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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.907 - Certain storm water discharge rules and ordinances authorized for certain counties — administration — imposition of tax authorized, ballot language.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
64.907. Certain storm water discharge rules and ordinances authorized for certain counties — administration — imposition of tax authorized, ballot language. —
1. Any county subject to Environmental Protection Agency rules 40 C.F.R. Parts 9, 122, 123, and 124 concerning storm water discharges is authorized to adopt rules, regulations, or ordinances reasonably necessary to comply with such federal regulations including but not limited to rules, regulations, or ordinances which promote the best storm water management practices in regulating storm water discharges established by the Environmental Protection Agency.
2. Any county adopting rules, regulations, or ordinances under subsection 1 of this section is authorized to establish by rule, regulation, or ordinance a storm water control utility or other entity to administer any such rules, regulations, or ordinances adopted under subsection 1 of this section which shall include authority to impose user fees to fund the administration of such rules, regulations, or ordinances.
3. Any county adopting rules, regulations, or ordinances under subsection 1 of this section is authorized to establish by rule, regulation, or ordinance a storm water control utility tax in such amount as is deemed reasonable and necessary to fund public storm water control projects if such tax is approved by majority of the votes cast.
4. The tax authorized in this section shall be in addition to the charge for the storm water control and all other taxes imposed by law, and the proceeds of such tax shall be used by the county solely for storm water control. Such tax shall be stated separately from all other charges and taxes.
5. The ballot of submission for the tax authorized in this section shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall ______ (insert the name of the county) impose a tax on the charges for storm water control in ______ (name of county) at a rate of ______ (insert rate of percent) percent for the sole purpose of storm water control?
☐ YES
☐ NO
­­If a majority of the votes cast on the question by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the question, then the tax shall become effective on the first day of the second calendar quarter following the calendar quarter in which the election was held. If a majority of the votes cast on the question by the qualified voters voting thereon are opposed to the question, then the tax authorized by this section shall not become effective unless and until the question is resubmitted pursuant to this section to the qualified voters of the county and such question is approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting on the question.
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(L. 2003 H.B. 267)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.920 - County sports complex authority authorized.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
64.920. County sports complex authority authorized. —
There is hereby authorized to be created in any county of the first class not at the time having a charter form of government a special authority to be known as the "______ County Sports Complex Authority", hereinafter referred to as the "authority". Such authority shall be created by order of the county commission and certified copies of said order shall be filed in the offices of the governor and secretary of state. Upon the making of such order and the filing thereof as aforesaid, said authority shall be a body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the state of Missouri.
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(L. 1965 p. 187 § 1, A.L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 37)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.925 - Scope of act, existing sports complex authorities, election to come under sections 64.920 to 64.950, how made.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
64.925. Scope of act, existing sports complex authorities, election to come under sections 64.920 to 64.950, how made. —
1. The provisions contained in sections 64.920 to 64.950 relating to county sports complex authorities shall apply to:
(1) Any authority hereafter organized under the provisions of sections 64.920 to 64.950, and
(2) Any county sports complex authority heretofore organized and which shall accept the provisions of sections 64.920 to 64.950 as herein provided. Any such authority may accept the provisions of such sections 64.920 to 64.950 by:
(a) Adopting a resolution at a duly called meeting of the commissioners of the authority at which at least three members are present and not less than three members vote in favor of the adoption of such resolution, said resolution providing for the acceptance by the authority of all of the provisions of sections 64.920 to 64.950 and further providing that thenceforth such authority shall be deemed to be for all purposes an authority organized under sections 64.920 to 64.950.
(b) Filing in the offices of the clerk of the county commission, the governor and the secretary of state certified copies of the resolution adopted by the authority accepting the provisions of sections 64.920 to 64.950.
2. After the resolution of acceptance has been adopted and certified copies thereof have been filed as hereinbefore provided, the authority shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges and benefits and shall be subject to all the obligations, duties and liabilities provided in said sections 64.920 to 64.950.
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(L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 37)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.930 - Sports complex commissioners — terms — vacancies — compensation and expenses.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
64.930. Sports complex commissioners — terms — vacancies — compensation and expenses. —
1. The county sports complex authority shall consist of five commissioners who shall be qualified voters of the state of Missouri, and residents of such county. The commissioners of the county commission by a majority vote thereof shall submit a panel of nine names to the governor who shall select with the advice and consent of the senate five commissioners from such panel, no more than three of which shall be of any one political party, who shall constitute the members of such authority; provided, however, that no elective or appointed official of any political subdivision of the state of Missouri shall be a member of the county sports complex authority.
2. The authority shall elect from its number a chairman and may appoint such officers and employees as it may require for the performance of its duties and fix and determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. No action of the authority shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least three members are present and unless a majority of the members present at such meeting shall vote in favor thereof.
3. Such sports complex commissioners shall serve in the following manner: one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, one for five years, and one for six years. Successors shall hold office for terms of five years, or for the unexpired terms of their predecessors.
4. In the event a vacancy exists a new panel of three names shall be submitted by majority vote of the county commission to the governor for appointment. All such vacancies shall be filled within thirty days from the date thereof. If the county commission has not submitted a panel of three names to the governor within thirty days of the expiration of a commissioner's term, the governor shall immediately make an appointment to the commission with the advice and consent of the senate. In the event the governor does not appoint a replacement, no commissioner shall continue to serve beyond the expiration of that commissioner's term.
5. The compensation of the sports complex commissioners to be paid by the authority shall be determined by the sports complex commissioners, but in no event shall exceed the sum of three thousand dollars per annum. In addition, the sports complex commissioners shall be reimbursed by the authority for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. No commissioner shall continue to serve beyond the expiration of that commissioner's term.
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(L. 1965 p. 187 §§ 2 to 5, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1554 Revision, A.L. 2004 H.B. 795, et al. merged with S.B. 1394)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.950 - Law not to impair powers of other political subdivisions — annual report.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
64.950. Law not to impair powers of other political subdivisions — annual report. —
1. Nothing contained in sections 64.920 to 64.950 shall impair the powers of any county, municipality or other political subdivision to acquire, own, operate, develop or improve any facility which the authority is given the right and power to own, operate, develop or improve.
2. Unless and until otherwise provided, the authority shall make an annual report to the governor, setting forth in detail the operations and transactions conducted by it pursuant to sections 64.920 to 64.950 and any legislation thereunder.
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(L. 1965 p. 187 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 64 - County Planning — Zoning — Recreation — Natural Streams and Waterways › Section 64.975 - Natural streams, procedure to adopt, voter approval required — question may be resubmitted to voters, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 64
Effective - 28 Aug 1990
64.975. Natural streams, procedure to adopt, voter approval required — question may be resubmitted to voters, when. —
1. Any measure adopted by the voters to designate specific waterways, streams, rivers or other waters of the state as natural streams requiring special protection shall become effective within any county containing a designated waterway, stream, river or other waters of the state, only upon approval of a majority of the voters of the county voting thereon. If a majority of the voters of the county voting thereon fail to approve the measure, it shall have no effect within the county unless and until the question is again put to the voters and approved by a majority of the voters of the county voting thereon. The election authority shall put the question before the voters at any regular election pursuant to section 115.123 upon adoption of an ordinance or order by the county governing body but the question shall not be put before the voters more often than every two years.
2. The designation of any waterway, stream, river or other waters of the state identified as a natural stream requiring special protection by an agency, commission or department of the state shall become effective upon the approval of a majority of the voters voting thereon. If a majority of the voters of the county voting thereon fail to approve the measure, it shall have no effect within the county unless and until the question is again put to the voters and approved by a majority of the voters of the county voting thereon. The election authority shall put the question before the voters at any regular election pursuant to section 115.123 upon adoption of an ordinance or order by the county governing body but the question shall not be put before the voters more often than every two years.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 814 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.010 - Adoption.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
65.010. Adoption. —
There is hereby provided an alternative form of county government for counties of the third and fourth classes as authorized under the provisions of Section 9, Article VI of the Constitution of Missouri, 1945, to be known as the "township organization" form of county government. Any county of the third and fourth class in this state may adopt this alternative form of county government in the manner provided in sections 65.010 to 65.050.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13928, A.L. 1945 p. 1972)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12251; 1919 § 13164; 1909 § 11652
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.020 - Adoption, abolishment — vote necessary.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
65.020. Adoption, abolishment — vote necessary. —
The township organization form of county government shall not become operative unless adopted by a vote of the majority of the voters of the county voting upon the question. All counties of the third and fourth classes which have adopted township organization form of county government may abolish the same by submitting the question to a vote of the voters of the county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13929, A.L. 1945 p. 1972, A.L. 1959 S.B. 73, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12252; 1919 § 13165; 1909 § 11653
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.030 - Proposition submitted — election held, when — form of ballot.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
65.030. Proposition submitted — election held, when — form of ballot. —
1. Upon petition of at least ten percent of the voters at the last general election of any county of the third or fourth classes praying therefor, which said petition shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county commission, the county commission of such county shall, by order of record, submit the question of the adoption of township organization form of county government to a vote of the voters of the county. The total vote for governor at the last general election before the filing of the petition where a governor was elected shall be used to determine the number of voters necessary to sign the petition. If such petition shall be filed sixty days or more prior to a general election, the proposition shall be submitted at said general election; if filed less than sixty days before such election, then the proposition shall be submitted at the general election next succeeding said general election. The election shall be conducted, the vote canvassed and the result declared in the same manner as provided by law in respect to elections of county officers. The clerk of the county commission shall give notice that a proposition for the adoption of township organization form of county government in the county is to be voted upon by causing a copy of the order of the county commission authorizing such election to be published.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the township organization form of county government be adopted in ______ county?
3. If a majority of the voters voting upon the question shall vote for the adoption thereof the township organization form of county government shall be declared to have been adopted; provided, that counties adopting township organization shall be subject to and governed by the provisions of the law relating to township organization on and after the last Tuesday in March next succeeding the election at which such township organization was adopted.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13931, A.L. 1945 p. 1972, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12254; 1919 § 13167; 1909 § 11655
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.040 - Abstract of returns.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
65.040. Abstract of returns. —
The clerk of the county commission shall cause an abstract of the returns of said election to be made out and certified as in election for state and county officers and
*
record the same at length upon the records of the county commission of the county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13930, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12253; 1919 § 13166; 1909 § 11654
*A comma appears instead of "and" in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.110 - Officers to be chosen.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 2005
65.110. Officers to be chosen. —
1. There shall be chosen at the biennial election in each township one trustee, who shall be ex officio treasurer of the township, one township clerk, and two members of the township board.
2. Upon the assumption of office of a county assessor elected as provided by section 53.010, the township clerk shall cease to perform the duties of ex officio township assessor and shall promptly deliver to the county assessor all books, papers, records, and property pertaining to the office of ex officio township assessor.
3. The treasurer ex officio collector of a county with township organization shall no longer retain such title, and shall instead assume the office of collector-treasurer, as provided for by section 54.010, on March 1, 2007. On such date, the township collector shall cease to perform the duties of township collector and shall promptly deliver to the collector-treasurer all books, papers, records, and property pertaining to the office of township collector. The township collector shall continue to perform the same duties and be subject to the same requirements and liabilities until his or her term expires on March 1, 2007. Notwithstanding other provisions of law to the contrary, the collector-treasurer shall obtain and hold the same duties, powers, and obligations previously granted to, and held by, the township collector on and after March 1, 2007.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13945, A. 1949 H.B. 2021, A.L. 1981 H.B. 114 & 146, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with S.B. 210)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12268; 1919 § 13181; 1909 § 11669
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.130 - List of the officers elected.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.130. List of the officers elected. —
The township clerks shall transmit to the county clerk, to be filed in his office, a list of the names of the township officers so elected, within five days after such election shall have been held.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13950)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12273; 1919 § 13186; 1909 § 11674
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.140 - Officers — notification of election.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
65.140. Officers — notification of election. —
The township clerk shall, within ten days after such township election, transmit to each person elected to any township office a notice of his election.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13951, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12274; 1919 § 13187; 1909 § 11675
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.150 - Eligibility for office.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 2005
65.150. Eligibility for office. —
No person shall be eligible to any township office unless he shall be a voter and a resident of such township. Such person serving as a township officer must remain a resident of the township for the duration of his or her term.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13953, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12276; 1919 § 13189; 1909 § 11677
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.160 - Oath — shall assume office, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 2005
65.160. Oath — shall assume office, when. —
Every person chosen or appointed to the office of township trustee and ex officio treasurer, member of the township board, or township clerk, before such person enters on the duties of his or her office and within ten days after such person shall be notified of his or her election or appointment, shall take and subscribe, before any officer authorized to administer oaths, such oath or affirmation as is prescribed by law.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13954, A.L. 1945 p. 1968, A. 1949 H.B. 2021, A.L. 1981 H.B. 114 & 146, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with S.B. 210)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12277; 1919 § 13190; 1909 § 11678
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.170 - Certificate — acceptance.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.170. Certificate — acceptance. —
Such person shall, within ten days thereafter, cause such certificate, together with his acceptance of the office, to be filed in the office of the township clerk; his neglect or refusal so to do shall be deemed a refusal to serve.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13955)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12278; 1919 § 13191; 1909 § 11679
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.180 - Refusal to serve — forfeiture.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
65.180. Refusal to serve — forfeiture. —
Any person chosen or appointed to fill any township office, who shall refuse to serve, shall forfeit to the township the sum of one hundred dollars for the use of the contingent fund, and said forfeiture, if not otherwise paid, shall be collected by any associate circuit judge of the county, as may be provided by law.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13959, A. 1949 H.B. 2021, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12282; 1919 § 13195; 1909 § 11683
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.183 - Removal of township officers, procedure.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 2005
65.183. Removal of township officers, procedure. —
Any person serving as a township officer may be removed from the township board by a majority vote of the other board members for failing to attend two or more consecutive meetings of the board.
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(L. 2005 H.B. 58)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.190 - Failure to take oath — forfeiture.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 2005
65.190. Failure to take oath — forfeiture. —
If any township officer who is required by law to take the oath of office shall enter upon the duties of his office before he shall have taken such oath, he shall forfeit to the township the sum of one hundred dollars, to be collected and applied as in section 65.180. Township officers shall hold their offices for two years, and until their successors are chosen or appointed and qualified.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13960, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12283; 1919 § 13196; 1909 § 11684
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.200 - Vacancies in office — how filled.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
65.200. Vacancies in office — how filled. —
Whenever any township shall fail to elect the proper number of officers to which such township may be entitled, or when any person elected or appointed shall fail to qualify, or when any vacancy shall happen in any township office from any cause, it shall be lawful for the township board to submit recommendations to the county commission to fill such vacancy by appointment, and the person so appointed shall hold the office and discharge all the duties of the same during such unexpired term, and until his successor is elected or appointed and qualified, and shall be subject to the same penalties as if he had been duly elected; provided, that any vacancy in an office of the township shall be filled by appointment of the county commission.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13962, A. 1949 H.B. 2021, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12285; 1919 § 13198; 1909 § 11686
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.210 - Warrant of appointment — notification to appointee.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.210. Warrant of appointment — notification to appointee. —
Whenever any appointment shall be made, as provided in section 65.200, the township board shall cause a warrant of appointment to be filed in the office of the township clerk, who shall immediately give notice to the person or persons appointed; provided, that when the county commission shall make such appointment they shall cause notice thereof, in writing, to be transmitted by the county clerk to the township clerk, who shall file the same and give notice to the appointee, as provided in section 65.140.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13963)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12286; 1919 § 13199; 1909 § 11687
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.220 - Resignations, how accepted.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 2005
65.220. Resignations, how accepted. —
The township board may, at any legally convened meeting, for a good and sufficient cause shown to them, accept the written, dated, and signed resignation of any township officer; provided, that in all cases where the action of the township board is required, as provided in section 65.210, a majority of the members concurring therein shall be taken as the action of the board.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13964, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12287; 1919 § 13200; 1909 § 11688
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.230 - Compensation of officers.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 2005
65.230. Compensation of officers. —
The following township officers shall be entitled to compensation at the following rates for each day necessarily devoted by them to the services of the township in discharging the duties of their respective offices:
(1) The township clerk, as clerk, the township trustee, as trustee, members of the township board, shall each receive a maximum amount of fifty dollars per day for the first meeting each month and a maximum amount of twenty dollars for each meeting thereafter during the month;
(2) The township trustee as ex officio treasurer shall receive a compensation of two percent for receiving and disbursing all moneys coming into his hands for the first fifty thousand dollars received as ex officio treasurer when the same shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars and one percent of all sums over this amount; and
(3) Township officials may receive an hourly wage set by the township board for labor performed for the benefit of the township. Such wage shall not exceed the local prevailing wage limits and shall not include pay received for attending monthly meetings or pay received by the treasurer for performing duties required of his or her office.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 13986, 13987, A.L. 1955 p. 370, A.L. 1998 S.B. 917, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 12309, 12310; 1919 §§ 13222, 13223; 1909 §§ 11710, 11711
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.250 - No fee for oath.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1949
65.250. No fee for oath. —
No township officer shall be entitled to any fee from any officer for administering the oath of office.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13988, A. 1949 H.B. 2021)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12311; 1919 § 13224; 1909 § 11712
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.260 - Powers of townships.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.260. Powers of townships. —
Each township, as a body corporate, shall have power and capacity:
(1) To sue and be sued, in the manner provided by the laws of this state;
(2) To purchase and hold real estate within its own limits for the use of its inhabitants, subject to the power of the general assembly;
(3) To make such contracts, purchase and hold personal property, and so much thereof as may be necessary to the exercise of its corporate or administrative powers;
(4) To make such orders for the disposition, regulation or use of its corporate property as may be conducive to the interest of the inhabitants thereof;
(5) To purchase at any public sale, for the use of said township, any real estate which may be necessary to secure any debt to said township, or the inhabitants thereof, in their corporate capacity, and to dispose of the same.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13933)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12256; 1919 § 13169; 1909 § 11657
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.270 - Corporate power, limitations of.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.270. Corporate power, limitations of. —
No township shall possess any corporate powers, except such as are enumerated or granted by this chapter, or shall be specially given by law, or shall be necessary to the exercise of the powers so enumerated or granted.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13934)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12257; 1919 § 13170; 1909 § 11658
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.280 - Proceedings by or against township — conveyances.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.280. Proceedings by or against township — conveyances. —
All acts or proceedings by or against a township in its corporate capacity shall be in the name of such township and county; but every conveyance of land within the limits of such township, made in any manner for the use and benefit of its inhabitants, shall have the same effect as if made to the township by name.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13935)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12258; 1919 § 13171; 1909 § 11659
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.290 - Board of directors — duties.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1981
65.290. Board of directors — duties. —
In each township in this state, organized under the provisions of this chapter, there shall be a board of directors, composed of the township trustee and members of the township board, whose duty it shall be:
(1) To audit all accounts of township officers for services rendered as such officers;
(2) To audit all other accounts or demands legally presented to them against the township;
(3) To levy all taxes for township, road and bridge purposes, and all other duties provided by this chapter for the township board of directors to perform.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13976, A.L. 1981 H.B. 114 & 146)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12299; 1919 § 13212; 1909 § 11700
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.295 - Board may expend one-fourth of revenue on city streets.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1961
65.295. Board may expend one-fourth of revenue on city streets. —
The board of directors of any township may expend not more than one-fourth of the revenue accruing to it from taxes levied upon property situated within the limits of any city, town or village within the township for the repair and improvement of existing roads, streets and bridges within the city, town, or village from which such moneys accrued, 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 township in conformity with the established grade of the roads and streets of such city; except that no part of the revenue of any township shall be expended outside of the county in which the township is located.
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(L. 1961 p. 307 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.300 - Board of directors — meetings.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 2005
65.300. Board of directors — meetings. —
The township board of directors shall meet on a quarterly basis, or more frequently as deemed necessary by the board, for the purpose of transacting township business. The meetings of the township board shall be held at a location within the township that is accessible to the public.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13977, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12300; 1919 § 13213; 1909 § 11701
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.310 - Board of directors — president.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.310. Board of directors — president. —
The township board of directors shall, at their first meeting in each year after they have been elected and qualified, appoint one of their number as president of said board, who shall sign all orders and official acts of said board.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13982)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12305; 1919 § 13218; 1909 § 11706
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.320 - Claims against township — procedure.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.320. Claims against township — procedure. —
Any person having a claim or account against the township may file such claim or account in the office of the township clerk, to be kept by the said clerk, and laid before the township board at their next meeting; provided, however, that any person having a claim against the township may present said claim to the township board himself, or by an agent, at any legally convened meeting of said board; said board shall have the power to determine the legality or illegality of any claim or account against the township, and to reject said claim, or any part thereof, as to them appears just and proper; but in no case shall the township board be authorized to allow any claim, or any part thereof, until the claimant makes out a statement, verified by affidavit to the amount and nature of his claim, setting forth that the same is correct and unpaid, or, if any part thereof has been paid, setting forth how much.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13978)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12301; 1919 § 13214; 1909 § 11702
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.330 - Audited accounts to be on file.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.330. Audited accounts to be on file. —
The accounts so audited, and those rejected, if any, shall be delivered to the township clerk, to be by him kept on file, and subject to the examination of anyone desiring so to do.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13979)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12302; 1919 § 13215; 1909 § 11703
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.340 - Claims against township, collection.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.340. Claims against township, collection. —
When any claim or account, or any part thereof, shall be allowed by the township board of directors, they shall draw an order upon the township trustee in favor of the claimant for the amount so allowed said order to be signed by the president of said board, and attested by the township clerk and delivered to said claimant.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13983)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12306; 1919 § 13219; 1909 § 11707
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.350 - Board compelled to allow appeal, when.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
65.350. Board compelled to allow appeal, when. —
In all counties in this state that have adopted or that may hereafter adopt township organization, if any township board, clerk or other officer thereof fail to allow an appeal in the cause when the same ought to be allowed, or if by absence, sickness or any other cause on his part, an appeal cannot be taken within time, the circuit court on such fact satisfactorily appearing, may, by rule and attachment, compel such board or other officer to allow the same, and to return his proceedings in the suit, together with the papers required to be returned by him.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14024, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12347; 1919 § 13260; 1909 § 11746
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.360 - Township charges.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.360. Township charges. —
The following shall be deemed township charges:
(1) The compensation of township officers for their services rendered in their respective townships;
(2) Contingent expenses necessarily incurred for the use and benefit of the township;
(3) The moneys authorized to be raised by the township board of directors for any purpose, for the use of the township.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13980)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12303; 1919 § 13216; 1909 § 11704
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.370 - Moneys to be collected, how.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.370. Moneys to be collected, how. —
The moneys necessary to defray the township charges of each township shall be levied on the taxable property in such township, in the manner prescribed in the general revenue law for state and county purposes.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13981)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12304; 1919 § 13217; 1909 § 11705
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.380 - Estimate of expenses.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
65.380. Estimate of expenses. —
The township board of directors shall, annually, not less than twenty nor more than sixty days prior to the first day of September, make out and file with the clerk of the county commission of their county an estimate of the amount of money required to defray the expenses of said township during the next ensuing year. Said estimates shall be signed by the president and attested by the clerk of the board. The clerk of the county commission shall cause the same to be placed on the tax books of said township; provided that the amount of such expenses shall not exceed in any one year twenty cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation of the taxable property within said township.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13985, A.L. 1945 p. 1974)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12308; 1919 § 13221; 1909 § 11709
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.390 - Division of townships into road districts.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.390. Division of townships into road districts. —
The township board of directors shall have power to divide their townships into convenient road districts, and may, at their April meeting, change the same in such manner as the interest of the township may demand.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13984)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12307; 1919 § 13220; 1909 § 11708
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.400 - Missouri products — purchase of.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1949
65.400. Missouri products — purchase of. —
Every commission, board, committee, officer or other governing body of any township in this state authorized to make purchases for the use of their township, shall purchase and use only those materials, products, supplies, provisions and other needed articles produced, manufactured, compounded, made or grown within the state of Missouri, when they are found in marketable quantities in the state and are of a quality suited to the purpose intended, and can be secured without additional cost over foreign products or products of other states; provided, however, that quality and fitness of articles shall be considered in purchasing or letting contracts for articles herein mentioned.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14616, A. 1949 H.B. 2021)
Prior revision: 1929 § 13320
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.410 - Clerk — general powers and duties.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1981
65.410. Clerk — general powers and duties. —
The township clerk of each township shall have the custody and care of all records, books and papers belonging to his office; and he shall file in his office all certificates, oaths or other instruments of writing required by law to be filed in his office, and he shall have power to administer the oath of office to all township officers; and it is hereby made the duty of the township clerk to administer all necessary oaths which may be required in the transaction of any township business in the township of which he is clerk; provided, that nothing herein shall be so construed as to deprive any other officer from administering any oath, as may be otherwise provided by law.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13970, A.L. 1981 H.B. 114 & 146)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12293; 1919 § 13206; 1909 § 11694
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.420 - Township clerk to be clerk of township board.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.420. Township clerk to be clerk of township board. —
The township clerk shall be the clerk of the township board of directors, and shall keep a true and correct record of all official acts and proceedings of said board of directors, in a book provided for that purpose at the expense of the township, and to be kept in the office of the township clerk, subject to the inspection of anyone desiring so to do, under the direction of the township clerk.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12294; 1919 § 13207; 1909 § 11695
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.440 - Copies of papers to be evidence in courts of record.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
65.440. Copies of papers to be evidence in courts of record. —
Copies of all papers, duly filed in the office of the township clerk, and certified to be true and correct, shall be evidence in all courts of record in this state, and in all courts of inferior jurisdiction within this state, in like effect and manner as if the original were produced.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13974)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12297; 1919 § 13210; 1909 § 11698
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government › Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties › Section 65.450 - Procurement of books and stationery.

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
Chapter 65
Effective - 28 Aug 1957
65.450. Procurement of books and stationery. —
The township clerk shall procure, under the direction of the township board, and at the expense of the township, all necessary record books and other books and stationery for the use of the township.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13975, A.L. 1957 p. 322)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12298; 1919 § 13211; 1909 § 11699