Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 82

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 82
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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.010 Certain cities declared constitutional charter cities.

82.010. Certain cities declared constitutional charter cities. — 1. Any city of this state framing and adopting a charter for its own government, whether under the provisions of Section 19, Article VI of the Constitution of 1945, or under the provisions of Section 16 or Section 20, Article IX of the Constitution of 1875, is hereby defined and declared to be a constitutional charter city. 2. All laws now existing or which may hereafter be enacted relating or making reference to cities under constitutional charter or constitutional charter cities, shall be deemed to and shall apply and be valid only in relation to cities of this state defined and declared in this section to be cities under constitutional charter. (L. 1945 p. 1289 § 6215a, A.L. 1953 p. 268)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.020 Constitutional charter, certain cities and towns may adopt or amend, procedure.

82.020. Constitutional charter, certain cities and towns may adopt or amend, procedure. — Any city or town under special charter, as defined in section 81.010 , and any other city in this state which now has or which may hereafter have a population of more than five thousand inhabitants according to the last preceding federal decennial census may frame and adopt or amend a charter for its own government by complying with the provisions of Sections 19 and 20 of Article VI of the Constitution of this state, or any amendments thereof. (L. 1945 p. 1309 § 1, A.L. 1980 H.B. 991, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1804) Effective 6-25-08

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.040 Officers, tenure upon adoption of charter - vacancy in office, how filled.

82.040. Officers, tenure upon adoption of charter — vacancy in office, how filled. — All persons in office in such city at the time of the ratification of such charter shall hold their offices until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified, as may be provided in such charter, but no longer. At any time there is a vacancy in any office in a city not within a county, where a person is to be appointed by the governor to fill such vacancy, the deputy officer for that particular office shall serve in the interim until such appointment is made. (RSMo 1939 § 7592, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1716) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7449; 1919 § 8860; 1909 § 9709

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.050 Consistent ordinances to remain in force.

82.050. Consistent ordinances to remain in force. — All ordinances, regulations and resolutions in force at the time such charter takes effect, and not inconsistent with the provisions thereof, shall remain and be in force until altered, modified or repealed by the lawmaking authorities of such city. (RSMo 1939 § 7595) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7452; 1919 § 8863; 1909 § 9712

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.060 Adoption not to affect existing rights.

82.060. Adoption not to affect existing rights. — Such charter, in superseding any previous charter and amendments thereof, shall not affect any right, lien or liability accrued, established or subsisting previous to the time when such charter takes effect, nor affect any action or proceeding pending when such charter takes effect; but such right, lien or liability shall be enforced, and such action or proceeding shall be carried on, in all respects, as if such charter had not taken effect; nor shall such charter be in any wise so construed as to affect any right or liability acquired or accrued under the previous charter and amendments superseded thereby, by or on the part of any city, or any person or body corporate. (RSMo 1939 § 7593) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7450; 1919 § 8861; 1909 § 9710

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.070 Accrued rights or penalties not affected by adoption.

82.070. Accrued rights or penalties not affected by adoption. — All rights of action, fines, penalties and forfeitures accrued to such city before such charter takes effect shall remain unaffected thereby, and may be prosecuted, recovered and received as fully in every respect as if such charter had not taken effect. (RSMo 1939 § 7596) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7453; 1919 § 8864; 1909 § 9713

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.080 Tax liens on realty vested in city.

82.080. Tax liens on realty vested in city. — Any lien on real property existing in favor of the state of Missouri, or of such city, at or before the taking effect of such charter, for taxes and special assessments levied by such city, and all right, title and estate acquired by or vested in the state of Missouri or such city, by reason of the forfeiture or sale to the state or such city of any tract of land, town or city lot offered at public sale for taxes or special assessments levied by such city, interest and costs due thereon, and not sold to others for want of bidders, are hereby assigned and transferred to and continued in such city, and all lands, town or city lots forfeited or sold to the state of Missouri or such city on account of taxes or special assessments levied thereon by such city shall, from the taking effect of such charter, be deemed and taken to be forfeited and sold to such city. In all cases where certificates of purchase have, at the time such charter takes effect, been made out in the name of purchasers at any sale for such delinquent taxes or special assessments, the right to redeem from any such sale, or to a deed or deeds, shall not be affected or impaired by anything in this chapter or in such charter contained. (RSMo 1939 § 7598) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7455; 1919 § 8866; 1909 § 9715

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.090 Extension of limits.

82.090. Extension of limits. — Any constitutional charter city may at any time extend its limits by ordinance, specifying with accuracy the new lines to which it is proposed to extend its limits. All courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the limits of the city when thus extended, and of all the steps in the proceeding leading thereto. Should the city by extension of its territorial limits include any portion of any incorporated city, town or village, the extension shall be made to include the whole territory of such incorporated city, town or village, and upon the extension being made, the corporate existence of the incorporated city, town or village included in the extension ipso facto ceases and all property and rights of every kind and nature belonging to and vested in such incorporated city, town or village shall, by operation of law, at once pass to and vest in the city making the extension of its limits. All officers and employees of such incorporated city, town or village having custody or control thereof shall surrender and deliver the same to the city so extending its limits; and the city shall also, by operation of law, become liable to pay all debts and liabilities of the incorporated city, town or village. Before the city extends its limits to include an incorporated city, town or village, four-sevenths of the voters of the incorporated city, town or village voting at such election desired to be included within the limits of the city shall vote in favor of the question in the following manner: Whenever the city desires to include within its limits any incorporated city, town or village, the mayor of the city shall inform the mayor or other chief officer of the incorporated city, town or village proposed to be taken in of its intention to include the city, town or village within its limits; the mayor thereof shall order the question to be submitted to determine the wish of the city, town or village; and if four-sevenths of the voters voting on the question vote in favor of the proposed extension, the mayor shall certify the result to the mayor of the city seeking to extend its limits and the city may proceed to extend its limits as provided in this section. In all cases where the corporate limits are defined in the charter of the city, the ordinance extending the limits shall be in the form of a proposed amendment to the charter of the city, and before the amendment shall be of any force or effect, it shall be submitted to and accepted by a majority of the voters of the city voting on the question, in all respects and in compliance with all the requirements provided for amendments to the charter of the city. (RSMo 1939 § 7626, A. 1949 H.B. 2032, A.L. 1959 S.B. 75, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7483; 1919 § 8894; 1909 § 9743

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.100 Annexed territory to be divided into wards.

82.100. Annexed territory to be divided into wards. — Whenever, by extension of its territorial limits as aforesaid, new territory is annexed to such city, the lawmaking authorities thereof shall, by ordinance, organize the same into a new ward or wards, or attach the same to some existing ward or wards, long enough before the next ensuing general city election to enable electors in such annexed territory to register, and all other proper steps to be taken according to law, so that the electors of such annexed territory may have full opportunity to register and vote at such election. Actual residents of any territory at the time of the annexation thereof as aforesaid shall, if otherwise qualified, be qualified electors of such city, and be eligible to any office therein at the next general city election following such annexation. (RSMo 1939 § 7627) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7484; 1919 § 8895; 1909 § 9744

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.110 City may be redistricted, when.

82.110. City may be redistricted, when. — Whenever the corporate limits of any such city shall be so extended, and whenever and as often as the population of any such city, or of any ward or wards thereof, has been or may be so increased or diminished as to render, in the opinion of the lawmaking authorities of such city, a revision or redistricting of the corporation into wards or a change in the boundary of any ward or wards necessary, the same may be done by ordinance. (RSMo 1939 § 7628) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7485; 1919 § 8896; 1909 § 9745

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.120 Redistricting ordinance to be published.

82.120. Redistricting ordinance to be published. — Before such ordinance shall be passed, the same shall be published for at least three weeks in at least one daily newspaper published in such city, to be designated by the lawmaking authorities of such city, but the failure to make such publication shall in no way affect the validity of such ordinance. (RSMo 1939 § 7629) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7486; 1919 § 8897; 1909 § 9746

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.130 Redistricting not to affect eligibility of electors.

82.130. Redistricting not to affect eligibility of electors. — In case of redistricting or division of such city into wards, creation of any new ward or wards, or change of boundary in any ward or wards, every qualified elector residing in any ward at any general city election next thereafter, duly registered, shall be a qualified voter of such ward, and nothing in this chapter contained shall be so construed as to prevent any elector from voting or being eligible to any office by reason merely of such redistricting or division or creation of any new ward or wards, or change in the boundary of any ward or wards. (RSMo 1939 § 7630) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7487; 1919 § 8898; 1909 § 9747

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.133 Disincorporation of charter or home rule cities--election, ballot language.

82.133. Disincorporation of charter or home rule cities--election, ballot language. — 1. The county governing body of any county in which a constitutional charter or home rule city is located shall disincorporate the city as provided in sections 82.133 to 82.145 . 2. The county governing body shall order an election upon the question of disincorporation of a constitutional charter or home rule city upon petition of twenty-five percent of the voters of the city. 3. The county governing body shall give notice of the election by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or, if there is no such newspaper in the city, then in the newspaper in the county published nearest the city. The notice shall contain a copy of the petition and the names of the petitioners. No election on the question of disincorporation shall be held until the notice has been published for four weeks successively. 4. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: 5. Upon the affirmative vote of a majority of those persons voting on the question, the county governing body shall disincorporate the city. (L. 2016 S.B. 572)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.136 Contractual rights not invalidated by dissolution.

82.136. Contractual rights not invalidated by dissolution. — No dissolution of the corporation shall invalidate or affect any right accruing to the corporation or to any person, or invalidate or affect any contract entered into or imposed on the corporation. L. 2016 S.B. 572)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.139 Dissolution - trustee appointed - oath - bond.

82.139. Dissolution — trustee appointed — oath — bond. — Whenever the county governing body shall dissolve any constitutional charter or home rule city, the county governing body shall appoint some competent person to act as trustee for the corporation so dissolved, and the trustee, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and subscribe an oath that he or she will faithfully discharge the duties of the office and shall give bond with sufficient security, to be approved by the governing body, to the use of the disincorporated city, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the trustee's duty. (L. 2016 S.B. 572)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.142 Dissolution - powers of trustee.

82.142. Dissolution — powers of trustee. — The trustee shall have power to prosecute and defend to final judgment all suits instituted by or against the corporation, collect all moneys due the same, liquidate all lawful demands against the same, and for that purpose shall sell any property belonging to the corporation, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and generally to do all acts requisite to bring to a speedy close all the affairs of the corporation. (L. 2016 S.B. 572)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.145 Dissolution - employment of counsel, when - compensation of trustee.

82.145. Dissolution — employment of counsel, when — compensation of trustee. — The trustee shall employ counsel whenever necessary in the discharge of his or her duties and shall make a report of the proceedings to the county governing body at each regular term thereof, and the trustee shall receive for his or her services such compensation as the governing body shall think reasonable. (L. 2016 S.B. 572)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.148 Dissolution - moneys to be paid over to county treasurer - records to be ...

82.148. Dissolution — moneys to be paid over to county treasurer — records to be delivered to county clerk. — When the trustee shall have closed the affairs of the corporation, and shall have paid all debts due by the corporation, he or she shall pay over to the county treasurer all moneys remaining in his or her hands, take receipt therefor, and deliver to the clerk of the county governing body all books, papers, records, and deeds belonging to the dissolved corporation. (L. 2016 S.B. 572)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.150 Wards to be of adjacent territory - numbering.

82.150. Wards to be of adjacent territory — numbering. — All wards which may be established by ordinance as aforesaid shall be composed of adjacent and compact territory, and the several wards, at the time of redistricting, shall contain as nearly an equal number of inhabitants as may be practicable. The wards shall be numbered consecutively from one up to the highest number thus established. (RSMo 1939 § 7632) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7489; 1919 § 8900; 1909 § 9749

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.160 Election - new ward.

82.160. Election — new ward. — Whenever any change in the number of wards or alteration in the boundaries of any ward shall be made, or new wards shall be established, there shall be no election of a representative to the municipal legislature for such ward until the general election for corporation officers. (RSMo 1939 § 7633) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7490; 1919 § 8901; 1909 § 9750)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.170 Redistricting not to affect term of office of incumbent.

82.170. Redistricting not to affect term of office of incumbent. — Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to limit or abridge the term of office which any representative in the municipal legislature of such city shall be elected to fill, but every such representative shall be deemed and taken, for the residue of the term for which he may have been elected, a representative of that ward in which his actual residence and place of abode may be at the time of any division of such city into wards, creation of any new ward or wards, or change in the boundaries of any ward or wards. (RSMo 1939 § 7634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7491; 1919 § 8902; 1909 § 9751

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.180 Providing for nominations and the form of ballot.

82.180. Providing for nominations and the form of ballot. — All cities which have heretofore adopted charters pursuant to Section 16, Article IX, of the Constitution of Missouri of 1875, or may hereafter adopt charters pursuant to Section 19, Article VI of the Constitution of Missouri of 1945 shall have power by charter enactment to prescribe the manner in which nominations shall be made for municipal offices in such cities and the form of ballot to be used at elections for municipal offices in such cities. (RSMo 1939 § 7436, A.L. 1945 p. 1303) Prior revision: 1929 § 7283

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.190 City has exclusive control of public highways.

82.190. City has exclusive control of public highways. — Such city shall have exclusive control over its public highways, streets, avenues, alleys and public places, and shall have exclusive power, by ordinance, to vacate or abandon any public highway, street, avenue, alley or public place, or part thereof, any law of this state to the contrary notwithstanding. (RSMo 1939 § 7635) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7492; 1919 § 8903; 1909 § 9752

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.200 Attestation of ordinances - evidence, when.

82.200. Attestation of ordinances — evidence, when. — All ordinances, resolutions and proceedings of such city may be approved by its corporate seal, attested by the officer having charge thereof, and when printed and published by authority of such city, the same shall be received in evidence in all courts and places without further proof. (RSMo 1939 § 7591) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7448; 1919 § 8859; 1909 § 9708

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.210 Action for damages maintained, how.

82.210. Action for damages maintained, how. — No action shall be maintained against any city of this state which now has or may hereafter attain a population of one hundred thousand inhabitants, on account of any injuries growing out of any defect in the condition of any bridge, boulevard, street, sidewalk or thoroughfare in said city, until notice shall first have been given in writing to the mayor of said city, within ninety days of the occurrence for which such damage is claimed, stating the place where, the time when such injury was received, and the character and circumstances of the injury, and that the person so injured will claim damages therefor from such city. (RSMo 1939 § 7636) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7493; 1919 § 8904 (1990) Steps leading from terminal to parking facility at KCI airport are part of sidewalk and are a thoroughfare. Although statute does not expressly mention steps, statute applies. (Mo. banc) Williams v. City of Kansas City, 782 S.W.2d 64. (2000) Yield sign is not construed as bridge, boulevard, street, sidewalk or thoroughfare pursuant to this section. Jones v. City of Kansas City, 15 S.W.3d 736 (Mo.banc).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.220 Bonds in judicial proceedings.

82.220. Bonds in judicial proceedings. — Such city, in taking an appeal or prosecuting a writ of error in any judicial proceeding, shall give bonds as required by law, but it is hereby released from the obligation of law to furnish security therefor. All such bonds shall be executed by the mayor or chief magistrate of such city, and shall be taken in all courts of this state as full compliance with the law in such cases, and all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with this provision are hereby repealed. (RSMo 1939 § 7594) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7451; 1919 § 8862; 1909 § 9711

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.230 Regulation of public franchises.

82.230. Regulation of public franchises. — It shall be lawful for any such city in such charter, or by amendment thereof, to provide for regulating and controlling the exercise by any person or corporation of any public franchise or privilege in any of the streets or public places of such city, whether such franchises or privileges have been granted by said city, or by or under the state of Missouri, or any other authority. (RSMo 1939 § 7637) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7494; 1919 § 8905; 1909 § 9753 (1972) Although CATV system does not specifically fall within definition of public utility under Missouri law, it could be included and under authority granted cities to regulate public franchises or privileges a city may regulate CATV and must follow procedures specified in ordinance. Springfield Television, Inc. v. City of Springfield (CA Mo.), 462 F.2d 21.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.240 Parks, cemeteries may be provided for.

82.240. Parks, cemeteries may be provided for. — It shall be lawful for any such city to make provision in its charter, or by amendment thereof, to acquire and hold by gift, devise, purchase or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain by condemnation proceedings, lands for public use, either within the corporate boundaries of such city or outside of such corporate boundaries, and within the territorial limits of the county in which such city may be situated, for public parks, cemeteries, penal institutions, hospitals, rights-of-way for sewers, or for any other public purpose, and to provide for managing, controlling and policing the same. (RSMo 1939 § 7638) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7495; 1919 § 8906; 1909 § 9754 (1993) Where city's charter claimed any powers which general assembly had authority to confer, including power of eminent domain within or without its corporate boundaries, city had authority to condemn land outside its territorial municipal boundaries. City of Cape Girardeau v. Jett, 851 S.W.2d 114 (Mo. App. E.D.).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.250 Certain cities may acquire subways.

82.250. Certain cities may acquire subways. — All cities in this state having one hundred thousand inhabitants or over are hereby authorized and empowered to build or to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, within their respective corporate limits, a subway or subways, to be exclusively owned by such cities, with such suitable approaches, connections, loops, turnouts, sidings, stations, exits, entrances and other appurtenances, and land, rights-of-way and easements and estates and rights in land, including the right to go on, under or above the surface, as may be necessary or expedient for the construction and efficient use of such subway or subways for the transportation of persons, baggage, express and freight, and for cars, other means of transportation, pipes, wires and cables used for public service purposes. (RSMo 1939 § 7639) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7496; 1919 § 8907; 1909 § 9759

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.260 May operate, lease and regulate subways.

82.260. May operate, lease and regulate subways. — All such cities may operate or may lease such subway or subways, or parts thereof, on terms to be fixed by said cities. Such cities may contract for the purchase or construction of such subway or subways, and for lease of same, and may grant rights therein, or in any part thereof, upon such terms as they may deem best, for cars, other means of transportation, pipes, wires and cables used for public service purposes. But no such lease or grant shall be made for a longer period than fifty years. And such cities may regulate the use of such subway or subways, and of the construction and operation of cars, other means of transportation, pipes, wires and cables used therein; provided, that such city shall not lease, grant or let such street railroad, street railroad system, subway or subways, or any part thereof, or rights therein, for any purpose whatever, without the assent of a majority of the qualified voters of such city voting for or against such lease, grant or letting at an election held for that purpose. (RSMo 1939 § 7640) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7497; 1919 § 8908; 1909 § 9760

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.270 May issue subway revenue bonds.

82.270. May issue subway revenue bonds. — Any such city may issue and sell, at not less than par, its bonds, payable out of the revenue or income from such subway or subways. (RSMo 1939 § 7641) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7498; 1919 § 8909; 1909 § 9761

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.280 Certain county officers to perform duties for cities, when - compensation.

82.280. Certain county officers to perform duties for cities, when — compensation. — In all cities in this state which now have or may hereafter have more than one hundred thousand inhabitants and less than five hundred thousand inhabitants, it shall be the duty of the county assessor, collector of the revenue, and the officer charged with the duty of auditor of such county or any of them to perform the services for such city pertaining to like offices when required by such city so to do, and such city or cities are authorized and empowered to require such officers of the county or any of them to perform the duties for the city pertaining to such offices at such times, under such terms, in such manner and for such compensation as such city may provide. (RSMo 1939 § 7597) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7454; 1919 § 8865

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.290 Certain officers to administer oaths free.

82.290. Certain officers to administer oaths free. — In all cities having a population of over one hundred thousand inhabitants in this state, the mayor, comptroller, auditor, register, recorder of deeds, president of the board of assessors, and their deputies, are hereby authorized and required to administer, free of charge, any and all oaths in connection with the business of their offices required to be made or submitted to or before them, by any law or ordinance now in force or which may hereafter be enacted, or which they themselves may deem necessary in the discharge of their official duties. (RSMo 1939 § 7643, A.L. 1953 p. 268) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7500; 1919 § 8911; 1909 § 9763

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.293 No surcharge or fee to compensate school districts without statutory ...

82.293. No surcharge or fee to compensate school districts without statutory authority (Lee's Summit)—severability clause. — 1. Absent explicit statutory authority, no constitutional charter city with more than seventy thousand five hundred but less than seventy-one thousand inhabitants located at least in part within a county of the first classification with more than eighty-two thousand but less than eighty-two thousand one hundred inhabitants shall enact any ordinance, regulation, or resolution that would impose a surcharge or other fee to compensate any political subdivision organized pursuant to chapter 162 . 2. If any provision of this section or the application thereof to anyone or to any circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of section A of this act * and the application of such provisions to others or other circumstances shall not be affected thereby. (L. 2002 H.B. 1711) *"This act" (H.B. 1711, 2002) contained numerous sections. Consult Disposition of Sections table for a definitive listing.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.300 Certain cities may enact ordinances, purposes, punishments (including ...

82.300. Certain cities may enact ordinances, purposes, punishments (including Kansas City). — 1. Any city with a population of four hundred thousand or more inhabitants which is located in more than one county may enact all needful ordinances for preserving order, securing persons or property from violence, danger and destruction, protecting public and private property and for promoting the general interests and ensuring the good government of the city, and for the protection, regulation and orderly government of parks, public grounds and other public property of the city, both within and beyond the corporate limits of such city; and to prescribe and impose, enforce and collect fines, forfeitures and penalties for the breach of any provisions of such ordinances and to punish the violation of such ordinances by fine or imprisonment, or by both fine and imprisonment; but no fine shall exceed one thousand dollars nor imprisonment exceed twelve months for any such offense, except as provided in subsection 2 of this section. 2. Any city with a population of four hundred thousand or more inhabitants which is located in more than one county which operates a publicly owned treatment works in accordance with an approved pretreatment program pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq. and chapter 644 may enact all necessary ordinances which require compliance by an industrial user with any pretreatment standard or requirement. Such ordinances may authorize injunctive relief or the imposition of a fine of at least one thousand dollars but not more than five thousand dollars per violation for noncompliance with such pretreatment standards or requirements. For any continuing violation, each day of the violation shall be considered a separate offense. 3. Any city with a population of more than four hundred thousand inhabitants may enact all needful ordinances to protect public and private property from illegal and unauthorized dumping and littering, and to punish the violation of such ordinances by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed twelve months for each offense, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 4. Any city with a population of more than four hundred thousand inhabitants may enact all needful ordinances to protect public and private property from nuisance and property maintenance code violations, and to punish the violation of such ordinances by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed twelve months for each offense, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (RSMo 1939 § 7644, A.L. 1943 p. 727, A.L. 1993 S.B. 376, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1238, A.L. 2001 S.B. 345, A.L. 2009 H.B. 481) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7501; 1919 § 8912; 1909 § 9764

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.310 License collector.

82.310. License collector. — The office of license collector is hereby created in cities now having or which hereafter may have three hundred thousand inhabitants or more. (RSMo 1939 § 7725) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7577; 1919 § 8987; 1909 § 9838 CROSS REFERENCE: Statutory office in certain constitutional charter cities prohibited, Const. Art. VI § 22 (1958) Office of license collector in St. Louis City is a "county office" and constitutional provision (Art. VI § 22) does not effect its abolition as a municipal office. Preisler v. Hayden (Mo.), 309 S.W.2d 645.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.311 License collector, St. Louis City, qualifications - residence requirement, ...

82.311. License collector, St. Louis City, qualifications — residence requirement, violation, forfeiture of office. — 1. No person shall be elected or appointed to the office of license collector in any city not within a county who shall not have been a qualified voter of such city for one year next preceding his election or appointment. 2. Any license collector of any city not within a county who removes his residence from such city shall forfeit such office. (L. 1990 S.B. 862 § 2)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.320 Word license construed.

82.320. Word license construed. — The words "license" and "license tax" , used in sections 82.310 to 82.410 shall include licenses for all purposes authorized or required by law or ordinance, and also the tax on telegraph and telephone poles, the dog tax, the merchants' ad valorem tax, the vehicle license tax and the special tax on foreign insurance companies, and excepting always dramshop, water and boat or wharfage licenses. (RSMo 1939 § 7732) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7584; 1919 § 8994; 1909 § 9845

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.330 License collector, election, term, oath, bond - vacancy.

82.330. License collector, election, term, oath, bond — vacancy. — On the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, A.D. 1902, and every four years thereafter, there shall be elected in said cities, in the manner provided by law for the election of city officers, a license collector, who shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor is elected and qualified; he shall take the oath of office required of state officers, and give bond to such city in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, conditioned that he will faithfully and punctually collect and pay over all revenue for licenses and license tax collected and received by him, and in all things faithfully perform the duties of the office of license collector according to law and the ordinances of said city, to be approved by the mayor; and said oath and bond to be filed in the office of the city register of such city. Vacancies in said office of license collector from any cause shall be filled by the governor, from and until the end and expiration of the term in which the vacancy is created. Said license collector shall have his office in the city hall in such rooms as may be designated for the purpose by the proper authority. (RSMo 1939 § 7726) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7578; 1919 § 8988; 1909 § 9839

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.340 Powers and duties of license collector - duties may not be altered.

82.340. Powers and duties of license collector — duties may not be altered. — The license collector shall have exclusive authority in all such cities to issue all licenses and receipts for license taxes, except water, dramshop and boat or wharf licenses; he shall have authority to revoke any license by him granted, if the person to whom the license has been issued shall have been convicted of the violation of any law or ordinance relative to such licenses. It shall be his duty to prevent any persons carrying on any business, object or calling for which a license or license tax is required, without having a license or license receipt for that purpose; and he shall report to the court hearing municipal ordinance violations of such city all violations of law and ordinances relating to licenses and license taxes. No commissions or fees shall be paid or allowed for the license collector, or any state or city officer for the collection of any licenses or license tax to which sections 82.310 to 82.410 apply. No duties imposed under this section or designated for the license collector's office by the city shall be altered by any means other than legislative action. Any employees transferred from the license collector's office due to a change in such duties by a means other than legislative action shall be transferred back to the license collector's office to the positions previously held, even where such duties were changed within fifteen months prior to August 28, 1990. (RSMo 1939 § 7727, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1716) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7579; 1919 § 8989; 1909 § 9840

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.350 List of licenses to be maintained.

82.350. List of licenses to be maintained. — It shall be the duty of the license collector to keep a complete list of all persons, firms, associations and corporations who are required by law, or ordinance, to obtain a license, or pay a license tax, and collect all information which may be necessary for the proper assessing, levying and issuing of licenses and license taxes. Such lists and information shall be kept in proper books in the office of the license collector and at all times be kept up to date, as complete and correct as possible. (RSMo 1939 § 7728, A.L. 1953 p. 268) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7580; 1919 § 8990; 1909 § 9841

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.360 Procedure in obtaining and granting license.

82.360. Procedure in obtaining and granting license. — To obtain a license or to pay a license tax the person making application therefor shall accompany his application with such statements and affidavits as may now or hereafter be required by law or ordinance; the license collector, as soon thereafter as practicable, shall give to the applicant a statement that, upon the payment of the amount of the license or license tax required by law or ordinance to be paid, a license or tax receipt, as the case may be, will be issued to such applicant. Upon the receipt of said statement, the applicant shall pay to the license collector the amount named in such statement, taking therefor duplicate receipts, one of which shall be by him filed with the city auditor, and the license collector shall thereupon issue the license or license tax receipt to the applicant for the period required by law or the ordinances of such city. (RSMo 1939 § 7729) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7581; 1919 § 8991; 1909 § 9842

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.370 Separate records to be kept - open to inspection.

82.370. Separate records to be kept — open to inspection. — The license collector shall keep a separate record or book for each kind of license or tax receipt which he is authorized to issue, in each of which shall be recorded the names of all applicants for such licenses, the place at which the applicant is permitted to conduct the business authorized, if the license is for such purpose, otherwise the place of business or residence of the applicant, and the date of issuance of the license, all of which shall be public and open to the inspection of any citizen; he shall also keep all statements and affidavits furnished him in his office for public reference and the convenience of the officers of such city. (RSMo 1939 § 7730) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7582; 1919 § 8992; 1909 § 9843

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.390

82.390. Compensation of license collector — appointment of deputies and employees (St. Louis City). — 1. Beginning January 1, 1998, the license collector of the City of St. Louis shall receive a salary of fifty-eight thousand three hundred dollars per year and beginning January 1, 1999, the license collector of the City of St. Louis shall receive a salary of sixty-four thousand one hundred thirty dollars, payable as provided in section 82.395 . Beginning January 1, 2022, the license collector of the City of St. Louis shall receive a salary of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars per year and such salary may be annually increased by an amount equal to the annual salary adjustment for employees of the City of St. Louis as approved by the board of aldermen of such city. 2. The license collector may appoint one chief deputy, and one assistant deputy license collector, either of whom, in the absence for any cause of the license collector, may perform all the duties of the license collector. The license collector may appoint a cashier, an assistant cashier, a secretary and such other clerks, account clerks and inspectors as are required by the license collector to properly and efficiently perform the duties of the license collector's office when such positions are approved by the board of aldermen of such city. 3. The salaries and compensation of the employees enumerated in subsection 2 of this section shall be payable as provided in section 82.395 . 4. The license collector, deputy license collector and clerks may administer oaths in the transaction of the business of the office. The license collector and the license collector's sureties are responsible for the official acts of all employees appointed by the license collector. (L. 1947 V. II p. 306 § 1, A.L. 1949 p. 379, A.L. 1951 p. 341, A.L. 1957 p. 247, A.L. 1965 p. 194, A.L. 1969 p. 144, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1121 & 1257, A.L. 1983 S.B. 250, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 1992 H.B. 1228, A.L. 1997 S.B. 11, A.L. 1999 H.B. 748, A.L. 2021 H.B. 271)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.395 St. Louis license collector, procedural duties, payment of salaries - ...

82.395. St. Louis license collector, procedural duties, payment of salaries — deficiency in salary pay, discharge of deficiency — effect of law — notary public. — 1. The license collector of the city of St. Louis shall collect, deduct and retain for collecting all revenues, taxes, licenses and other dues which he is or may be authorized to collect for the state, city and school, in the same manner as is provided for the collector of revenue, fees in the amount prescribed under section 82.650 . The license collector shall pay his salary, and all salaries, clerical hire and other expenses of his office, out of the fees so collected, deducted and retained by him pursuant to this section, anything to the contrary notwithstanding. 2. In the event that the fees so collected, deducted and retained by the license collector of the city of St. Louis out of the amounts so collected for state, city and school are insufficient to pay and discharge, in full, the amount required and necessary for all salaries, clerical hire and other expenses and costs of the office, the deficiency shall be paid by the state, city and school, respectively, out of the undistributed collected moneys in the license collector's hands due the state, city and school, respectively, in proportion that the moneys so collected for each bears to the total amount so collected for all, as such amounts shall be reflected in and by the settlement made annually on the first Monday in June, and for the purposes of paying and discharging such deficiency, the license collector shall deduct and retain out of such undistributed collected taxes, the proportionate amounts, and use same to pay and discharge such deficiency. Nothing in this section shall be construed as repealing the law requiring the license collector to deposit weekly in the city treasury, all moneys collected for the city, nor the law requiring him to deposit, weekly, with the state treasurer, all revenue collected for the state. 3. The license collector, under this section, shall keep at all times in his office a notary public, who shall administer oaths and take notarial acknowledgments in connection with such office without charge. (L. 1992 H.B. 1228) Effective 6-19-92

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.397 St. Louis license collector to make annual settlement with treasurer - ...

82.397. St. Louis license collector to make annual settlement with treasurer — vouchers — residual fees. — The license collector of the city of St. Louis shall make settlement annually on the first Monday in June and at the expiration of his term of office, with the treasurer of the city, for all fees so collected, deducted and retained by him, as provided in section 82.395 ; and all fees so collected, deducted, and retained shall be computed for the year or part of the year next preceding the dates of such settlement. The license collector shall present for allowance proper vouchers for all disbursements made by him on account of all salaries, clerical hire and other expenses of his office, and other costs of collecting all revenues, taxes, licenses and other dues which he is or may be authorized to collect for the state, city and school, which shall be allowed and credited to him as against the fees so collected, deducted and retained by him. If the residue of such fees in the hands of the license collector after the annual settlement exceed two times the amount of the previous year's disbursement for all salaries, clerical hire and other expenses of his office, such excess shall be paid into the treasuries of the state, city and school in proportion that the amount of revenue so collected for each bears to the total amount so collected for all, as such amounts shall be reflected in and by the settlement made annually on the first Monday in June. (L. 1992 H.B. 1228)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.400 Collector to make weekly payments to city treasurer - duty of treasurer.

82.400. Collector to make weekly payments to city treasurer — duty of treasurer. — The said license collector shall, on Monday of each week, pay to the treasurer of such city all moneys received by him for licenses and license tax; said treasurer shall issue duplicate receipts therefor, one of which he shall deliver to the license collector, the other to the auditor of such city. (RSMo 1939 § 7734) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7586; 1919 § 8996; 1909 § 9847

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.420 Public market.

82.420. Public market. — It shall be the duty of the mayor and municipal assembly or council in all cities of three hundred thousand inhabitants or over, or which may hereafter attain a population of three hundred thousand or over, to establish and locate a market for the sale, at wholesale or retail, of fruits, vegetables and other farm or dairy products. (RSMo 1939 § 7720) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7572; 1919 § 8982; 1909 § 9833

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.430 Business to be regulated, rental fixed.

82.430. Business to be regulated, rental fixed. — Such mayor and municipal assembly shall, by ordinance, regulate the business to be conducted and carried on in such market, and fix a yearly rental to be charged for stands or stalls in the market. (RSMo 1939 § 7721, A.L. 1969 p. 145) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7573; 1919 § 8983; 1909 § 9834

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.440 When not to sell marketplaces now owned.

82.440. When not to sell marketplaces now owned. — No city amenable to the provisions of sections 82.420 and 82.430 , now owning a public marketplace or public marketplaces, or which shall hereafter acquire a public marketplace, shall be permitted to disburse or use for other purposes any of the proceeds received from the sale or disposition of such marketplace or marketplaces, unless such said city shall have, prior thereto, acquired the necessary ground for the establishment of a marketplace or marketplaces, as contemplated in said sections 82.420 and 82.430 , and which ground shall be of dimensions commensurate with the requirements of said city, and not to exceed in cost the sum of one million dollars, and unless said city shall, prior thereto, have made provisions for the establishment and maintenance of a marketplace or marketplaces on such grounds, as is contemplated in sections 82.420 and 82.430 . (RSMo 1939 § 7722) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7574; 1919 § 8984; 1909 § 9835

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.450 Corporation may condemn land for marketplaces, when.

82.450. Corporation may condemn land for marketplaces, when. — In the event any city amenable to the provisions of sections 82.420 and 82.430 shall fail to provide a marketplace or marketplaces of the dimensions set out in section 82.440 , any corporation composed of five or more residents of this state, organized under the laws of the state of Missouri, for the purpose of establishing a market or markets, as contemplated by said section 82.420 , shall have the power to condemn lands or other property, or any interest therein, to the amount set out in section 82.440 , for use by it in establishing and maintaining such marketplace or marketplaces, in the same manner and with like effect as provided in sections 523.010 to 523.100 . (RSMo 1939 § 7723) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7575; 1919 § 8985; 1909 § 9836

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.460 Streetcar gates, passengers, regulation.

82.460. Streetcar gates, passengers, regulation. — Any city having a population of three hundred thousand or more shall have the exclusive right to regulate the use of gates on streetcars operated in said city, and shall have the exclusive right to regulate passengers in getting on or off said streetcars. (RSMo 1939 § 7724) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7576; 1919 § 8986; 1909 § 9837

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.461 Zoning permit not to issue for certain facilities unless notice is given to ...

82.461. Zoning permit not to issue for certain facilities unless notice is given to adjoining landowners — Kansas City. — 1. A municipal planning and zoning authority shall not issue any zoning permit, rezoning permit, conditional use permit, or other zoning authorization which is required by municipal ordinance for the placement of a substance abuse treatment facility unless the applicant for such permit provides evidence that he has provided written notification of the proposed placement of the facility to the owner or owners of property located within one hundred eighty-five feet of the boundaries of the property on which the treatment facility is located. 2. The division of alcohol and drug abuse of the department of mental health shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section. Such rules and regulations shall provide that the division may revoke the certification of a facility certified pursuant to section 376.779 and section 630.655 if the operator of the facility does not provide evidence of compliance with this section. A person who commences operating a substance abuse treatment facility which is not certified pursuant to section 376.779 and section 630.655 without complying with the provisions of this section shall incur a civil penalty of one hundred dollars per day of violation and each successive day of violation shall constitute a separate violation. 3. The provisions of this section shall apply only to substance abuse treatment facilities located in a city with a population over three hundred fifty thousand which is partly located in a first class charter county. (L. 1990 S.B. 728 § 2)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.462 Abandoned property, right to enter by nonowners and lienholders, purpose - ...

82.462. Abandoned property, right to enter by nonowners and lienholders, purpose — immunity from liability, when — abandoned property defined — applicability to certain cities and county. — 1. Except as provided in subsection 3 of this section, a person who is not the owner of real property or who is a creditor holding a lien interest on the property, and who suspects that the real property may be abandoned may enter upon the premises of the real property, without having a right to a mechanics lien pursuant to section 429.010 , to do the following: (1) Without entering any structure located on the real property, visually inspect the real property to determine whether the real property may be abandoned; (2) Upon a good faith determination based upon the inspection that the property is abandoned, perform any of the following actions: (a) Secure the real property; (b) Remove trash or debris from the grounds of the real property; (c) Landscape, maintain, or mow the grounds of the real property; (d) Remove or paint over graffiti on the real property. 2. A person who enters upon the premises and conducts the actions permitted in subsection 1 of this section and who makes a good faith determination based upon the inspection that the property is abandoned shall be: (1) Immune from claims of civil and criminal trespass and all other civil liability therefor, unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or willful, wanton, or intentional misconduct; (2) Barred from bringing a civil action against the property owner seeking damages as a result of physical injury, unless the property owner's act or omission constitutes gross negligence or willful, wanton, or intentional misconduct. 3. In the case of real property that is subject to a mortgage or deed of trust, the creditor holding the debt secured by the mortgage or deed of trust may not enter upon the premises of the real property under subsection 1 of this section if entry is barred by an automatic stay issued by a bankruptcy court. 4. As used in this section, "abandoned property" shall mean: (1) A vacant, unimproved lot zoned residential or commercial for which the owner is in violation of a county or municipal nuisance or property maintenance ordinance; or (2) With respect to actions taken pursuant to this section by a creditor holding a lien interest in the property, a property which contains a structure or building which has been continuously unoccupied by persons legally entitled to possession for at least six months prior to entry under this section and the creditor's debt secured by such lien interest has been continuously delinquent for not less than three months; or (3) With respect to actions taken pursuant to this section by persons other than creditors, a property which contains a structure or building which has been continuously unoccupied by persons legally entitled to possession for at least six months prior to entry under this section, and for which the owner is in violation of a county or municipal nuisance or property maintenance ordinance, and for which either: (a) Ad valorum property taxes are delinquent; or (b) The property owner has failed to comply with any county or municipal ordinance requiring registration of vacant property, or the county or municipality has determined the structure to be uninhabitable due to deteriorated conditions. 5. This section shall apply only to real property located in any home rule city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county, in any county with a charter form of government and with more than nine hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, in any home rule city with more than one hundred sixteen thousand but fewer than one hundred fifty-five thousand inhabitants, and in any city not within a county. (L. 2019 S.B. 203)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.470 Parking lots and buildings - St. Louis may acquire, lease - limitations on use.

82.470. Parking lots and buildings — St. Louis may acquire, lease — limitations on use. — Any constitutional charter city in this state of more than seven hundred thousand population may rent, lease and improve property, or acquire property by gift, purchase, exchange, or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by law for the condemnation of land, except residential property, for street purposes in such municipality, and may construct, install or equip buildings and facilities thereon for parking motor vehicles, and may lease such property and facilities to others for parking motor vehicles, and may authorize the making of a charge for the use of such property and facilities for such purpose; provided, however, such municipality shall not dispense or furnish or allow any lessee or occupant to dispense or furnish, upon or in connection with any property or facility acquired or operated pursuant to this section any product or service other than the parking of motor vehicles; and provided further, that the city shall advertise for competitive bids before renting or leasing property for the purpose of parking motor vehicles and shall rent or lease such property to the highest bidder. (L. 1949 p. 556 § 7411c) (1954) Enactment of RSMo §§ 82.470 and 82.480 did not amend the charter of St. Louis City in contravention of Article VI, § 32, of the Constitution. Petition of City of St. Louis, 364 Mo. 700, 266 S.W.2d 753. (1958) Suit by taxpayer against city and city officials to enjoin them from carrying out city ordinances authorizing acquisition of realty and issuance of revenue bonds for off-street parking facilities and for a declaratory judgment that ordinances were unconstitutional dismissed as plaintiff had complete and adequate remedy in the condemnation proceedings. Glueck Realty Co. v. City of St. Louis (Mo.), 318 S.W.2d 206.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.480 Financing of parking lots, methods.

82.480. Financing of parking lots, methods. — 1. Any such constitutional charter city is empowered to finance and pay for the planning, designing, acquisition, construction, equipment and improvement of property for parking motor vehicles by any one or combination of the following methods: (1) General revenue funds, including any proceeds derived from the leasing of the parking facilities; (2) General obligation bonds within legal debt limitations; (3) Negotiable interest-bearing revenue bonds, the principal and interest of which shall be payable from the revenues derived by such municipality from the leasing of the parking facilities, and when the existing facility is located within five hundred feet of a municipally owned and operated auditorium and convention hall, then the interest and principal of the bonds may be payable from any parking meter receipts or revenues from municipal parking meters located on any streets or facility and designated by ordinance to be used for that purpose, which proceeds or any part thereof may be pledged by the city to the retirement of negotiable interest-bearing bonds, which revenue bonds may be issued and sold by the municipality when authorized by the legislative authority of the city; (4) Special benefit assessments, equal to the total cost of land and improvements or only a portion thereof, to be assessed against benefitted property in proportion to the benefit derived, to be paid entirely or in such installments and at such rate of interest as the legislative authority of any such city may prescribe. 2. The benefit assessments shall be determined in accordance with established local special assessment practice after proper notice and hearing, subject to the approval of the legislative authority of the city. (L. 1949 p. 556 § 7411d, A.L. 1967 p. 160) (1954) Ordinance authorizing bonds under this section was not violative of St. Louis City Charter provision which required assent of the voters for bonded indebtedness because such bonds are not obligations of the taxpaying public. Petition of City of St. Louis, 364 Mo. 700, 266 S.W.2d 753. (1960) Funds of city derived from onstreet parking meters held properly used as a means of financing offstreet parking facilities. Automobile Club of Missouri v. City of St. Louis (Mo.), 334 S.W.2d 355.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.485 City treasurer supervisor of parking meters - powers and duties - parking ...

82.485. City treasurer supervisor of parking meters — powers and duties — parking meter fund — parking commission. — 1. The treasurer of any city not within a county is hereby made and constituted supervisor of parking meters. 2. It shall be the duty of the supervisor of parking meters to install parking meters, collect all parking meter fees, supervise the expenditures for repairs and maintenance, establish and supervise a parking division to enforce any statute or ordinances now or hereafter established pertaining to the parking of motor vehicles, including automated zone parking and all other parking functions, and to make all disbursements on any parking contracts, including employment, consulting, legal services, capital improvement and purchase of equipment and real property which may hereafter be made by such cities, subject to audit in the manner provided by state statute. 3. The supervisor of parking meters shall establish and maintain a parking meter fund and any other funds therein which the supervisor of parking meters determines to be necessary, including debt service funds and capital improvement funds for purposes including, but not restricted to, the construction of off-street parking facilities and supervising and directing the financing of such projects. The supervisor of parking meters of such city may issue revenue bonds and pledge parking division and other revenues and assets, including real property and future income, for the purpose of capital improvements and debt service. The parking meter fund shall be the sole depository for all parking revenue derived from parking fees, fines, penalties, administrative costs and booting or any other revenues derived from the parking division. 4. The supervisor of the parking meters shall each year submit for approval to the board of aldermen, having first been reviewed by the parking commission, an operating budget projecting revenues and expenses for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1990, and for each fiscal year thereafter. The parking commission, which shall consist of the supervisor of parking meters as chairperson, the chairperson of the aldermanic traffic committee, the director of streets, the comptroller and the director of the parking operations, shall approve parking policy as necessary to control public parking, shall set rates and fees to ensure the successful operation of the parking division, and require a detailed accounting of parking division revenues from any agent or agency, public or private, involved in the collection of parking revenues. The supervisor of parking meters shall draw upon the parking meter fund annually a portion of such fund according to the parking division's operating budget to pay any debt obligations, salaries, contracts, expenditures for repairs and maintenance, and make any capital improvements, and a portion of such fund shall at the end of each fiscal year then be transferred to the general fund of the city. The transfer to the general fund shall be no more than forty percent of the parking meter fund's net change in the fund's balance after all payments for capital improvements and debt service have been made. (L. 1951 p. 347 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1716, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1228, A.L. 1999 S.B. 19, A.L. 2013 H.B. 315, A.L. 2013 H.B. 656) (2023) Section imposes duties on individual municipal offices assigned to city parking commission in violation of Article VI, Section 22 of Missouri Constitution. Wilson v. City of St. Louis, 662 S.W.3d 749 (Mo.banc).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.487 Parking commission, duties - city treasurer to serve as parking supervisor, ...

82.487. Parking commission, duties — city treasurer to serve as parking supervisor, duties, when (St. Louis City). — 1. The parking commission of any city not within a county shall be the city's authority for overseeing public parking, including planning and coordinating policies, programs and operations for any parking facility or spaces owned in whole or part, leased or managed by the parking division. On behalf of the city, the parking commission shall approve: (1) Guidelines governing the administrative adjudication, disposition and collection of any parking violations or complaints issued by the city; (2) Budget modifications for the parking fund, also known as the "parking meter fund"; and (3) The acquisition, development, regulation and operation of such parking facilities or spaces owned in whole or in part, leased or managed by the parking division. 2. The treasurer of any city not within a county shall be the parking supervisor, also known as the "supervisor of parking meters", for any parking facility or space owned in whole or part, leased or managed by the city parking division, and by virtue of his office, shall be subject to the oversight and authorized funding in whole or in part, by the parking commission: (1) Establish joint public-private parking ventures; (2) Supervise the acquisition, development and operation of parking division properties or facilities owned by title or funded in whole or in part, leased or managed by the parking division; (3) Make and pay contracts and other obligations; (4) Supervise any other on-street and off-street parking programs and assets; (5) Shall provide the comptroller with monthly reports of all parking revenues collected by the city; and (6) Make biannual installment payments of the annual general fund transfer subject to the parking commission's approval and provide the comptroller and treasurer with monthly reports of all parking revenues collected by the city. 3. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or altering the powers and duties of the license collector of the city prescribed in section 82.340 , and the exclusive authority to issue licenses and receipts for license taxes shall remain with and be exercised by the license collector. 4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or altering the powers and duties of the city's collector of revenue as provided in section 52.220 . (L. 1994 S.B. 567, A.L. 1999 S.B. 19) (2023) Section imposes duties on individual municipal offices assigned to city parking commission in violation of Article VI, Section 22 of Missouri Constitution. Wilson v. City of St. Louis, 662 S.W.3d 749 (Mo.banc).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.490 City treasurer - commission - term - vacancy, how filled.

82.490. City treasurer — commission — term — vacancy, how filled. — In all cities in this state now or hereafter having six hundred thousand inhabitants or more, and in all cities in this state not within a county, but constituting both a political subdivision and a city in its corporate capacity, the city treasurer shall be commissioned by the mayor, and shall serve for the term or period in such commission fixed and thereafter until his successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified. In the event of a vacancy in the office of city treasurer, arising from any cause, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the mayor, and the city treasurer so appointed shall serve until the first Monday in January next following the date of the election of his successor, and thereafter until his successor is qualified. (RSMo 1939 § 7781)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.500 City treasurer - bond.

82.500. City treasurer — bond. — Before entering upon his official duties the city treasurer shall enter into a good and sufficient bond, approved by the city comptroller, in the penal sum of three hundred thousand dollars, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office and the accounting for, according to law, of all public funds coming into his hands as such city treasurer. (RSMo 1939 § 7782)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.510 General duties.

82.510. General duties. — The city treasurer shall perform such duties as are, or may be, required of him by the general laws of this state, and such duties as are, or may be, required of him by any ordinance or ordinances of any such city not inconsistent or in conflict with any such general law. (RSMo 1939 § 7783)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.515 City treasurer, supervision of parking meters - term.

82.515. City treasurer, supervision of parking meters — term. — The treasurer of any city not within a county shall enter upon the duties of the office of supervisor of parking meters immediately upon taking the oath of the elected office of treasurer. (L. 1951 p. 347 § 3, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1716)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.516 City treasurer, additional compensation.

82.516. City treasurer, additional compensation. — For such services as supervisor of parking meters, the city treasurer may receive the sum of sixteen thousand dollars per year from the parking fund, as approved by the parking commission. (L. 1951 p. 347 § 4, A.L. 1955 p. 306, A.L. 1994 S.B. 567)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.520 Compensation of city treasurer (St. Louis City).

82.520. Compensation of city treasurer (St. Louis City). — Beginning January 1, 1998, the salary of the city treasurer shall be, in addition to the amount provided by section 82.516 , fifty-three thousand nine hundred dollars per annum and beginning January 1, 1999, the salary of the city treasurer shall be, in addition to the amount provided by section 82.516 , fifty-nine thousand two hundred ninety dollars per annum. Beginning January 1, 2000, the compensation of the city treasurer may be annually increased by an amount equal to the annual salary adjustment for employees of the city of St. Louis as approved by the board of aldermen. The salary of the city treasurer, and the salaries of the treasurer's deputies, clerks, and assistants, shall be paid out of the city treasury, in equal semimonthly installments. (RSMo 1939 § 7784, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1121 & 1257, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 1997 S.B. 11, A.L. 1999 H.B. 748)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.530 Deputies and clerks.

82.530. Deputies and clerks. — The city treasurer may appoint such deputies, assistants and clerks as he may by ordinance be authorized to appoint, and who shall receive salaries as may be fixed by ordinance of any city to which this chapter applies. (RSMo 1939 § 7785)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.540 Assessment division.

82.540. Assessment division. — There shall be an assessment division in any constitutional charter city not situated within a county which shall consist of the assessor and such deputy assessors and employees as may be provided by ordinance. (L. 1945 p. 1859 § 3, A. 1949 H.B. 2032)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.550 Assessor appointed by mayor - term.

82.550. Assessor appointed by mayor — term. — An assessor shall be appointed at the convenience of the mayor and shall hold office for the term for which the mayor was elected and until his successor is duly qualified. (L. 1945 p. 1859 § 2)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.560 Assessor - qualifications - compensation - duties - oath.

82.560. Assessor — qualifications — compensation — duties — oath. — The assessor shall have the qualifications provided with regard to the mayor; receive such salary as may be fixed by the charter or by ordinance; and before entering upon the duties of his office shall take an oath similar to that required by law of county assessors. He shall be the head of the assessment division; appoint the deputy assessors and employees in his division; preserve all maps, plats, books and papers belonging to said division; cause all plats to be prepared, altered and corrected as required by law; receive lists, statements or returns of property; and furnish blanks and information to those desiring to appeal to the board of equalization. (L. 1945 p. 1859 § 4)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.570 Costs and expenses of assessments, how paid.

82.570. Costs and expenses of assessments, how paid. — In all cities in this state not in any county, all the costs and expenses of the assessor of such city or cities, in making the assessments and in the preparation of abstracts of assessment lists and tax bills provided by law, shall be allowed and paid by such city or cities in the same manner as other demands against such city or cities are allowed and paid; and when the aggregate of such costs and expenses for each year shall have been ascertained, the comptroller of such city or cities shall certify same to the director of revenue. After certification by the commissioner of administration, the director of revenue shall certify the claims for payment, and warrant upon the state treasurer shall be issued to the treasurer of such city or cities submitting such certificate for one-half of said sum; provided further, that in all cities in this state not in any county the assessor shall perform the duties now performed by county clerks in extending taxes on the assessment books and such other services pertaining thereto. (RSMo 1939 § 10997, A.L. 1945 p. 1782 § 9) Prior revision: 1929 § 9807

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.580 Deputy assessors - qualifications - powers - oath - duties.

82.580. Deputy assessors — qualifications — powers — oath — duties. — Each deputy assessor shall take the same oath as the assessor and shall have the same powers, subject to his control, and shall have been a resident of the city for five years next before appointment. (L. 1945 p. 1859 § 5)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.590 Bonds of assessors and deputies.

82.590. Bonds of assessors and deputies. — The assessor and his deputies before entering upon their duties shall give bond to the state; the assessor for twenty thousand dollars and the deputies each for five thousand dollars, or such other sums as may be fixed by ordinance. Each bond shall be executed in duplicate; the original thereof shall be deposited and filed in the office of the secretary of state, and the duplicate copy, which shall be so marked, shall be deposited and filed in the office of the city comptroller. (L. 1945 p. 1859 § 6)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.599 Collector of revenue, compensation (St. Louis City).

82.599. Collector of revenue, compensation (St. Louis City). — Other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, beginning January 1, 1998, the collector of revenue in a city not within a county shall receive an annual salary of seventy thousand four hundred dollars and beginning January 1, 1999, the collector of revenue in a city not within a county shall receive an annual salary of seventy-seven thousand four hundred forty dollars. Beginning January 1, 2000, the compensation of the collector of revenue in a city not within a county may be annually increased by an amount equal to the annual salary adjustment for employees of such city as approved by the board of aldermen of such city. Such salary shall be paid out of the city treasury, in equal semimonthly installments, and shall be in lieu of all other amounts otherwise provided by law. (L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 1997 S.B. 11, A.L. 1999 H.B. 748)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.605 Compensation for collecting earnings tax.

82.605. Compensation for collecting earnings tax. — 1. For his services in collecting any earnings tax imposed by the city under provisions contained in its charter, the collector of revenue in any constitutional charter city not within a county shall receive the sum of eight thousand five hundred dollars annually in addition to the compensation otherwise provided by law. 2. The compensation provided by this section shall be paid semimonthly in equal installments. (L. 1957 p. 246, A.L. 1969 p. 146)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.607 Additional duty, financial report.

82.607. Additional duty, financial report. — The city treasurer in any constitutional charter city in this state with more than six hundred thousand population shall annually compile and send to the treasurer of the state of Missouri a financial report showing the investments and deposits of such city on which interest or dividends are earned and the rate and total amount of such interest or dividends. (L. 1969 p. 146 § 1, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al.)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.610 Number of deputies, assistants, and clerks and their compensation to be set ...

82.610. Number of deputies, assistants, and clerks and their compensation to be set by ordinance (St. Louis). — Effective January 1, 1976, the collector shall appoint such deputies, assistants, and clerks as he may by ordinance be authorized to appoint and who shall receive salaries fixed by ordinance of any constitutional charter city not located within a county. Salaries shall be paid out of the fees collected, deducted and retained as provided by sections 82.650 and 82.670 . The term of office of each of the appointees shall be at the pleasure of the said collector but not to exceed the term of office of said collector of revenue. (L. 1945 p. 1311 § 2, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 298, A.L. 1951 p. 351, A.L. 1963 p. 132, A.L. 1965 p. 196, A.L. 1975 S.B. 317, A.L. 1976 S.B. 723)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.630 Appointment of additional clerical help.

82.630. Appointment of additional clerical help. — In addition to the above designated appointees, the collector of revenue is authorized to appoint and employ such additional temporary clerical help as may be authorized by the comptroller of the city. (L. 1945 p. 1311 § 4, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 298, A.L. 1949 p. 376, A.L. 1951 p. 351, A.L. 1957 p. 246, A.L. 1963 p. 132, A.L. 1965 p. 196)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.640 Deputies' oath and bond.

82.640. Deputies' oath and bond. — The deputy collectors shall, before taking office, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation to support the constitutions of the United States and of the state of Missouri, and to demean themselves faithfully in office; and, each of said designated deputy collectors shall be required to give bond and security to the state of Missouri, in the amount required by and to the satisfaction of and to be approved by the collector, in a sum not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars each, conditioned that he will faithfully account for all moneys coming into his hands as such deputy collector, all of which said bonds shall be deposited and remain in the office of the city register of such city. (L. 1945 p. 1311 § 5)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.650 Fees to be collected.

82.650. Fees to be collected. — The collector of revenue shall collect, deduct and retain for collecting all revenues, taxes, licenses and other dues which he is or may be authorized to collect for the state, city and school the following fees, viz: On current tax revenues, on all sums collected one and one-half percent; on licenses and all other dues, except delinquent and back taxes collected in any one year, as follows: When the amount collected for the city aggregates eight hundred thousand dollars or less, two and one-half percent; on all licenses and other dues collected for the city in excess of eight hundred thousand dollars, four percent; on all such licenses collected for the state, three percent. All such fees herein enumerated shall be deducted and retained by such collector out of the amount collected for state, city and school, respectively, and upon settlement with such collector shall be credited to his account and charged against the respective revenue accounts. On all back taxes, and on all other delinquent taxes, the collector shall charge a fee of two percent which shall be added to the face of the tax bill and collected from the party paying such tax as a penalty in the same manner as other penalties are collected and enforced. The collector of revenue shall pay his salary, and all salaries, clerical hire and other expenses of his office, out of the fees so collected, deducted and retained by him as aforesaid. (L. 1945 p. 1311 § 6, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 298)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.660 Annual settlement of fees.

82.660. Annual settlement of fees. — The collector of revenue shall make settlement annually on the first Monday in March and at the expiration of his term of office, with the comptroller of the city, for all fees so collected, deducted and retained by him, as aforesaid; and all fees herein so collected, deducted, and retained as aforesaid, shall be computed for the year or part of the year next preceding the dates of such settlement. Said collector shall present for allowance proper vouchers for all disbursements made by him on account of all salaries, clerical hire and other expenses of his office, and other costs of collecting the revenue, which shall be allowed and credited to him as against the fees so collected, deducted and retained by him as aforesaid, and the residue of such fees in his hands after deducting said allowances and credits shall be paid into the treasuries of the state, city and school in proportion that the amount of revenue so collected for each bears to the total amount so collected for all, as such amounts shall be reflected in and by the said settlement made annually on the first Monday in March. (L. 1945 p. 1311 § 7)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.670 Who to pay in case fees are insufficient for the maintenance of office.

82.670. Who to pay in case fees are insufficient for the maintenance of office. — In the event that the fees so collected, deducted and retained by the collector out of the amounts so collected for state, city and school are insufficient to pay and discharge, in full, the amount required and necessary for all salaries, clerical hire and other expenses and costs of collecting the revenue, the deficiency shall be paid by the state, city and school, respectively, out of the undistributed collected taxes in the collector's hands due the state, city and school, respectively, in proportion that the amount of revenue so collected for each bears to the total amount so collected for all, as such amounts shall be reflected in and by the said settlement made annually on the first Monday in March; and for the purpose of paying and discharging such deficiency, the collector shall deduct and retain out of such undistributed collected taxes, the said proportionate amounts, and use same to pay and discharge said deficiency; provided, that the comptroller of the city may reasonably limit the expenditures of said office and the cost of collecting the revenue; provided, further, that nothing in this section contained shall be construed as repealing the law requiring the collector to deposit, daily, in the city treasury, all moneys collected for the city, nor the law requiring him to deposit, weekly, with the state treasurer, all revenue collected for the state. The collector of the revenue, under this section, shall keep at all times in his office a notary public, who shall administer oaths and take notarial acknowledgments in connection with such office without charge. (L. 1945 p. 1311 § 8)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.680 Other compensation abolished.

82.680. Other compensation abolished. — All fees, commissions or other compensation heretofore charged, received or allowed by or to any such collector, as compensation for his services, either under or by virtue of state law, the charter of such city, or otherwise, are hereby abolished. (L. 1945 p. 1311 § 9)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.690 Coroner's inquest costs to be paid out of city treasury.

82.690. Coroner's inquest costs to be paid out of city treasury. — All moneys required to be paid out of the county treasuries of the different counties of this state by section 58.570 shall, in the city of St. Louis, be paid out of the city treasury of said city. (RSMo 1939 § 15743) Prior revision: 1929 § 14795

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.700 Duties of county commission - who to perform in St. Louis.

82.700. Duties of county commission — who to perform in St. Louis. — All acts and parts of acts which provide for the performance of any duty or trust by any county commission in this state shall also include the municipal assembly, and the mayor and comptroller of the city of St. Louis. (RSMo 1939 § 15744) Prior revision: 1929 § 14796

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.710 Duties of county clerk to be performed by the register.

82.710. Duties of county clerk to be performed by the register. — All laws providing for the performance of any duty, service or trust, by any county clerk, shall apply to the register of the city of St. Louis, as if such officer was specially named in such law, acts, or parts of acts. (RSMo 1939 § 15746) Prior revision: 1929 § 14798

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.715 Board of aldermen may pay additional compensation to certain officials, when.

82.715. Board of aldermen may pay additional compensation to certain officials, when. — Because of the additional duties which have been imposed on the circuit clerk, license collector, sheriff, collector of revenue, treasurer, and recorder of deeds in cities not within a county by such cities, the board of aldermen of any such city, upon the approval of the board of estimate and control of any such city, may pay such officials an additional sum in an amount to be determined by the board. The additional compensation allowed under this section shall be in addition to other compensation provided by law for such officials and shall be paid in the same manner as such other compensation. (L. 1983 S.B. 250 § 1, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al.) Effective 1-01-88

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.790 Certain cities may condemn property outside city.

82.790. Certain cities may condemn property outside city. — Every city now having or which may hereafter have a population of five hundred thousand or more inhabitants shall have authority and is hereby empowered to condemn for public use property, real or personal, or any easement or use therein, without such city. (RSMo 1939 § 7753) Prior revision: 1929 § 7605

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.800 Condemnation proceedings - manner - where.

82.800. Condemnation proceedings — manner — where. — Condemnation proceedings as provided for in section 82.790 shall be brought in the county where the property, real or personal, or any easement or use therein, to be condemned or the greater part thereof is situated. Such proceedings shall be prosecuted in the same manner and with the same effect as those used by the county in the condemnation of lands for similar purposes. In the absence of such procedure the proceedings shall be prosecuted in the same manner as is now or may hereafter be provided by law for the condemnation of lands for telegraph, telephone and other purposes. (RSMo 1939 § 7754) Prior revision: 1929 § 7606

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.810 Owner may cross adjoining property to repair dangerous structure in St. ...

82.810. Owner may cross adjoining property to repair dangerous structure in St. Louis, when. — When any building or part thereof, tower, retaining wall, fence wall, smokestack or other similar structure, situated in a city having five hundred thousand inhabitants shall be found by the division of building and inspection, of such city, to be in a condition such as to endanger the lives of persons or likely to cause immediate injury to other property and when the owner, lessee, or both of such property shall have been notified in writing by the building commissioner or other legally authorized officer, upon whom is imposed the duty of condemning buildings, to remove, repair or otherwise secure such building, tower, retaining wall, fence wall, smokestack, or other similar structure and when such building cannot, by use of reasonable means, be removed, properly repaired or otherwise secured without having access to and upon the land, building or premises of an adjoining owner, the owner or lessee shall at least three days before the proposed work is to be commenced, notify the owner or lessee of such adjoining property, in writing, that in order to remove, repair or secure such building or structure it will be necessary for him to enter and temporarily occupy his or their premises, such notice shall state the character of the work to be done; the probable time required for its completion; the part of the land, building or premises proposed to be occupied; the use to be made thereof, together with a true copy of the notice served upon him by the building commissioner or other legally authorized official. If upon the receipt of such notice, the owner, lessee or both, of such adjoining premises shall refuse to permit the entrance and temporary occupancy of his or their premises, for said purposes, the person or persons desiring the entrance and occupancy thereof shall file a duly verified petition in the circuit court containing a statement of facts showing a compliance with the provisions of this section, together with an accurate description of the work necessary to be done; the time reasonably required to do it; the manner in which the premises are to be occupied, a description of the land, building and premises proposed to be occupied. If it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court that an entrance and temporary occupancy of the premises of the adjoining landowner is necessary to protect the safety of persons or property, the court shall, upon the execution by the plaintiff or some responsible person for him of a bond with sufficient surety or sureties to such adjoining property owner, or lessee, in such sum as the court or judge shall deem sufficient to fully secure to such adjoining property owner, or lessee, the payment of any damages that may be occasioned by such entry and occupancy and pay all cost of such proceedings. The court shall at once cause a summons to be issued and served upon the owner, lessee or both, of such adjoining land, building or premises, requiring him or them to show cause, if any they have, at a designated time within five days, why he or they should not be required to permit such entrance and occupancy of the land, building or premises in question. If the adjoining property owner, or lessee or both, shall fail to show good cause why permission should not be granted, an injunction shall issue commanding the owner, lessee or both, of such adjoining premises to permit the entry and temporary occupancy for a definite length of time, to be therein specified, as the court may find to be necessary, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, to remove, repair or otherwise place the structure in question in a safe condition. The proceedings for the enforcement of this section, not herein specifically provided for, shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter 526 relating to injunctions. (RSMo 1939 § 7746) Prior revision: 1929 § 7598

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.815 Number of days city offices to remain open, how set.

82.815. Number of days city offices to remain open, how set. — In any city having a population of over five hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, the governing body by order entered of record may authorize all city and county offices, except the sheriff's office, to be open not more than five days each week. The board of aldermen, after entering such an order, may require any office to be open six days a week when public convenience requires. (L. 1971 H.B. 239 § 1)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.817 Designated agents for certain landowners within St. Louis City - penalty.

82.817. Designated agents for certain landowners within St. Louis City — penalty. — 1. All owners of real estate within any city not within a county living outside such city not within a county must designate an agent to accept service of process for any violation of city building or occupancy codes or other city ordinances. The agent's name and address must be registered in the city assessor's office by January 1, 1991, and any changes must be reregistered by the owner thereof within thirty days after any such change is made. Service of process upon this agent, including service of process by registered mail as authorized pursuant to section 506.150 , shall be deemed service of process upon the owner. No agent, unless he is the owner of the property, shall be liable for housing code violations relating to the property. 2. Any violation of the provisions of this section is a class B misdemeanor. (L. 1990 S.B. 728 § 5, A.L. 2000 S.B. 894) (2002) Senate Bill 894 provision declared unconstitutional as a violation of the clear title requirement of Art. III, Section 23. Home Builders of Greater St. Louis v. State, 75 S.W.3d 267 (Mo.banc).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.850 Retail sales of meals or drink, tax on gross receipts - ballot language - ...

82.850. Retail sales of meals or drink, tax on gross receipts — ballot language — trust fund established (Cities of Independence and Joplin). — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Food" , all products commonly used for meals or drinks, including alcoholic beverages; (2) "Food establishment" , any cafe, cafeteria, lunchroom, or restaurant which sells meals or drinks to the public; (3) "Gross receipts" , the gross receipts from sales of meals or drinks prepared on the premises and delivered to the purchaser (excluding sales tax); (4) "Museum" , any museum dedicated to the preservation of the history of the westward expansion movement of the United States by covered wagon, train, water, or similar means of transportation, and which is or was owned by this state on the effective date of the tax authorized in this section, and which is operated by the city or any other person; (5) "Person" , any individual, corporation, partnership, or other entity; (6) "Tourism-related activities" , those activities commonly associated with the development, promotion, and operation of tourism and related facilities for the city, including historic preservation. 2. The city council of any home rule city with more than one hundred thirteen thousand two hundred but less than one hundred thirteen thousand three hundred inhabitants and any home rule city with more than forty-five thousand five hundred but fewer than forty-five thousand nine hundred inhabitants and partially located in any county of the first classification with more than one hundred four thousand six hundred but fewer than one hundred four thousand seven hundred inhabitants may impose a tax on the gross receipts derived from the amount of sales or charges for all meals and drinks furnished by every person operating a food establishment situated in the city or a portion thereof. The tax authorized in this section may be imposed in increments of one-eighth of one percent, up to a maximum of two percent of such gross receipts. One-half of any such tax imposed under this section shall be used solely for the development, promotion, and operation of a museum. Such tax shall be in addition to all other sales taxes imposed on such food establishments, and shall be stated separately from all other charges and taxes. Such tax shall not become effective unless the city council, by order or ordinance, submits to the voters of the city a proposal to authorize the city council to impose a tax under this section on any day available for such city to hold municipal elections or at a special election called for the purpose. 3. The ballot of submission for the tax authorized in this section shall be in substantially the following form: 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 immediately following notification to the department of revenue. If a majority of the votes cast on the question by the qualified voters voting thereon are opposed to the question, then the tax shall not become effective unless and until the question is resubmitted under this section to the qualified voters and such question is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting on the question. 4. The tax imposed under this section shall be known as the "Museum and Tourism-Related Activities Tax". Each city imposing a tax under this section shall establish separate trust funds to be known as the "Museum Trust Fund" and the "Tourism-Related Trust Fund". The city treasurer shall deposit the revenue derived from the tax imposed under this section for museum purposes in the museum trust fund, and shall deposit the revenue derived for tourism-related purposes in the tourism-related trust fund. The proceeds of such tax shall be appropriated by the city council exclusively for the development, promotion, and operation of museum and tourism-related activities and facilities in the city. 5. All applicable provisions in chapter 144 , relating to state sales tax, and in section 32.057 , relating to confidentiality, shall apply to the collection of any tax imposed under this section. 6. All exemptions for government agencies, organizations, individuals, and on the sale of certain tangible personal property and taxable services granted under sections 144.010 to 144.525 shall be applicable to the imposition and collection of any tax imposed under this section. 7. The same sales tax permits, exemption certificates, and retail certificates required for the administration and collection of state sales tax in chapter 144 shall be deemed adequate for the administration and collection of any tax imposed under this section, and no additional permit, exemption certificate, or retail certificate shall be required, provided that the director of the department of revenue may prescribe a form of exemption certificate for an exemption from any tax imposed under this section. 8. Any individual, firm, or corporation subject to any tax imposed under this section shall collect the tax from the patrons of the food establishment, and each such patron of the food establishment shall pay the amount of the tax due to the individual, firm, or corporation required to collect the tax. The city shall permit the individual required to remit the tax to deduct and retain an amount equal to two percent of the taxes collected. The city council may either require the license collector of the city to collect the tax, or may enter into an agreement with the director of the department of revenue to have the director collect the tax on behalf of the city. In the event such an agreement is entered into, the director shall perform all functions incident to the collection, enforcement, and operation of such tax, and shall collect the tax on behalf of the city and shall transfer the funds collected to the city license collector, except for an amount not less than one percent nor more than three percent, which shall be retained by the director for the costs of collecting the tax. If the director is to collect such tax, the tax shall be collected and reported upon such forms and under such administrative rules and regulations as the director may prescribe. All refunds and penalties as provided in sections 144.010 to 144.525 are hereby made applicable to violations of this section. 9. It is unlawful for any person to advertise or hold out or state to the public or to any food establishment patron, directly or indirectly, that the tax or any part thereof imposed by this section, and required to be collected by that person, will be absorbed by that person, or anyone on behalf of that person, or that it will not be separately stated and added to the price of the food establishment bill, or if added, that it or any part thereof will be refunded. (L. 2005 H.B. 186)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.851 Retail sales of food, tax on gross receipts permitted - definitions - ...

82.851. Retail sales of food, tax on gross receipts permitted — definitions — ballot language — trust fund established (City of Independence). — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Food" , all articles commonly used for food or drink, including alcoholic beverages, the provisions of chapter 311 notwithstanding; (2) "Food establishment" , any cafe, cafeteria, lunchroom, or restaurant which sells food at retail; (3) "Gross receipts" , the gross receipts from retail sales of food prepared on the premises and delivered to the purchaser, excluding sales tax; (4) "Museum" , any museum dedicated to the preservation of the history of the westward expansion movement of the United States by covered wagon, train, water, or similar means of transportation, which is or was owned by the state of Missouri on the effective date of the tax and operated by a city or other person; (5) "Person" , any individual, corporation, partnership, or other entity; (6) "Tourism-related activities" , those activities commonly associated with the development, promotion, and operation of tourism and related facilities for the city, including historic preservation. 2. The city council of any home rule city with more than one hundred thirteen thousand two hundred but less than one hundred thirteen thousand three hundred inhabitants may impose a tax on the gross receipts derived from all retail sales of food by every person operating a food establishment situated in the city or a portion thereof. The tax authorized in this section may be imposed in increments of one-eighth of one percent, up to a maximum of two percent of such gross receipts. One-half of any such tax imposed by a city pursuant to this section shall be used solely for the development, promotion and operation of a museum. Such tax shall be in addition to all other sales taxes imposed on such food establishments, and shall be stated separately from all other charges and taxes. Such tax shall not become effective unless the city council, by order or ordinance, submits to the voters of the city a proposal to authorize the city council to impose a tax under this section on any day available for such city to hold municipal elections or at a special election called for the purpose. 3. The ballot of submission for the tax authorized in this section shall be in substantially the following form: 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 city and such question is approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the city voting on the question. 4. The tax imposed under this section shall be known as the "Museum and Tourism-Related Activities Tax". Each city imposing a tax under this section shall establish separate trust funds to be known as the "Museum Trust Fund" and the "Tourism-Related Trust Fund". The city treasurer shall deposit the revenue derived from the tax imposed under this section for museum purposes in the museum trust fund, and shall deposit the revenue derived for tourism-related purposes in the tourism-related trust fund. The proceeds of such tax shall be appropriated by the city council exclusively for the development, promotion, and operation of museum and tourism-related activities and facilities in the city. 5. All applicable provisions in chapter 144 , relating to state sales tax, and in section 32.057 , relating to confidentiality, shall apply to the collection of any tax imposed under this section. 6. All exemptions for government agencies, organizations, individuals, and on the sale of certain tangible personal property and taxable services granted under sections 144.010 to 144.525 shall be applicable to the imposition and collection of any tax imposed under this section. 7. The same sales tax permits, exemption certificates, and retail certificates required for the administration and collection of state sales tax in chapter 144 shall be deemed adequate for the administration and collection of any tax imposed under this section, and no additional permit, exemption certificate, or retail certificate shall be required, provided that the director of the department of revenue may prescribe a form of exemption certificate for an exemption from any tax imposed under this section. 8. Any individual, firm, or corporation subject to any tax imposed under this section shall collect the tax from the patrons of the food establishment, and each such patron of the food establishment shall pay the amount of the tax due to the individual, firm, or corporation required to collect the tax. The city shall permit the individual required to remit the tax to deduct and retain an amount equal to two percent of the taxes collected. The city council may either require the license collector of the city to collect the tax, or may enter into an agreement with the director of the department of revenue to have the director collect the tax on behalf of the city. In the event such an agreement is entered into, the director shall perform all functions incident to the collection, enforcement, and operation of such tax, and shall collect the tax on behalf of the city and shall transfer the funds collected to the city license collector, except for an amount not less than one percent nor more than three percent, which shall be retained by the director for the costs of collecting the tax. If the director is to collect such tax, the tax shall be collected and reported upon such forms and under such administrative rules and regulations as the director may prescribe. All refunds and penalties as provided in sections 144.010 to 144.525 are hereby made applicable to violations of this section. 9. It is unlawful for any person to advertise or hold out or state to the public or to any food establishment patron, directly or indirectly, that the tax or any part thereof imposed by this section, and required to be collected by that person, will be absorbed by that person, or anyone on behalf of that person, or that it will not be separately stated and added to the price of the food establishment bill, or if added, that it or any part thereof will be refunded. (L. 2005 S.B. 431 § 82.850) Effective 7-14-05

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.875 Police services sales tax - vote required - fund created, use of moneys.

82.875. Police services sales tax — vote required — fund created, use of moneys. — 1. The governing body of any home rule city with more than one hundred thirteen thousand two hundred but fewer than one hundred thirteen thousand three hundred inhabitants may impose, by order or ordinance, a sales tax on all retail sales made within the city which are subject to sales tax under chapter 144 . The tax authorized in this section shall not exceed one percent of the gross receipts of such retail sales, may be imposed in increments of one-eighth of one percent, and shall be imposed solely for the purpose of funding police services provided by the police department of the city. The tax authorized in this section shall be in addition to all other sales taxes imposed by law, and shall be stated separately from all other charges and taxes. 2. No such order or ordinance adopted under this section shall become effective unless the governing body of the city submits to the voters residing within the city at a state general, primary, or special election a proposal to authorize the governing body of the city to impose a tax under this section. 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 after the director of revenue receives notification of adoption of the local sales tax. If a majority of the votes cast on the question by the qualified voters voting thereon are opposed to the question, then the tax shall not become effective unless and until the question is resubmitted under this section to the qualified voters and such question is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting on the question. 3. All revenue collected under this section by the director of the department of revenue on behalf of any city, except for one percent for the cost of collection which shall be deposited in the state's general revenue fund, shall be deposited in a special trust fund, which is hereby created and shall be known as the "City Police Services Sales Tax Fund", and shall be used solely for the designated purposes. Moneys in the fund shall not be deemed to be state funds, and shall not be commingled with any funds of the state. The director may make refunds from the amounts in the trust fund and credited to the city for erroneous payments and overpayments made, and may redeem dishonored checks and drafts deposited to the credit of such city. Any funds in the special trust fund which are not needed for current expenditures shall be invested in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund. 4. The governing body of any city that has adopted the sales tax authorized in this section may submit the question of repeal of the tax to the voters on any date available for elections for the city. If a majority of the votes cast on the question by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the repeal, that repeal shall become effective on December thirty-first of the calendar year in which such repeal was approved. If a majority of the votes cast on the question by the qualified voters voting thereon are opposed to the repeal, then the sales tax authorized in this section shall remain effective until the question is resubmitted under this section to the qualified voters and the repeal is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting on the question. 5. Whenever the governing body of any city that has adopted the sales tax authorized in this section receives a petition, signed by a number of registered voters of the city equal to at least two percent of the number of registered voters of the city voting in the last gubernatorial election, calling for an election to repeal the sales tax imposed under this section, the governing body shall submit to the voters of the city a proposal to repeal the tax. If a majority of the votes cast on the question by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the repeal, the repeal shall become effective on December thirty-first of the calendar year in which such repeal was approved. If a majority of the votes cast on the question by the qualified voters voting thereon are opposed to the repeal, then the sales tax authorized in this section shall remain effective until the question is resubmitted under this section to the qualified voters and the repeal is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting on the question. 6. If the tax is repealed or terminated by any means, all funds remaining in the special trust fund shall continue to be used solely for the designated purposes, and the city shall notify the director of the department of revenue of the action at least ninety days before the effective date of the repeal and the director may order retention in the trust fund, for a period of one year, of two percent of the amount collected after receipt of such notice to cover possible refunds or overpayment of the tax and to redeem dishonored checks and drafts deposited to the credit of such accounts. After one year has elapsed after the effective date of abolition of the tax in such city, the director shall remit the balance in the account to the city and close the account of that city. The director shall notify each city of each instance of any amount refunded or any check redeemed from receipts due the city. (L. 2007 S.B. 30 merged with S.B. 81 merged with S.B. 233)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.1000 Forfeiture of motor vehicles, power to enact ordinances, requirements, ...

82.1000. Forfeiture of motor vehicles, power to enact ordinances, requirements, procedure. — 1. In addition to forfeiture proceedings pursuant to sections 513.600 to 513.645 , the governing body of any constitutional charter city having a population of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants and located within a county of the first classification that adjoins no other county of the first classification may enact ordinances which would subject to forfeiture any motor vehicle operated by a person with one or more prior convictions for an intoxication-related traffic offense, as defined in section 577.001 , who is prohibited from obtaining a license to operate a motor vehicle by the director of revenue pursuant to subdivision (9) or (10) of subsection 1 of section 302.060 , or who has the person's license to operate a motor vehicle suspended or revoked, as a result of a finding or a plea of guilty to: (1) Any intoxication-related traffic offense as defined in section 577.001 ; (2) Involuntary manslaughter as a result of operating a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition as defined in section 577.001 ; (3) Two or more violations of stunt driving or street takeover as provided in section 304.145 committed on separate occasions where in each violation the person was operating a vehicle and another person was injured or killed; or (4) The offense of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention of a motor vehicle as provided in section 575.151 . Such forfeiture pursuant to this subsection shall only be allowed if such person operates a motor vehicle while the person's license to operate a motor vehicle is under such a suspension or revocation. 2. The ordinance allowing forfeitures pursuant to this section may also provide for the impoundment and forfeiture of a motor vehicle operated by any person who is classified as a prior offender or persistent offender pursuant to section 577.023 after the effective date of such ordinance, except that a judgment of forfeiture may only be rendered if there is a conviction of an intoxication-related traffic offense which causes the owner of the motor vehicle to be classified as a prior or persistent offender. 3. The ordinance allowing the forfeitures pursuant to this section may also provide for the impoundment and forfeiture of a motor vehicle operated by any person who has previously been convicted of two or more intoxication-related traffic offenses, as defined in section 577.001 , and who thereafter, pursuant to a chemical test conducted in accordance with sections 577.020 to 577.041 , is determined upon probable cause to have been driving a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol concentration equal to or greater than the blood-alcohol percentage concentration specified in subsection 1 of section 302.520 , or any such person who, pursuant to section 577.041 , has been requested to submit to a chemical test as described pursuant to that section, and refused to submit to such test. 4. All forfeiture proceedings pursuant to this section shall be conducted in accordance with sections 513.600 to 513.645 , except the forfeiture proceeding shall be brought by the city attorney for the city which enacted such ordinances. 5. The ordinance shall also provide that any person claiming an ownership interest in the motor vehicle subject to forfeiture shall have all the defenses to the forfeiture proceeding available to them which they may be entitled to raise pursuant to sections 513.600 to 513.645 . The ordinance shall further provide that, in the event the title documents registered with the department of revenue for the motor vehicle subject to forfeiture, at the time of the action giving rise to the forfeiture proceeding, list persons as owners or co-owners of the vehicle in addition to or other than the operator, and the nonoperator owner of the motor vehicle has not previously been the operator or the owner of, a motor vehicle which has been the subject of a forfeiture proceeding authorized by this section, the motor vehicle shall be returned to the nonoperator registered owner and all costs associated with the seizure, towing, storage and impoundment of the vehicle, and the payment of all court costs and reasonable attorney fees associated with the forfeiture proceeding shall be paid by the owners or the operator of the vehicle. To be entitled to return of the vehicle all owners shall execute a written agreement with the municipality stipulating and consenting to the seizure and forfeiture of the motor vehicle in the event such motor vehicle is subsequently operated by the same operator under circumstances which would allow the municipality to seek forfeiture of such vehicle pursuant to an ordinance authorized by this section. (L. 1993 S.B. 167 § 1, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1169 & 1271 merged with S.B. 722, A.L. 2025 H.B. 495) Severability clause, see § 1.1001 (2004) Section authorizing city to enact forfeiture ordinance does not supercede defenses allowed under Criminal Activity Forfeiture Act; a felony conviction is therefore required before a motor vehicle can be forfeited to the government. City of Springfield v. Gee, 149 S.W.3d 609 (Mo.App.S.D.).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.1025 Nuisance action for deteriorated property - procedure (St. Louis City, ...

82.1025. Nuisance action for deteriorated property — procedure (St. Louis City, Kansas City, Springfield, St. Charles). — 1. Sections 82.1025 , 82.1027 and 82.1030 apply to a nuisance located within the boundaries of: (1) Any city not within a county; (2) Any home rule city with at least three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants which is located in more than one county; (3) Any home rule city with more than one hundred sixty thousand but fewer than two hundred thousand inhabitants; or (4) Any home rule city with more than seventy-one thousand but fewer than seventy-nine thousand inhabitants. 2. Any property owner who owns property within one thousand two hundred feet of a parcel of property that is alleged to be a nuisance may bring a nuisance action under this section against the offending property owner for the amount of damage created by such nuisance to the value of the petitioner's property, including diminution in value of the petitioner's property, and court costs. 3. An action for injunctive relief to abate a nuisance may be brought under this section by: (1) Anyone who owns property within one thousand two hundred feet to a property which is alleged to be a nuisance; or (2) A neighborhood organization, as defined in section 82.1027 , on behalf of any person or persons who own property within the boundaries of the neighborhood or neighborhoods described in the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the neighborhood organization and who could maintain a nuisance action under this section or under the common law of private nuisance, or on its own behalf with respect to a nuisance on property anywhere within the boundaries of the neighborhood or neighborhoods. 4. An action shall not be brought under this section until sixty days after the party who brings the action has mailed notice of intent to bring an action under this section, postage prepaid, to: (1) The tenant, if any, or to "occupant" if the identity of the tenant cannot be reasonably ascertained, at the property's address; and (2) The property owner of record at the last known address of the property owner on file with the county or city, or, if the property owner is a corporation or other type of limited liability company, to the property owner's registered agent at the agent's address of record; that a nuisance exists and that legal action may be taken against the owner of the property if the nuisance is not eliminated within sixty days after the date on the mailed notice. If the notice is returned unclaimed or refused, designated by the post office to be undeliverable, or signed for by a person other than the addressee, then adequate and sufficient notice shall be provided by posting a copy of the notice on the property where the nuisance allegedly is occurring. A sworn affidavit by the person who mailed or posted the notice describing the date and manner that notice was given shall be sufficient evidence to establish that the notice was given. The notice shall specify: (a) The act or condition that constitutes the nuisance; (b) The date the nuisance was first discovered; (c) The address of the property and location on the property where the act or condition that constitutes the nuisance is allegedly occurring or exists; and (d) The relief sought in the action. 5. A copy of a notice of citation issued by the city or county that shows the date the citation was issued shall be prima facie evidence of whether and for how long the property has been in violation of the code or ordinance provisions described in the citation. 6. A proceeding under this section shall: (1) Be heard at the earliest practicable date; and (2) Be expedited in every way. 7. When a property owner or neighborhood organization brings an action under this section for injunctive relief to abate a nuisance, a prima facie case for injunctive relief shall be made upon proof that a nuisance exists on the property. An action for injunctive relief to abate a nuisance shall be heard by the court without a jury and shall not require proof that the party bringing the action has sustained damage or loss as a result of the nuisance. 8. When a property owner or neighborhood organization bringing the action prevails in such action, such property owner or organization may be entitled to an award for attorneys' fees and expenses, based on the amount of time reasonably expended, as ordered by the court, which award for attorneys' fees and expenses shall be entered as a judgment against the owner of the property on which the act or condition constituting the nuisance occurred or was located. (L. 1994 H.B. 1115 § 1, A.L. 1995 H.B. 383, A.L. 1998 H.B. 977 & 1608, A.L. 1999 H.B. 103, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58, A.L. 2014 S.B. 731, A.L. 2019 S.B. 203, A.L. 2025 H.B. 199) CROSS REFERENCE: Nuisance abatement ordinances authorized for debris or noxious weeds on property, effect of failure to remove nuisance, penalty, 67.398

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.1026 Vacant nuisance building or structure, building official may petition for ...

82.1026. Vacant nuisance building or structure, building official may petition for appointment of receiver (St. Louis City, Kansas City, Springfield, St. Charles). — The governing body of any city not within a county, home rule city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county, home rule city with more than one hundred sixty thousand but fewer than two hundred thousand inhabitants, or home rule city with more than seventy-one thousand but fewer than seventy-nine thousand inhabitants may enact ordinances to provide for the building official of the city or any authorized representative of the building official to petition the circuit court in the county in which a vacant nuisance building or structure is located for the appointment of a receiver to rehabilitate the building or structure, to demolish it, or to sell it to a qualified buyer. (L. 2009 H.B. 481, A.L. 2025 H.B. 199)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.1027 Definitions.

82.1027. Definitions. — As used in section 82.1025 and sections 82.1027 to 82.1030 , the following terms mean: (1) "Code or ordinance violation" , a violation under the provisions of a municipal code or ordinance of any home rule city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county, any city not within a county, any home rule city with more than one hundred sixty thousand but fewer than two hundred thousand inhabitants, or any home rule city with more than seventy-one thousand but fewer than seventy-nine thousand inhabitants that regulates fire prevention, animal control, noise control, property maintenance, building construction, health, safety, neighborhood detriment, sanitation, or nuisances; (2) "Neighborhood organization" , either: (a) A Missouri not-for-profit corporation that: a. Is a bonafide community organization formed for the purpose of neighborhood preservation or improvement; b. Whose articles of incorporation or bylaws specify that one of the purposes for which the corporation is organized is the preservation and protection of residential and community property values in all or part of a neighborhood or neighborhoods with geographic boundaries that conform to the boundaries of not more than two adjoining neighborhoods recognized by the planning division of the city in which the neighborhood or neighborhoods are located; and c. Whose board of directors is comprised of individuals, at least half of whom maintain their principal residence in a neighborhood the organization serves as described in the organization's articles of incorporation or bylaws; or (b) An organization recognized by the federal Internal Revenue Service as tax exempt under the provisions of Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) (26 U.S.C. Section 501(c)(3)), as amended, or the corresponding section of any future tax code, which has had a contract with any city to furnish housing related services in that city at any point during the five-year period preceding the filing of the action, and is in compliance with or completed such contract; (3) "Nuisance" , an activity or condition created, performed, maintained, or permitted to exist on private property that constitutes a code or ordinance violation, whether or not the property has been cited by the city or county in which the property is located; or, if the property is in a deteriorated condition, due to neglect or failure to reasonably maintain, abandonment, failure to repair after a fire, flood, or some other deterioration of the property, or there is clutter on the property such as abandoned automobiles, appliances, or similar objects; or, with respect to commercial, industrial, and vacant property, if the activity or condition on the property encourages, promotes, or substantially contributes to unlawful activity within three hundred feet of the property; or if any activity or condition: (a) Diminishes the value of the neighboring property; or (b) Is injurious to the public health, safety, security, or welfare of neighboring residents or businesses; or (c) Impairs the reasonable use or peaceful enjoyment of other property in the neighborhood. (L. 2005 H.B. 58 § 82.301, A.L. 2014 S.B. 731, A.L. 2019 S.B. 203, A.L. 2025 H.B. 199)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.1030 Statutes not to abrogate any equitable right or remedy - standing not ...

82.1030. Statutes not to abrogate any equitable right or remedy — standing not granted, when. — 1. Subject to subsection 2 of this section, section 82.1025 and sections 82.1027 to 82.1030 shall not be construed as to abrogate any equitable or legal right or remedy otherwise available under the law to abate a nuisance. 2. Section 82.1025 and sections 82.1027 to 82.1030 shall not be construed to grant standing for an action challenging any zoning application or approval. (L. 2005 H.B. 58 § 82.305, A.L. 2014 S.B. 731, A.L. 2019 S.B. 203)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.1031 Affirmative defense, when.

82.1031. Affirmative defense, when. — If a property owner sued under section 82.1025 and sections 82.1027 to 82.1030 pleads and proves that a condition alleged by the plaintiff to be a nuisance is the subject matter of an order issued by the state department of natural resources, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or the office of the Missouri attorney general, and further pleads and proves that the property is in compliance with such order with respect to such condition, such proof shall be an affirmative defense to plaintiff's claim that such condition is subject to one or more of the remedies provided for under section 82.1025 and sections 82.1027 to 82.1030 . (L. 2014 S.B. 731 § 1, A.L. 2019 S.B. 203, A.L. 2025 H.B. 199)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.1035 Geographical information system, definitions, purpose, licensing, use of ...

82.1035. Geographical information system, definitions, purpose, licensing, use of information, cost, no liability for errors. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Community" , any municipality as defined in this section; (2) "Geographical information system" , a computerized, spatial coordinate mapping and relational database technology which: (a) Captures, assembles, stores, converts, manages, analyzes, amalgamates and records, in the digital mode, all kinds and types of information and data; (b) Transforms such information and data into intelligence and subsequently; (c) Retrieves, presents and distributes that intelligence to a user for use in making the intelligent decisions necessary for sound management; (3) "Municipality" , any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants which is located in more than one county. 2. The development of geographical information systems has not been undertaken in any large-scale and useful way by private enterprise. The use of modern technology can enhance the planning and decision making processes of communities. The development of geographical information systems is a time consuming and expensive activity. In the interest of maintaining community governments open and accessible to the public, information gathered by communities for use in a geographical information system, unless properly made a closed record, should be available to the public. However, access to the information in a way by which a person could render the investment of the public in a geographical information system a special benefit to that person, and not to the public, should not be permitted. 3. Any community as defined in this section may create a geographical information system for the community. The scope of the geographical information system shall be determined by the governing body of the community. The method of creation, maintenance, use and distribution of the geographical information system shall be determined by the governing body of the community. 4. The information collected or assimilated by a community for use in a geographical information system shall not be withheld from the public, unless otherwise properly made a closed record of the community as provided by section 610.021 . The information collected or assimilated by a community for use in a geographical information system need not be disclosed in a form which may be read or manipulated by computer, absent a license agreement between the community and the person requesting the information. 5. Information collected or assimilated by a community for use in a geographical information system and disclosed in any form, other than in a form which may be read or manipulated by computer, shall be provided for a reasonable fee, as established by section 610.026 . A community maintaining a geographical information system shall make maps and other products of the system available to the public. The cost of the map or other product shall not exceed a reasonable fee representing the cost to the community of time, equipment and personnel in the production of the map or other product. A community may license the use of a geographical information system. The cost of licensing a geographical information system may reflect the: (1) Cost to the community of time, equipment and personnel in the production of the information in a geographical information system or the production of the geographical information system; (2) Cost to the community of the creation, purchase, or other acquisition of the information in a geographical information system or of the geographical information system; and (3) Value of the commercial purpose, if any, for which the information in a geographical information system or a geographical information system is to be used. 6. The provisions of this section shall not hinder the daily or routine collection of data, as defined in section 569.093 , from the geographical information system by real estate brokers and agents, title collectors, developers, surveyors, utility companies, banks, or mortgage companies, nor shall the provisions allow for the charging of fees for the collection of such data exceeding that allowed pursuant to section 610.026 . The provisions of this section, however, shall allow a community maintaining a geographical information system to license and establish costs for the use of the system's computer program and computer software, as defined in section 569.093 . 7. A community distributing information used in a geographical information system or distributing a geographical information system shall not be liable for any damages which may arise from any error which may exist in the information or the geographical information system. (L. 1995 H.B. 414 § 2)
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