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Title VII - Cities, Towns a...
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Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation o...
Chapter 72 - Classification and Consolidation of Cities, Towns and Villages
Section 72.030 Third class cities.
Section 72.040 Fourth class cities — villages may vote to become.
Section 72.050 Villages — certain towns declared to be, when — villages may vote to become fourth class cities.
Section 72.060 May cause census to be taken, when.
Section 72.070 Election by city or town to become city of different class — village officers to act on becoming city.
Section 72.080 Cities and towns may be incorporated in their respective classes — exception, certain cities must comply with boundary change law — exception, Cass County — owners of majority of certain class of property may object to incorporation, cause of action — definition — contents of petition.
Section 72.090 Unincorporated city entitled to become third class city — may incorporate and adopt commission form, when.
Section 72.100 City or town situated on county line.
Section 72.110 Jurisdiction to remain same.
Section 72.120 Rights of property retained.
Section 72.130 No incorporation within two miles of existing city, where, exceptions.
Section 72.132 Signers to state name, address and date when signing petition — time limit on petition.
Section 72.135 Resubmission within year prohibited.
Section 72.140 Reorganization to take effect, when — officers hold, how long.
Section 72.150 Certain adjoining municipalities may consolidate — certain cities to comply with boundary changes law — consolidation of certain cities, towns, or villages in counties of the first, second, or third classification.
Section 72.153 Cities separated by street or stream may consolidate as though contiguous.
Section 72.155 Consolidation ordinance when initiated by municipality — contents.
Section 72.160 Petition of voters for election — county commission to order election, how and when.
Section 72.163 Petition for consolidation, contents, verification.
Section 72.165 County commission to submit question, when.
Section 72.167 Approval of municipality of petition by citizens, procedure on — certification to county commission, contents.
Section 72.170 Form of ballot.
Section 72.180 Consolidation effective, when — more than two cities, vote against, effect.
Section 72.185 Charter commission to recommend name and form of government of consolidated municipality — approval by election.
Section 72.195 Bonded indebtedness of municipalities to become debt of consolidated municipality — when.
Section 72.200 Elections governed by laws governing bond issue elections.
Section 72.205 Three-year limit on elections on petition of citizens.
Section 72.210 Two or more cities may consolidate — procedure.
Section 72.220 Procedure — form of ballot to be used.
Section 72.300 Absorption of municipalities authorized (certain third class counties).
Section 72.305 Resolution to absorb, contents of.
Section 72.310 Election, how ordered.
Section 72.320 Form of ballot.
Section 72.325 Procedure for, and effect of absorption.
Section 72.330 Liabilities or legal actions, effect on.
Section 72.335 Bonded indebtedness, effect on — notice of indebtedness required in resolution and election notice.
Section 72.340 Ordinances, effect on — corporate existence to cease, when.
Section 72.345 Notice of approval of absorption, who to send and receive.
Section 72.350 Courts to take judicial notice of absorption.
Section 72.400 Definitions.
Section 72.401 Law to be exclusive for boundary changes if commission established (St. Louis County) — procedure for boundary change — commission members, qualifications, appointment, vacancies — notice of ordinance establishing commission — list of appointees — terms — succession — conflict of interest — boundary adjustment and certain annexations not subject to commission review and not prohibited by existence of established unincorporated area, when.
Section 72.402 Rules and regulations, commission shall promulgate — procedure.
Section 72.403 Powers and duties of commission to review all boundary changes — no changes submitted to commission until April 15, 2001, exceptions, procedures — plan of intent — notice, publication of — approval of change, factors to be considered — commission may provide advice to proposing agents.
Section 72.405 Boundary changes, approval or disapproval — commission may modify proposal — minor corrections allowed, when — simplified boundary change, procedure — noncontiguous boundary changes, required proposals — prohibited boundary changes, exception — proposing agent may modify proposal — commission may defer final action until after election, when.
Section 72.407 Adoption of boundary change by voters, procedure — unincorporated pocket defined — cost of election, how paid — proposal concerning annexation and incorporation not to be submitted at same election, election void, when.
Section 72.408 Limitation on resubmission — void petition, when.
Section 72.409 Boundary change, effective when — transition committee established, members, how selected — to disband when delay in declaring new incorporated municipality, when — conflict of laws, this section to prevail.
Section 72.412 Commission independent of county — budget request, appropriation level — application fee for annexation, use.
Section 72.414 Approval of change, governing body to declare a municipality and designate metes and bounds — first officers designated by governing body.
Section 72.416 Civil actions against commission, who may bring, cost and attorneys fees paid to commission, when.
Section 72.418 New city not to provide fire services, when — annexation, continuation of services — city to pay fire protection district, amount — voting provisions.
Section 72.420 Consolidation of multiple municipalities and unincorporated areas, must be contiguous — procedure, petition content — costs of election — ballot form — effective when — transition committee, how selected, duties.
Section 72.422 Petition to remain unincorporated — unincorporated area proposal, procedure for creating established unincorporated areas — no boundary change to affect established unincorporated area prior to expiration.
Section 72.423 Five-year planning cycle, procedures, map plans, review.
Section 72.430 Standing for proposed boundary change.