand inhabitants may be included within the territory of a special road district organized under sections 233.010 to 233.165.
2. The eight square-mile territorial restriction provided for in subsection 1 of this section shall not apply to any special road district organized under the provisions of sections 233.010 to 233.165 within a county of the fourth classification.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8673, A.L. 1945 p. 1494, A.L. 1987 H.B. 116, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1189 merged with S.B. 868, A.L. 2008 S.B. 896)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8024; 1919 § 10800; 1909 § 10576
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.015 - Adoption of special road district law — election.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
233.015. Adoption of special road district law — election. —
1. Sections 233.010 to 233.165 shall be in force and take effect only in such prescribed territory as shall adopt the same by a majority of the voters who shall vote for and against its adoption at such election. Whenever fifty voters, who are voters of any such proposed special road district, shall file a petition with the county commission of any county, asking the commission to submit sections 233.010 to 233.165 to a vote of the people of such proposed road district for their adoption, the county commission of such county shall make an order of record that sections 233.010 to 233.165, describing the same by its title and the date of its approval, be submitted to the voters of such proposed road district at an election.
2. If the majority of the votes cast for and against the adoption of sections 233.010 to 233.165 be for its adoption, the commission shall declare the result of the vote thereon by an order of record, and shall make an order of record declaring sections 233.010 to 233.165 to be the law in such special road district, the same to take effect and be in force from and after a day to be named in such order within ten days.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8704, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8055; 1919 § 10829; 1909 § 10607
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.025 - Powers of special road districts.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.025. Powers of special road districts. —
Every such district organized under the provisions of sections 233.010 to 233.165 shall be a body corporate and possess the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes, and shall be known and styled "______ special road district of ______ County", as may be designated by the county commission by order of record, and in that name shall be capable of suing and being sued and of contracting and being contracted with.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8674)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8025; 1919 § 10801; 1909 § 10577
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.030 - General road law — exceptions.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.030. General road law — exceptions. —
The general road law in force in such county shall remain in force in such districts, except wherein the provisions thereof shall be in conflict with the provisions of sections 233.010 to 233.165.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8701)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8052; 1919 § 10828; 1909 § 10606
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.035 - Duty of county clerk after adoption.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
233.035. Duty of county clerk after adoption. —
The county clerk of any county in which said special road district may be organized shall, within five days after the adoption of the provisions of sections 233.010 to 233.165 by the voters of any such special road district, notify the mayor and members of the city council of any city within such special road district and the commissioners of the county commission of such fact, and call them to meet in the commission meeting room at a specified time within five days from such notice, for the purpose of appointing special road district commissioners as above provided.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8676, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1554 Revision)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8027; 1919 § 10803; 1909 § 10579
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.040 - Commissioners of special road district — appointment — term — qualifications — election, when — oaths.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
233.040. Commissioners of special road district — appointment — term — qualifications — election, when — oaths. —
1. The mayor and members of the city council of any city or town within any special road district thus organized, together with the members of the county commission of the county in which said district is located, at a meeting to be held in the meeting place of the county commission, at which meeting the presiding commissioner of the county commission shall preside and the county clerk shall act as clerk, within two weeks after the voters within the territory of such proposed district shall adopt the provisions of sections 233.010 to 233.165, shall, by order of record to be kept by the county clerk, appoint a board of commissioners composed of three persons, designating one to serve for three years, one for two years and one for one year, and in February every year thereafter one special road district commissioner shall be appointed as above specified, to serve for three years. However, beginning in 1994, the commissioner whose appointment will expire in February, 1994, shall serve until the first Tuesday in April of that year at which time a commissioner shall be elected to hold office for three years and until a successor is elected, commissioned, and qualified. Those commissioners whose terms expire in 1995 or 1996 shall serve until the first Tuesday in April in 1995 or 1996, respectively, at which time a commissioner shall be elected to hold office for three years and until a successor is elected, commissioned, and qualified to replace each commissioner. All subsequent commissioners shall be elected at the appropriate election held on the first Tuesday in April for three-year terms. An appointee shall be eligible to file for election as commissioner. The nominations and elections shall be governed by the provisions of law relating to the nomination and election of persons on a nonpartisan basis at such elections. All such commissioners shall be resident taxpayers of the district, and shall serve until their successors are appointed or elected and qualified, with vacancies to be filled by the county commission. Resignations shall be to the county clerk. Removal from the district shall create a vacancy.
2. Such commissioners, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall take oath of office, to be administered by the clerk of the county commission.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8675, A.L. 1993 S.B. 236)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8026; 1919 § 10802; 1909 § 10578
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.050 - Board of commissioners of special road district to organize.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
233.050. Board of commissioners of special road district to organize. —
Such special road district commissioners shall, within ten days, meet and organize by selecting one of their number as chairman and one as clerk. The clerk shall keep full and accurate record of the proceedings of the board, and perform such other duties as may be required of him by the board.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8678, A.L. 1993 S.B. 236)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8029; 1919 § 10805; 1909 § 10581
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.055 - Treasurer of board.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.055. Treasurer of board. —
Said board may appoint a treasurer and fix the amount of his bond and prescribe his duties, which said bond shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county commission.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8679)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8030; 1919 § 10806; 1909 § 10582
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.060 - Compensation of board.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.060. Compensation of board. —
Said board shall serve without compensation, but actual, necessary expenses, actually paid, shall be repaid to them.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8680)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8031; 1919 § 10807; 1909 § 10583
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.065 - Board to meet monthly — proceedings.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.065. Board to meet monthly — proceedings. —
Said board shall meet once a month, at such stated times as it may designate, to hear complaints or reports of defective and broken bridges, to order needed repairs, and to transact such other business as may be authorized by sections 233.010 to 233.165; and in case of emergency, the president of the board may have such repairs made, and such meeting may be adjourned from time to time, and called meetings may be held, but only such business as the president may specify in the call can be transacted.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8689)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8040; 1919 § 10816; 1909 § 10592
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.070 - Board's powers and duties — concurrent jurisdiction with special road subdistrict, when.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 30 May 1990, see footnote
233.070. Board's powers and duties — concurrent jurisdiction with special road subdistrict, when. —
1. The board shall:
(1) Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, have sole, exclusive and entire control and jurisdiction over all public highways within its district outside the corporate limits of any city or village therein, other than those controlled by the highways and transportation commission, to construct, improve and repair such highways, and shall remove all obstructions from such highways, and for the discharge of these duties shall have all the power, rights and authority conferred by general statutes upon road overseers;
(2) At all times keep the public roads under its charge in as good repair as the means at its command will permit, and for this purpose may employ competent people at such compensation as they shall agree upon, and may rent, lease or buy road equipment, implements, tools and machinery, all kinds of motor power, and all things needful to carry on such road work, or the board may have such road work or any part of such work done by contract, under such regulations as the board may prescribe; and
(3) Have authority to enter into contracts with any city, town or village within its district relating to the improvement of the streets, roads or highways, or any bridge thereon, located in the city, town or village.
2. Any special road subdistrict established under the provisions of sections 233.500 to 233.520 shall have concurrent control and jurisdiction over all public highways, bridges and culverts, other than those controlled by the highways and transportation commission, within the boundaries of the special road subdistrict with any special road district containing land within the boundaries of the special road subdistrict. The special road subdistrict may contract with the special road district to use the tools and machinery described in subsection 1 of this section.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8682, A.L. 1957 p. 724, A.L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8033; 1919 § 10809; 1909 § 10585
Effective 5-30-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.075 - Powers of board.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.075. Powers of board. —
Such board may buy all material which may be used, directly or indirectly, in constructing, improving or repairing any public highway or bridge in its district, and is authorized to do and perform all acts within its district for which any authority is given to road overseers under the general road law of this state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8687)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8038; 1919 § 10814; 1909 § 10590
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.080 - Board to make and file plat of roads.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.080. Board to make and file plat of roads. —
Said board shall make and keep on file with the clerk of the board and the clerk of the county commission correct plats of all the roads in its district, and duly sectionalized maps of such district, and such sections duly subdivided.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8698)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8049; 1919 § 10825; 1909 § 10603
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.085 - Tools, machinery, delivered to board.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.085. Tools, machinery, delivered to board. —
The county commission shall, upon the organization of the board of commissioners of such special road district, deliver to such board all the tools and machinery used for working roads belonging to the districts formerly existing within the territory embraced in such special district, taking a receipt from the board for the same, and such board shall keep and use such tools and machinery for constructing and improving public roads.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8681)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8032; 1919 § 10808; 1909 § 10584
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.090 - Board may sell property of district.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.090. Board may sell property of district. —
Said board shall sell any property of such district, on such terms as it may deem proper, when same can no longer be profitably used for road work.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8686)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8037; 1919 § 10813; 1909 § 10589
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.095 - Expenditures on municipal streets within district — amounts — conditions.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.095. Expenditures on municipal streets within district — amounts — conditions. —
Said board shall have authority to expend not more than one-fourth of the revenue which may now or which may hereafter be paid into its treasury for the purpose of grading and repairing any roads or streets within the corporate limits of any city within said special road district in conformity with the established grade of said roads and streets in said cities and for the purpose of constructing and maintaining macadam, gravel, rock or paved roads or streets within the corporate limits of any city within the said special road district in conformity with the established grade of said roads and streets in said city; provided, that no part of the revenue of any special road district in this state be expended outside of the county in which such special road district is situated.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8683)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8034; 1919 § 10810; 1909 § 10586
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.100 - May repair, grade, gravel, pave or macadamize any road in district.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
233.100. May repair, grade, gravel, pave or macadamize any road in district. —
Said boards may repair, grade, gravel, macadamize or pave any road in its district but nothing herein shall be taken or construed as enlarging the powers of the boards to expend money upon roads and streets within the corporate limits of any city within said special road district as limited by section 233.095.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8700)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8051; 1919 § 10827; 1909 § 10605
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 233 - Incorporated Road Districts › Section 233.103 - No limit on amounts spent within cities (Clay and Platte counties).

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 233
• Effective - 28 Aug 1974
233.103. No limit on amounts spent within cities (Clay and Platte counties). —
1. The limitations on amounts which may be expended upon roads and streets within the corporate limits of any city, as provided in sections 233.095 and 233.100, shall be inapplicable in a county of the first class not having a charter form of government or of the second class which contains all or part of a city having a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more.
2. In such a county, the revenue set aside and credited to a road district may, with the consent of a city, town or village located within the district, be expended within such incorporated city, town or village.
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(L. 1965 p. 369 § 1, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1733)