Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 61

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 61
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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.005 Employment of county engineer by county commission not required.

61.005. Employment of county engineer by county commission not required. — Nothing in this chapter shall require the county commission to hire a county engineer. The county commission may hire and authorize an individual to perform those duties the individual is qualified for, based upon the individual's education and training. (L. 2004 H.B. 795, et al. § 1)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.011 County highway administrator, office created, responsibility (certain first ...

61.011. County highway administrator, office created, responsibility (certain first class counties). — 1. The office of "County Highway Administrator" is hereby created in all counties of the first class not having a charter form of government. The county highway administrator shall be appointed by the county commission, and he shall serve at the pleasure of the county commission and until his successor is appointed and qualified. 2. The county highway administrator is the chief officer of the county in all matters pertaining to highways, roads, bridges, culverts and surveys, and he is responsible for all operations of the county highway department. (L. 1973 H.B. 715)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.031 Compensation (certain first class counties).

61.031. Compensation (certain first class counties). — The county commission shall fix the compensation of the county highway administrator, which shall be paid from county funds, and this compensation shall be the total compensation for all services rendered by the county highway administrator in the performance of his official duties. The county commission shall also provide the county highway administrator with an office at the county seat, and all necessary equipment and supplies. (L. 1973 H.B. 715)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.041 Bond, conditions of, cost, how paid (certain first class counties).

61.041. Bond, conditions of, cost, how paid (certain first class counties). — Before entering upon the duties of his office, the county highway administrator shall execute and deliver to the county commission for approval a surety bond in such sum as is fixed by the county commission. The condition of the bond shall be that the county highway administrator will faithfully perform and discharge the duties of his office, and that he will keep and carefully preserve all books, records, surveys, plats, plans and other papers pertaining to his office, required by law to be kept by the highway administrator or the county surveyor, and that he will account for and deliver the same, together with all tools, machinery, material and equipment to which he has come into possession by reason of his office, to his successor in office. When the surety bond is approved, it shall, with the approval endorsed thereon, be recorded at the expense of the highway administrator in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county. The cost of the bond shall be paid by the county. (L. 1973 H.B. 715)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.051 Employees, employment and compensation of (certain first class counties).

61.051. Employees, employment and compensation of (certain first class counties). — 1. The county highway administrator may employ such technical and professional help and assistants as are necessary for the successful performance of the duties of his office, and may set their compensation within the allocations made for that purpose by the county commission. 2. Payments to other help necessary in the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repairs of public highways, roads, bridges, and culverts, or necessary in executing surveys, may be either on a monthly or daily basis. (L. 1973 H.B. 715)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.061 Administrator's powers and duties - written report, failure to file, effect ...

61.061. Administrator's powers and duties — written report, failure to file, effect of (certain first class counties). — The highway administrator shall directly supervise the construction, maintenance, repair and reconstruction of all public highways, roads, bridges and culverts in the county. The expenditure of all county road and bridge funds, special or otherwise, shall be approved by the county commission. The county commission shall not order a road established, changed or vacated until its proposed establishment, change or vacation has been examined and approved by the highway administrator in a written report filed with the county commission; except that if the highway administrator does not file a written report on such proposal within thirty days after being notified thereof by the county commission, the commission may proceed to make any orders respecting such proposal without such report. (L. 1973 H.B. 715)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.071 Inspections, when made - action to be taken, report of (certain first class ...

61.071. Inspections, when made — action to be taken, report of (certain first class counties). — The highway administrator shall personally, or by deputy, regularly inspect the condition of all public highways, roads, bridges and culverts in the county, and in pursuance of orders of the county commission or upon the written complaint of three or more registered voters in the county directed to the highway administrator of a condition of disrepair of any road or highway or of a dangerous or unsafe condition of any highway, road, bridge or culvert in the county, or of the neglect of a contractor performing work of any character on any public highways, roads, bridges and culverts, the highway administrator shall investigate the complaint at once and report to the county commission and shall make such adjustment, repair or corrections as are necessary; and he shall make a written record or report of the final disposition of such complaint to the county commission. (L. 1973 H.B. 715, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.091 Reports to county commission, when made, contents of (certain first class ...

61.091. Reports to county commission, when made, contents of (certain first class counties). — The highway administrator shall make a yearly report to the county commission during the month of January, for the preceding year, in which he shall include a detailed statement of the conditions of established public highways, roads, bridges and culverts and the amount of money expended for construction, maintenance and repair of such highways, roads, bridges and culverts during the preceding year. He shall estimate balances, revenue and receipts creditable to any county road and bridge fund, special or otherwise, and shall submit for approval by the commission a plan for construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of existing established public highways, roads, bridges and culverts proposed to be undertaken and completed during the current year. The highway administrator shall file such other reports from time to time as he deems necessary or as requested by the county commission. (L. 1973 H.B. 715)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.101 To perform duties as land surveyor, when - appointment of person to perform ...

61.101. To perform duties as land surveyor, when — appointment of person to perform duties of county surveyor, when (certain first class counties). — 1. If the county highway administrator is duly registered and licensed as a land surveyor under the provisions of chapter 327 , he shall perform any duties required by law to be performed by a county surveyor. 2. If the county highway administrator is not registered and licensed as a land surveyor, he may appoint a person or persons who are so registered and licensed to perform any duties required by law to be performed by a county surveyor. (L. 1973 H.B. 715)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.111 Orders of courts of record for surveying to be executed - records to be ...

61.111. Orders of courts of record for surveying to be executed — records to be kept (certain first class counties). — 1. The highway administrator shall execute or cause to be executed all orders directed to him by the courts of record of his county for the surveying or resurveying of any lot or tract of land, the title to which is in dispute before such court, and all orders of survey for the partition of real estate in such county. He shall keep a copy of all plats of surveys made or caused to be made by him in a book maintained for that purpose in which such surveys shall be numbered, and which shall contain an index. He shall also file a copy of any official survey made or caused to be made by him in the office of the recorder of deeds of such county. 2. The highway administrator shall also keep and carefully preserve all books, records, surveys, plats, plans and other papers pertaining to his office, and which are required by law to be kept by the county highway administrator or the county surveyor, in the office provided him by the county for that purpose, and he shall account for and deliver the same, together with all tools, machinery, material and equipment to which he has come into possession by reason of his office, to his successor in office. (L. 1973 H.B. 715)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.131 Pecuniary interest in certain transactions prohibited, penalty (certain ...

61.131. Pecuniary interest in certain transactions prohibited, penalty (certain first class counties). — Neither the county highway administrator, nor any other officer or employee of the county or state, or of any road district, shall be pecuniarily interested in any sale, bid or contract for the purchase of any machinery, materials or equipment, or for the building, improvement, repair or maintenance of any highway, road, bridge or culvert in the county. Any person who willfully violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars or by removal from office, or both. (L. 1973 H.B. 715)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.141 Fees for surveys, advance payment required (certain first class counties).

61.141. Fees for surveys, advance payment required (certain first class counties). — The highway administrator may charge such fees as may be agreed upon by him and the party requesting, or for whose benefit, such work is to be done, for doing, performing or furnishing any field or survey work as herein provided. No highway administrator or appointee of the highway administrator shall execute a survey ordered by any person, court, firm or corporation until the agreed price has been tendered in payment therefor. The highway administrator or his appointee shall not retain any fees, but all fees of whatever nature whatsoever collected by the highway administrator or his appointee shall be turned into the county treasury at least annually and before the end of the county fiscal year; except that if the registered and licensed surveyor appointed to perform the survey pursuant to the provisions of section 61.101 is not on the staff of the highway administrator and receiving a salary paid in regular installments by the county, he may retain the fee charged for performing the survey. (L. 1973 H.B. 715, A.L. 1977 S.B. 385)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.151 Seal of office - survey as evidence, when (certain first class counties).

61.151. Seal of office — survey as evidence, when (certain first class counties). — 1. The county highway administrator shall have a seal of office, which shall be inscribed with the name of the highway administrator, his title, and the name of the county in which he has been appointed, with the word "Missouri" following. Such seal shall not exceed in dimensions a diameter of one and three-fourths inches, and it shall be used when certifying official surveys and copies thereof. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 60.150 , any survey or resurvey made by the county highway administrator, or by any person appointed by him, to which is affixed the seal of office of the county highway administrator, shall be legal evidence in any court in this state, if such survey or resurvey is made in the performance of the official duties of the county highway administrator. (L. 1973 H.B. 715)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.156 Office of highway engineer abolished (certain first class counties).

61.156. Office of highway engineer abolished (certain first class counties). — The office of highway engineer is abolished in all counties of the first class not having a charter form of government. In all counties having a county highway administrator rather than a county highway engineer, the county highway administrator shall perform or cause to be performed all duties required by law of a county highway engineer, except as otherwise provided in sections 61.011 to 61.156 . Any reference in the revised statutes of Missouri to a highway engineer of a county of the first class shall after September 28, 1973, and insofar as consistent with the provisions of sections 61.011 to 61.156 refer to the county highway administrator in counties of the first class not having a charter form of government. (L. 1973 H.B. 715)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.160 Appointment (second, third and fourth class counties).

61.160. Appointment (second, third and fourth class counties). — The county commissions of each county in this state in classes two, three and four are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint and reappoint a highway engineer within and for their respective counties at any regular meeting, for such length of time as may be deemed advisable in the judgment of the commission. The provisions of sections 61.160 to 61.310 shall apply only to counties of classes two, three and four. (RSMo 1939 § 8655, A.L. 1945 p. 1493, A.L. 1953 p. 385) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8006; 1919 § 10782; 1909 § 10551

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.167 Qualifications (certain second and third class counties).

61.167. Qualifications (certain second and third class counties). — In all counties of the second and third class, having a population of fifty thousand or more and an assessed valuation of seventy million dollars or more, the county highway engineer shall be a resident of the state of Missouri, skilled and experienced in general road, bridge and culvert work, and authorized to practice engineering under the laws of this state providing for and requiring the registration of professional engineers. He shall be active and diligent in the discharge of his duties and personally attend to them. (L. 1963 p. 115 § 61.173, A.L. 1965 p. 95)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.170 Qualifications (certain third and fourth class counties).

61.170. Qualifications (certain third and fourth class counties). — In all counties of the third and fourth class, having a population of less than fifty thousand or an assessed valuation of less than seventy million dollars, the county highway engineer shall be a resident of the state of Missouri, and shall be skilled in the laying of drains, in bridge, culvert and road building and general road work, and he shall have a practical knowledge of civil engineering, and he shall be active and diligent in the discharge of his duties. (RSMo 1939 § 8658, A.L. 1963 p. 115) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8009; 1919 § 10785; 1909 § 10554

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.180 Bond (second, third and fourth class counties).

61.180. Bond (second, third and fourth class counties). — Before entering upon the performance of his duties, the county highway engineer and his assistants shall each execute and deliver to the county commission a bond in such sum as may be fixed by the commission, with two or more sufficient securities, or the bond of a surety company authorized to do business in this state, to be approved by the commission, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as such highway engineer; and that he will account for and deliver to his successor in office, at the expiration of his term of office, all tools, machinery, books, papers and other property belonging to the county and road districts thereof. (RSMo 1939 § 8656) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8007; 1919 § 10783; 1909 § 10552

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.190 Compensation, amount (second, third and fourth class counties).

61.190. Compensation, amount (second, third and fourth class counties). — In all counties of the second, third and fourth class, the county highway engineer shall receive an annual salary, to be fixed by the county commission. (RSMo 1939 § 13487, A. 1949 H.B. 2018, A.L. 1953 p. 385, A.L. 1957 p. 320, A.L. 1959 S.B. 71, A.L. 1963 p. 116, A.L. 1965 p. 175, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1070, A.L. 1982 S.B. 478, A.L. 1989 H.B. 612) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11855; 1919 § 11063 Effective 6-19-89 (1983) Statutes which purport to delegate to county commissions the authority to award additional compensation for certain county officers violate state constitutional provisions requiring that the compensation for county officers be uniform in each class of counties. Baumli v. Howard County (Mo. Ban), 660 S.W.2d 702

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.200 Appointment - compensation - assistants (second, third and fourth class ...

61.200. Appointment — compensation — assistants (second, third and fourth class counties). — The county commission may, in their discretion, appoint the county surveyor of their respective counties to the office of county highway engineer, provided he be thoroughly qualified and competent, as required by sections 61.160 to 61.310 ; and when so appointed, he shall receive the compensation fixed by the county commission, and such fees as are allowed by law for his services as county surveyor; provided, the county surveyor may refuse to act or serve as such county highway engineer, unless otherwise provided by law. In the event that the county highway engineer cannot properly perform all the duties of his office, he shall, with the approval of the county commission, appoint one or more assistants, who shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the county commission. (RSMo 1939 § 8660, A.L. 1945 p. 1493) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8011; 1919 § 10787; 1909 § 10556

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.210 Duties as custodian of tools and machinery (second, third and fourth class ...

61.210. Duties as custodian of tools and machinery (second, third and fourth class counties). — The county highway engineer shall be custodian of all tools, material and machinery belonging to the road districts and to the county, except as may be otherwise provided by law. When delivering to any road overseer the tools and machinery belonging to the district, he shall require from the overseer an inventory and receipt for all such tools and machinery, and the overseer shall be responsible for the proper care and handling of said tools and machinery, and shall see that they are properly kept when not in use, and shall account for the same to the county highway engineer. (RSMo 1939 § 8661) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8012; 1919 § 10788; 1909 § 10557

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.220 Supervisory duties (second, third and fourth class counties).

61.220. Supervisory duties (second, third and fourth class counties). — The county highway engineer shall have direct supervision over all public roads of the county, and over the road overseers and of the expenditure of all county and district funds made by the road overseers of the county. He shall also supervise the construction and maintenance of all roads, culverts and bridges. No county commission shall issue warrants in payment for road work or for other expenditure by road overseers, or in payment for work done under contract, until the claim therefor has been examined and approved by the county highway engineer. (RSMo 1939 § 8662, A.L. 1957 p. 322) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8013; 1919 § 10789; 1909 § 10558

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.240 General duties (second, third and fourth class counties).

61.240. General duties (second, third and fourth class counties). — The county highway engineer shall, personally or by deputy, inspect the roads, culverts and bridges of every district in the county as often as practicable, and upon written complaint of three registered voters in any district of the bad or dangerous condition of the roads, bridges or culverts of the district, or of the neglect of duty by any road overseer of the district, or of neglect of any contractor on roads let by contract, the county highway engineer at once shall visit the road and investigate the complaint, and if found necessary at once shall direct the overseer of the district to place the road in good condition. (L. 1913 p. 699 § 1, RSMo 1939 § 8663, A.L. 1959 S.B. 71, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.243 Duties (certain counties).

61.243. Duties (certain counties). — In counties which contain ninety thousand inhabitants and less than one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants the county highway engineer shall state in his order to the overseer the time within which the road shall be placed in good condition as required by section 61.240 . The engineer shall cause the weeds and brush in the highways in his county to be cut once each year and he shall direct in writing to the overseer what roads and portions of roads shall be cut and state therein when they shall be cut. All weeds and brush shall be cut between the first day of June and the fifteenth day of July of each year. (L. 1913 p. 699 § 1, A.L. 1959 S.B. 71)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.250 Failure of overseer to follow instructions - penalty (second, third and ...

61.250. Failure of overseer to follow instructions — penalty (second, third and fourth class counties). — All overseers shall follow the plans and instructions of the county highway engineer in all matters concerning the expenditure of the funds and improving the roads, and should any road overseer fail or refuse, without sufficient cause, to follow the plans and instructions of the county highway engineer, the county highway engineer may suspend such overseer, and shall at once report the matter to the county commission, and said commission, upon hearing, may remove such overseer from office. (RSMo 1939 § 8666) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8017; 1919 § 10793; 1909 § 10562

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.260 Annual meeting of road overseers (second, third and fourth class counties).

61.260. Annual meeting of road overseers (second, third and fourth class counties). — It shall be the duty of the county highway engineer to call a meeting at the county seat each year of all road overseers of the county, for consultation and conference touching the conditions and needs of the roads and bridges of the county and methods of improving same. Such meeting shall be held at a time designated by the highway engineer, between the first and fifteenth day of March. At such meeting of road overseers the county highway engineer shall instruct the overseers in the best and most economical plans for the working and improving roads, collecting and expending the district road funds, and, if practicable, adopt a uniform system of road work for the county. Any overseer failing to attend any such annual meeting without reasonable excuse shall, upon complaint of the county highway engineer, be removed from office by the county commission or by the township board, as the case may be. (RSMo 1939 § 8665) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8016; 1919 § 10792; 1909 § 10561

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.270 Reports (second, third and fourth class counties).

61.270. Reports (second, third and fourth class counties). — The county highway engineer shall, at each regular term of the county commission, and at such other times as required by the commission, file a detailed statement of the condition of the roads, and the amount of money available for each district, with his recommendation as to what action should be taken by the commission for the repair or improvement of the roads. The county highway engineer shall report his full name and address to the office of the state highway engineer within ten days after qualifying. He shall make a yearly report during the month of January for the preceding year, upon blanks furnished him, to the state highway engineer of the available information in connection with the road, culvert and bridge work in his respective county. Upon a written request of the state highway engineer, the county highway engineer shall furnish him with a copy of the road map of his county, if there be such a map, for which he shall be reasonably compensated by the state transportation department. (RSMo 1939 § 8664) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8015; 1919 § 10791; 1909 § 10560

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.280 Annual statement - road map (second, third and fourth class counties).

61.280. Annual statement — road map (second, third and fourth class counties). — The county highway engineer shall, on or before the first day of January in each year, file with the county commission a report, in writing, showing the general condition of the roads and bridges of the county, including all improvements, if any, made during the past year, together with his recommendations as to what improvements should be made during the coming year, and what part of same, if any, should be let under contract, as provided by law. At the same time said highway engineer shall file with the county commission a map or plat showing the township and road district lines, together with his recommendations as to the number, size and boundaries of road districts, and needed changes in same, and he shall give the county commission such further aid and assistance as it may require with reference to the laying out of road districts or changing the number or boundaries thereof. (RSMo 1939 § 8667) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8018; 1919 § 10794; 1909 § 10563

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.290 Failure to perform duties - penalty (second, third and fourth class counties).

61.290. Failure to perform duties — penalty (second, third and fourth class counties). — If any county highway engineer shall fail, refuse or neglect to visit and inspect, in person or by deputy, the roads, bridges and culverts in each road district in the county, at frequent and regular intervals, or shall fail, refuse or neglect to advise with, assist and direct the road overseers of his county in the performance of their duties, or if he shall fail, refuse or neglect to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by law, or if he be found incompetent or in any manner unfitted for such office, he may be removed from office by the county commission, and it shall be the duty of the county commission to remove such county highway engineer forthwith and to appoint a successor in his stead. (RSMo 1939 § 8658) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8009; 1919 § 10785; 1909 § 10554

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.300 Shall not be sales agent (second, third and fourth class counties).

61.300. Shall not be sales agent (second, third and fourth class counties). — No county highway engineer, county surveyor or deputy county highway engineer, or deputy county surveyor or road overseer shall be the sales agent, for compensation in the sale to, or purchase by, the state, county or road districts of road tools, culvert or bridge material or machinery, or be pecuniarily interested in any contract for the building of any bridge or culvert or for the improvement of any public road to which the county or any road district is a party. (RSMo 1939 § 8671) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8022; 1919 § 10798; 1909 § 10574
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