Opinion ID: 2104723
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Heading: Takings Clauses

Text: The admission fees are a tax, not a fee. Taxes are not takings of private property in violation of the Constitution. City of Marshfield v. Brown, 337 Mo. 1136, 88 S.W.2d 339, 340 (1935). The Highway Patrol reimbursements are a fee that is reasonably related to the administrative costs. [A] reasonable user fee is not a taking if it is imposed for the reimbursement of the cost of governmental services. United States v. Sperry Corp., 493 U.S. 52, 63, 110 S.Ct. 387, 107 L.Ed.2d 290 (1989); ITT Lyndon Life Ins. Co. v. Crist, 778 S.W.2d 27, 29 (Mo.App.1989).