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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.620 - Imposition of tax or license fee on certain professions prohibited — imposition of tax or fee prohibited unless business office maintained — limitation on business license tax amount in certain villages.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 2004, 2 histories
71.620. Imposition of tax or license fee on certain professions prohibited — imposition of tax or fee prohibited unless business office maintained — limitation on business license tax amount in certain villages. —
1. Hereafter no person following for a livelihood the profession or calling of minister of the gospel, duly accredited Christian Science practitioner, teacher, professor in a college, priest, lawyer, certified public accountant, dentist, chiropractor, optometrist, chiropodist, physician or surgeon in this state shall be taxed or made liable to pay any municipal or other corporation tax or license fee of any description whatever for the privilege of following or carrying on such profession or calling, and, after December 31, 2003, no investment funds service corporation, as defined in section 143.451, may be required to pay, or shall be taxed or made liable to pay any municipal or other corporation tax or license fee of any description whatever for the privilege of following or carrying on its business or occupation, in excess of or in an aggregate amount exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars annually, any law, ordinance or charter to the contrary notwithstanding.
2. No person following for a livelihood the profession of insurance agent or broker, veterinarian, architect, professional engineer, land surveyor, auctioneer, or real estate broker or salesman in this state shall be taxed or made liable to pay any municipal or other corporation tax or license fee for the privilege of following or carrying on his or her profession by a municipality unless that person maintains a business office within that municipality.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, after September 1, 2004, no village with less than one thousand three hundred inhabitants shall impose a business license tax in excess of fifteen thousand dollars per license.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6220, A.L. 1963 p. 124, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1373, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1468, A.L. 2003 H.B. 289 merged with H.B. 600, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1155)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6098; 1919 § 7618; 1909 § 8532
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.625 - License tax, payment, when deemed timely — municipal corporations, interest and penalties on delinquencies to apply.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 2012
71.625. License tax, payment, when deemed timely — municipal corporations, interest and penalties on delinquencies to apply. —
1. The timely payment of a license tax due to any municipal corporation in this state, or any county pursuant to section 66.300, which is delivered by United States mail to the municipality or county office designated by such municipality or county office to receive such payments, shall be deemed paid as of the postmark date stamped on the envelope or other cover in which such payment is mailed. In the event any payment of tax due is sent by registered or certified mail, the date of the registration or certification shall be deemed the postmark date. No additional tax, penalty or interest shall be imposed by any municipality or county on any taxpayer whose payment is delivered by United States mail, if the postmark date stamped on the envelope or other cover containing such payment falls within the prescribed period on or before the prescribed date, including any extension granted, for making the payment. When the last day for making any license tax payment, including extensions, falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday in this state, the payment shall be considered timely if the payment is made on the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
2. Except as otherwise provided by law, the interest provisions of section 144.170 and penalty provisions of section 144.250 relating to delinquent sales taxes shall apply to delinquent taxes due as a result of the imposition of a license tax by any municipal corporation. The limitation for bringing suit for the collection of the delinquent tax and penalty shall be the same as that provided in sections 144.010 to 144.510.
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(L. 1998 H.B. 1301, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1504)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.630 - Imposition of tax on producer prohibited, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.630. Imposition of tax on producer prohibited, when. —
No incorporated city, town or village in this state shall have power to levy or collect any tax, license or fees from any farmer, or producer or producers, for the sale of produce raised by him, her or them, when sold from his, her or their wagon, cart or vehicle, or from any person or persons in the employ of such farmer or producer in any such city, town or village.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7330)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7179; 1919 § 8628; 1909 § 9516
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.640 - Tax for band fund authorized.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
71.640. Tax for band fund authorized. —
Any city not within a county, any city, village or town having a population of less than twenty-five thousand and any city having a population of more than thirty-five thousand located in any county of the first class contiguous to a county of the first class having a charter form of government and not containing any part of a city of over four hundred thousand, howsoever organized, and irrespective of its form of government, may, by one of the two methods authorized in section 71.650, levy a tax for use in providing free band concerts, or equivalent musical service by the band upon occasions of public importance.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7431, A.L. 1979 H.B. 465, A.L. 2001 S.B. 430)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7278
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.650 - Tax for band fund — limitations.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
71.650. Tax for band fund — limitations. —
1. The mayor and council, board of aldermen or board of trustees may levy a tax of not more than one-half mill on each one dollar assessed valuation on all property in such city, village or town, or, when initiated by a petition signed by at least ten percent of the voters, the question shall be submitted to the voters, and a majority of the voters thereon shall be sufficient to carry the provisions of this law into effect, and it shall become the duty of the mayor and council, board of aldermen or board of trustees to levy each year on all the property in such city, village or town, a tax of not to exceed two mills, or such part thereof as shall be petitioned for, on each one dollar assessed valuation.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall ______ (name of city, town, or village) levy a tax of ______ mills on each one dollar assessed valuation for the creation of a band fund?
3. The levy made under either of the options of sections 71.640 to 71.670 shall not increase the tax levy of any such political subdivision to exceed the limitations fixed and prescribed by the constitution and laws of this state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7432, A.L. 1945 p. 1304, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7279
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.660 - Discontinuance of tax for band fund, procedure.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
71.660. Discontinuance of tax for band fund, procedure. —
A petition, signed by at least ten percent of the voters, may at any time be presented asking that the following question be submitted:
Shall the tax for the creation of a "band fund" be discontinued?
­­and if a majority of the votes be cast in favor of said question, no further tax shall be made.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7433, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7280
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.670 - Band fund — expenditures — contract with band.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.670. Band fund — expenditures — contract with band. —
All moneys received from such levy shall be paid into a special fund to be known as the "band fund", and no moneys shall be appropriated out of such fund until the mayor and council, board of aldermen or board of trustees shall have first entered into a written contract with the authorized officials of a band for its employment in the giving of free band concerts, or equivalent musical service by the band upon such occasions of public importance as shall be stipulated in said contract. Any band entering into a contract under this law shall be known as the municipal band, and shall administer its own financial and business affairs. No voluntary contribution, donation, or diversion into another fund shall be made from this fund in any manner whatsoever.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7434)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7281
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.675 - No class action suits permitted for enforcement or collection of business license taxes imposed on telecommunications companies.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
71.675. No class action suits permitted for enforcement or collection of business license taxes imposed on telecommunications companies. —
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no city or town shall bring any action in federal or state court in this state as a representative member of a class to enforce or collect any business license tax imposed on a telecommunications company. A city or town may, individually or as a single plaintiff in a multiple-plaintiff lawsuit, bring an action in federal or state court in this state to enforce or collect any business license tax imposed on a telecommunications company.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude any taxpayer from initiating an action in federal or state court as a representative member of a class seeking injunctive relief against the Missouri department of revenue to enforce the imposition, assessment, or collection of the business license tax provided under sections 92.074 to 92.095.
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(L. 2005 H.B. 209)
(2012) Section's bar on cities and towns serving as class representatives in suits to enforce or collect business license taxes on telecommunications companies violates article V, section 5 requirement that amending a procedural rule of the Supreme Court can only be done in a law limited to that purpose. State v. Jamison, 357 S.W.3d 589 (Mo.banc).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.690 - Garbage disposal — ordinances authorized.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.690. Garbage disposal — ordinances authorized. —
Such cities may pass all ordinances necessary for the carrying into effect of the powers granted in section 71.680.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7430)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7277
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.700 - Water supply — authorization to regulate and license.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.700. Water supply — authorization to regulate and license. —
All cities in this state have power and authority to regulate and license and to levy and collect license tax on all springs, wells or other sources of water supply from which water is sold to the public or offered or shipped for sale, and to inspect the same and analyze such waters.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7353)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7202; 1919 § 8682; 1909 § 9559
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.710 - Water supply — protection of sources.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.710. Water supply — protection of sources. —
Such cities shall have the power and authority by ordinance to provide for the protection of all springs, wells or other sources of water supply described in section 71.700 from contamination or danger of contamination.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7354)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7203; 1919 § 8683; 1909 § 9560
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.715 - Sewerage service charges may be imposed, how collected — use of proceeds.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1978
71.715. Sewerage service charges may be imposed, how collected — use of proceeds. —
1. The governing body of any municipality which has provided common sewers may by ordinance establish just and equitable charges or rents for the use of the sewers to be paid by persons who discharge sewage into the common sewers of the municipality. Any ordinance adopted under this section shall become effective upon its approval by a majority of the votes cast thereon.
2. Any municipality adopting an ordinance under this section may fix the charges or rentals for sewerage services on the basis of the amount of water used by each consumer within the municipality. If the municipality provides water to residents within the municipality the amount of the charges or rentals may be collected by adding the amount thereof to the charges for water. If the water is not supplied by the municipality, the municipality may
(1) Impose upon any person providing water within the municipality the duty of collecting and remitting to the municipality the charges or rentals for sewerage service and may prescribe penalties for the failure to make the collections and remittances; provided, however, that in such case the city shall reimburse the person for all expense (including, but not limited to, overheads, use of equipment, personnel and office space) incurred in collecting and remitting the charges of rentals. The reimbursements shall be made every three months, or
(2) Collect its own charges or rentals on the basis of the amount of water used by each consumer, in which case it is the duty of the person providing water within the municipality to furnish the municipality such information as is necessary for it to calculate its charges for sewerage service.
3. All charges and rentals collected under any ordinance adopted under this section shall be deposited by the municipality into a special fund and shall be used only for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, extending and maintaining municipal sewers and sewerage treatment plants with all appurtenances necessary, useful and convenient for the collection, treatment, purification and disposal in a sanitary manner of the liquid and solid waste, sewage and domestic and industrial waste of the municipality. The rentals and charges in the special fund may be permitted to accumulate until amounts necessary for any sewer or sewerage treatment plant project planned by the municipality are available.
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(L. 1961 p. 188 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.720 - Milk — regulation — inspection.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.720. Milk — regulation — inspection. —
All cities and towns in the state shall have power, by ordinance, to license and regulate milk dairies and the sale of milk, and provide for the inspection thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7355)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7204; 1919 § 8646; 1909 § 9534
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.760 - Smoke nuisance — penalty.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.760. Smoke nuisance — penalty. —
The emission or discharge into the open air of dense smoke within the corporate limits of any city of this state is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. The owners, lessees, occupants, managers or agents of any building, establishment or premises from which dense smoke is so emitted or discharged shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall pay a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. And each and every day whereon such smoke shall be emitted or discharged shall constitute a separate offense; provided, however, that in any suit or proceeding under this section, it shall be a good defense if the person charged with a violation thereof shall show to the satisfaction of the jury or court trying the facts that there is no known practicable device, appliance, means or method by application of which to his building, establishment or premises the emission or discharge of the dense smoke complained of in that proceeding could have been prevented.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7575)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7432; 1919 § 8840; 1909 § 9689
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.770 - Smoke nuisance — enforcement of penalty.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.770. Smoke nuisance — enforcement of penalty. —
All cities to which the provisions of section 71.760 are applicable are hereby empowered to enact all necessary or desirable ordinances, not inconsistent with the provisions herein, nor the constitution, nor any general law of this state, in order to carry out the provisions of said section.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7576)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7433; 1919 § 8841; 1909 § 9690
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.780 - Nuisances — expense of suppression, how paid.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
71.780. Nuisances — expense of suppression, how paid. —
The legislative or governing bodies of cities organized under the general statutes or special charters shall have, and they are hereby granted, the power to suppress all nuisances which are, or may be, injurious to the health and welfare of the inhabitants of said cities, or prejudicial to the morals thereof, within the boundaries of said cities and within one-half mile of the boundaries thereof. Such nuisances may be suppressed by the ordinances of said cities, or by such act or order as the charters of said cities authorize them to adopt. If the nuisance is suppressed within the city limits, the expense for abating the same may be assessed against the owner or occupant of the property, and against the property on which said nuisance is committed, and a special tax bill may be issued against said property for said expenses.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7358)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7207; 1919 § 8694; 1909 § 9574
CROSS REFERENCE:
Dogs, mayor may issue quarantine order, when, 322.040
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.790 - Special business districts, how established — dissolution in the city of Springfield.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 2006, 2 histories
71.790. Special business districts, how established — dissolution in the city of Springfield. —
The governing body of any city may establish special business districts in the manner provided hereafter, and upon establishment each such district shall be a body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the state. The governing body of any home rule city with more than one hundred fifty-one thousand five hundred but fewer than one hundred fifty-one thousand six hundred inhabitants may dissolve a special business district in accordance with the procedure set forth in sections 67.950 and 67.955; provided, however, that any proceeds from the disposal of assets of the district after payment of all indebtedness shall be used by the governing body of such city in a manner consistent with the purposes of the district and within the boundary of the former district.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 1156 § 1, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1094)
(1987) In a suit against a business district to enforce provisions of the Hancock Amendment, it was held that the city in which the district was formed, rather than the district itself, was liable for prevailing plaintiff's attorneys' fees. Gilroy Sims & Assoc. v. Downtown St. Louis, 729 S.W.2d 504 (Mo.App.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.792 - Ordinance to establish district — survey and investigation — cost estimate required — report of survey public record.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1972
71.792. Ordinance to establish district — survey and investigation — cost estimate required — report of survey public record. —
A business district shall be formed by ordinance of the governing body of the city which shall establish the business district and define its limits. Prior to the establishment of a business district the governing body of the city shall conduct a survey and investigation for the purposes of determining the nature of and suitable location for business district improvements, the approximate cost of acquiring and improving the land therefor, the area to be included in the business district or districts, the need for and cost of special services, and cooperative promotion activities, and the percentage of the cost of acquisition, special services, and improvements in the business district which are to be assessed against the property within the business district and that part of the cost, if any, to be paid by public funds. The cost of the survey and investigation shall be included as a part of the cost of establishing the business district. A written report of this survey and investigation shall be filed in the office of the city clerk in the city and shall be available for public inspection.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 1156 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.798 - Governing body to determine expenditures.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 2006
71.798. Governing body to determine expenditures. —
The governing body of the city creating the district shall have sole discretion as to how the revenue derived from any tax to be imposed herein, or any revenue derived from disposition of assets of the district, shall be used within the scope of the above purposes. The governing body of the city shall appoint an advisory board or commission to make recommendations as to its use. The governing body of the city creating the district shall not decrease the level of publicly funded services in the district existing prior to creation of the district or transfer the financial burden of providing the services to the district unless the services at the same time are decreased throughout the city, nor shall the governing body discriminate in the provision of the publicly funded services between areas included in such a district and areas not so included.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 1156 § 5, A.L. 1975 S.B. 322, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1094)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.799 - Cities of 350,000 or more — powers of district — governing body to determine expenditures.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
71.799. Cities of 350,000 or more — powers of district — governing body to determine expenditures. —
1. In any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more, a district shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out any and all improvements adopted in the ordinance establishing the district and, in addition, may exercise the following powers:
(1) Cooperate with other public agencies and with any industry or business located within the district in the implementation of any project within the district;
(2) Enter into any agreement with any other public agency, any person, firm, or corporation to effect any of the provisions contained in sections 71.790 to 71.808;
(3) Contract and be contracted with, and to sue and be sued;
(4) Accept gifts, grants, loans, or contributions from the city in which the district is located, the United States of America, the state of Missouri, political subdivisions, foundations, other public or private agencies, individuals, partnerships, or corporations;
(5) Employ such managerial, engineering, legal, technical, clerical, accounting, and other assistance as it may deem advisable. The district may also contract with independent contractors for any such assistance.
2. In any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more, the governing body of the city creating the district shall have final discretion as to how the revenue derived from any tax to be imposed under sections 71.790 to 71.808 shall be used within the scope of the above purposes, and the governing body of the city shall give its advice and consent to members of a board of commissioners appointed by the mayor of the city to administer the district. The governing body of the city creating the district shall not decrease the level of publicly funded services in the district existing prior to creation of the district or transfer the financial burden of providing the services to the district unless the services at the same time are decreased throughout the city, nor shall the governing body discriminate in the provision of the publicly funded services between areas included in such a district and areas not so included.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1120 §§ 71.797, 71.799, A.L. 1983 H.B. 713 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.801 - St. Louis City — taxation of urban redevelopment real property, ordinance to control.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
71.801. St. Louis City — taxation of urban redevelopment real property, ordinance to control. —
In any city not within a county, real property subject to partial tax abatement under the provisions of chapter 353 shall for the purpose of assessment and collection of ad valorem real estate taxes levied under the provisions of sections 71.790 to 71.808 be assessed and ad valorem real estate taxes shall be collected as provided in the ordinance adopted by the governing body of the city approving the development plan of any such corporation and authorizing tax abatement.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1120, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1729)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.802 - General obligation bonds authorized, when — election, notice of — form of ballot.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
71.802. General obligation bonds authorized, when — election, notice of — form of ballot. —
1. Any district established under the provisions of sections 71.790 to 71.808 may, upon approval of the constitutionally required percentage of the voters of the district voting thereon, incur indebtedness and issue bonds or notes for the payment thereof. Notice of the election, the amount and the purpose of the loan shall be given.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the special business district incur indebtedness for the purpose of ______ in the amount of ______ dollars, evidenced by the issuance of bonds or notes and levy a real estate tax to pay therefor?
3. If the constitutionally required percentage of the votes cast are for the indebtedness, the district shall, subject to the restrictions of section 71.796 and section 71.800, be vested with the power to incur indebtedness in the name of the district, to the amount and for the purposes specified on the ballot, and issue the bonds of the district for the payment thereof.
4. The indebtedness authorized by this section shall not be contracted for a period longer than twenty years, and the entire amount of the indebtedness shall at no time exceed, including the existing indebtedness of the district, in the aggregate ten percent of the value of taxable tangible property therein, as shown by the last completed assessment for state and county purposes.
5. It shall be the duty of the district to provide for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on the indebtedness as it falls due, and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof within the time the principal becomes due.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 1156 § 7, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1621)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.804 - Revenue bonds authorized, when — refunding of revenue bonds authorized.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1972
71.804. Revenue bonds authorized, when — refunding of revenue bonds authorized. —
1. In addition to the bonds specified in section 71.802 the cost of any district of acquiring, constructing, improving, or extending any revenue producing facilities may be met from the proceeds of revenue bonds of the district, payable solely from the operation of such revenue producing facility.
2. Revenue bonds issued under authority of this section shall be payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation of the revenue producing facility acquired, constructed, improved or extended in whole or in part from the proceeds of the bonds. No revenue bond issued pursuant to this section shall constitute an indebtedness of the district within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory restriction, limitation or provision.
3. For the purpose of refunding, extending and unifying the whole or any part of any valid outstanding bonded indebtedness payable from the revenues of a revenue producing facility, the district may issue refunding bonds not exceeding in amount the principal of the outstanding indebtedness to be refunded and the accrued interest to the date of the refunding bonds. The district shall provide for the payment of interest not to exceed the same rate and the principal of the refunding bonds in the same manner and from the same source as was provided for the payment of interest on and principal of the bonds to be refunded.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 1156 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.806 - Bonds, term of, form, interest rate, private sale authorized.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1972
71.806. Bonds, term of, form, interest rate, private sale authorized. —
The notes and bonds issued hereunder shall bear such date or dates, and shall mature at such time or times, in the case of any general obligation bond or note not exceeding twenty years, from the date of issue of such original bond or note, and in the case of any revenue bond not exceeding fifty years from the date of issue, as may be provided by the governing body of such city. The notes and bonds shall bear interest at such rate, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of
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payment, at such place or places and be subject to such terms of redemption as provided. The notes and bonds shall be sold at public or private sale, at such price or prices as shall be determined.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 1156 § 9)
*Word "or" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.808 - Benefit determinations by legislative body of city to be conclusive.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1972
71.808. Benefit determinations by legislative body of city to be conclusive. —
The findings of the legislative body of the city of the benefits to be derived by said district as set out in the ordinance as required above shall be conclusive.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 1156 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.860 - Application of section 71.015 — exceptions.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
71.860. Application of section 71.015 — exceptions. —
The provisions of section 71.015 shall apply as well to all cities, towns, villages and municipalities of whatsoever kind, located in any county with a charter form of government where fifty or more cities, towns and villages have been incorporated, except as provided in section 71.920 and sections 72.400 to 72.420.
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(L. 1963 p. 126 § 1, A.L. 1989 H.B. 487, A.L. 1995 H.B. 446)
(1966) Held that Sawyers Act did not apply to 1960 annexation by constitutional charter city as 1963 amendment specifically providing for application to constitutional charter cities located in St. Louis County (§ 71.860, RSMo) does not apply retroactively. Witt v. City of Webster Groves (A.), 398 S.W.2d 16.
(1966) Legislature in enacting statutes specifically relating to annexation in first class charter county intended that compliance therewith should precede compliance with general annexation statutes so that election provided for in special provision must precede obtaining a declaratory judgment as to reasonableness of proposed annexation. City of Kirkwood v. Allen (Mo.), 399 S.W.2d 30.
(1966) The unconstitutionality of Section 71.015 applying Sawyers Act to constitutional charter cities as mandatory procedure does not render invalid other section of Sawyers Act relating to annexation as applied to such cities. St. Louis County v. City of Florissant (Mo.), 406 S.W.2d 281.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.870 - Separate elections required for annexation — effective when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 19 Mar 1984, see footnote
71.870. Separate elections required for annexation — effective when. —
The legislative body of any city, town, or village located within the boundaries of a first class chartered county which has a population of at least five hundred thousand shall not have the power to extend the limits of such city, town, or village by annexation of unincorporated territory adjacent to the city, town, or village in accordance with the provisions of law relating to annexation by such municipalities until the question of annexation is submitted and is carried by a majority of the total votes cast in the city, town, or village and by a separate majority of the total votes cast in the unincorporated territory sought to be annexed. There shall be separate submissions of the question of annexation to the two groups of voters, the same to be held simultaneously. However, no annexation in a first class charter county which has a population of at least nine hundred thousand shall become effective sooner than one year after the vote for annexation if the question of annexation is carried by a majority of the votes cast by the two groups of voters.
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(L. 1963 p. 126 § 2, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1110, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1214 & 1319)
Effective 3-19-84
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.880 - Notice to election authority and governing body of county — map setting out boundaries to be posted in polling places, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 14 Jul 1989, see footnote
71.880. Notice to election authority and governing body of county — map setting out boundaries to be posted in polling places, when. —
Whenever any city, town, or village located in a first class chartered county which has a population of at least five hundred thousand desires to annex any unincorporated land of the county, the governing body of the city, town, or village shall, before proceeding as otherwise provided by law, certify a notice of such fact to the election authority and to the governing body of the first class charter county, which notice shall include:
(1) The description by metes and bounds of the unincorporated territory sought to be annexed and a map of the area to be annexed and of the incorporated area, such map to be a size large enough to accurately and adequately denote the boundaries of the area to be annexed and the incorporated area, but not less than eight inches by ten inches in size, and to be clearly displayed to voters in each polling place where the annexation question is on the ballot; and
(2) A copy of the order, resolution or ordinance which contains the legislative act of the municipality ordering the submission of the question.
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(L. 1963 p. 126 § 3, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1110, A.L. 1989 H.B. 487)
Effective 7-14-89
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.900 - Form of ballot.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
71.900. Form of ballot. —
The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall ______ (name of city, town, or village) annex unincorporated territory adjacent to it?
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(L. 1963 p. 126 § 5, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.910 - Proposition not to be resubmitted, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
71.910. Proposition not to be resubmitted, when. —
In the event that the question of annexing such territory fails to receive the necessary majorities, the question shall not be resubmitted to the voters for a period of at least two years.
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(L. 1963 p. 126 § 6, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.920 - City limits may be extended by ordinance if approved by unanimous affirmative vote in both elections — effective when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 19 Mar 1984, see footnote
71.920. City limits may be extended by ordinance if approved by unanimous affirmative vote in both elections — effective when. —
In the event that the question of annexing such territory is approved by a unanimous affirmative vote in both the annexing municipality and the territory sought to be annexed, the annexing municipality, other provisions of this chapter notwithstanding, shall extend its limits by ordinance to include such territory, specifying with accuracy the new boundary lines to which the city, town, or village limits are extended, except that, no such ordinance by any municipality in a first class charter county which has a population of at least nine hundred thousand shall become effective sooner than one year after the date of the election approving the annexation. Upon duly enacting such annexation ordinance, the municipality shall cause three certified copies of the same to be filed with the clerk of the county wherein the municipality is located, whereupon the annexation shall be complete and final and thereafter all courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the limits of that municipality as so extended.
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(L. 1963 p. 126 § 7, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1214 & 1319)
Effective 3-19-84
(1965) Sawyers Act, § 71.015, does not apply to cities to which it is made inapplicable by subsequent legislation. Julian v. Mayor, Councilmen and Citizens of the City of Liberty (Mo.), 391 S.W.2d 864.
(1969) Annexation was unreasonable where there was no showing that the annexations are necessary or convenient to the proper exercise of the municipal government of the municipality seeking annexation, but was solely for the purpose of industrial development through a revenue bond financing plan. St. Louis County v. Village of Champ (Mo.), 438 S.W.2d 205.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.922 - Certain annexations effective on date determined by jurisdictions involved.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 02 Jun 1995, see footnote
71.922. Certain annexations effective on date determined by jurisdictions involved. —
Any annexation initiated by a municipality through first reading of an ordinance and by the holding of a public hearing on or before June 12, 1995, in any county with a charter form of government where fifty or more cities, towns and villages have been incorporated shall become effective on the date determined by the jurisdictions involved in such annexation.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 446 § 1)
Effective 6-02-95
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.940 - Codification and compilation of ordinances, defined.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
71.940. Codification and compilation of ordinances, defined. —
For the purposes of sections 71.940 to 71.948, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Codification"
includes:
(a) The compilation and revision of the general ordinances of the municipality;
(b) The changing of sections deemed advisable;
(c) The omission of sections deemed unnecessary;
(d) The addition of new provisions; and
(e) The adoption of the whole by an adopting ordinance and publication in permanently bound or loose-leaf book form;
(2)
"Compilation"
includes the collecting, assembling and organizing of existing ordinances of the municipality and publication thereof in permanently bound or loose-leaf book form.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 749 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.943 - Codification of municipal ordinances, contents — supplements authorized — code to be evidence in all courts.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
71.943. Codification of municipal ordinances, contents — supplements authorized — code to be evidence in all courts. —
The governing body of any municipality may from time to time provide for the compilation or revision and codification of the general ordinances of the municipality and the publication in book form of such compilation or codification, and may provide for keeping such compilation and codification up to date by supplements to permanently bound books or by insertions of amending or new ordinances in loose-leaf binders, and may provide for annual or occasional recodification of codifications housed in loose-leaf binders. The codification may contain citations to sections or previous ordinances retained or modified. All titles, effective date sections and signatures of ordinances may be omitted. The codification may contain annotations to statutes, cross references and other matter that may make the code more useful. The codification may incorporate by reference standard or model codes or ordinances, state regulations and statutes as authorized by section 67.280, sections 67.400 to 67.450, and section 300.600, and amendments to such statutes. The codification may incorporate by reference state statutes relating to vehicle equipment regulations contained in chapter 307 and amendments to such statutes. The ordinance adopting the codification shall recite that the codification was authorized by ordinance, and that it was made in conformity with this section and amendments to this section. When the ordinance and the codification, along with a certificate of the municipal clerk that the same are true and correct copies, are published in book form, the codification shall take effect and shall import absolute verity and be received in evidence in all courts and places without further proof.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 749 § 2 subsec. 1, A.L. 2005 H.B. 445)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.946 - Supplements to code to be deemed part of original code.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
71.946. Supplements to code to be deemed part of original code. —
One copy of the published book may be kept on file with the ordinance books and constitute an ordinance book. A loose-leaf code or compilation of ordinances published pursuant to this section may be kept current by the periodic preparation of loose-leaf supplements. Whenever any ordinance expresses the intent of the governing body that it may be made a part of such loose-leaf code and the ordinance is thereafter included in a supplement to such code, such inclusion shall have the same force and effect as if the ordinance had been included in the original code at the time of its adoption by the governing body. The governing body shall make provision for furnishing insertions in loose-leaf compilations or codes to municipal personnel, purchasers and others having copies of the compilation or code.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 749 § 2, subsec. 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.948 - Copies of code on file with municipal clerks and open to public.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
71.948. Copies of code on file with municipal clerks and open to public. —
At least three copies of the published book shall be kept on file in the office of the municipal clerk and kept available for inspection by the public at all reasonable business hours.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 749 § 2, subsec. 2, last sentence)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 71 - Provisions Relative to All Cities and Towns › Section 71.980 - Financially insolvent municipalities, state not liable for debt.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 71
Effective - 28 Aug 2016
71.980. Financially insolvent municipalities, state not liable for debt. —
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the state shall not be held liable for the debts of a municipality that is financially insolvent. For purposes of this section, a municipality is financially insolvent if it is not paying its debts as they become due, unless such debts are the subject of a bona fide dispute, or is unable to pay its debts as they become due.
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(L. 2016 S.B. 572)