Effective - 28 Aug 1939
88.530. Improvements, costs — limitations — payment. — 1. The council shall have power to limit the cost to be assessed as a special tax against the abutting property for street improvement as provided in section 88.520. If the council shall, in the resolution provided for by said section, declare that the cost of the proposed work, not to exceed an amount per front foot to be stated in the resolution, shall be charged to the abutting property and limited to such amount, and the balance, if any, shall be charged to the city, then any cost in excess of such stated amount shall be borne by the general revenue, and only that part of the cost limited to such stated amount per front foot shall be charged against the abutting property.
2. In proceeding under this section the council may let the work to contract as provided in sections 88.497 to 88.647, or have the same done by its street commissioner under such supervision as it may direct by ordinance. In either case, the whole cost shall be paid out of the general revenue, and special tax bills shall then be assessed by ordinance against the abutting property for its part of the cost when the work is completed, and special tax bills issued therefor, made payable to the city, signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk with the seal of the city affixed. Said special tax bills, when due and after demand of payment, may be sued upon for nonpayment whenever the council shall so order. Said tax bills shall be delivered and charged by the city clerk to the city collector for collection, and the collector shall be entitled to two and a half percent upon the amount of such collections made by him for his service in collecting the same.
3. All of the provisions of sections 88.507 to 88.523, relating to the assessment, issue, rate of interest, lien, abstracting, collection, releasing and cancellation of special tax bills for improvements mentioned in said section 88.520, so far as applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, shall apply to tax bills issued in pursuance of this section.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6994)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6848; 1919 § 8330; 1909 § 9257
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages
Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation
Section 88.010 - Condemnation of private property.
Section 88.013 - Condemnation of property — petition for appointment of commissioners.
Section 88.017 - Condemnation of property — party defendant.
Section 88.020 - Condemnation of property — summons, how served.
Section 88.023 - Condemnation of property — appointment of commissioners.
Section 88.027 - Condemnation of property — assessment of damages, duties of commissioners.
Section 88.030 - Condemnation of property — commissioners' report.
Section 88.033 - Condemnation of property — filing of exceptions to commissioners' report.
Section 88.037 - Condemnation of property — assessment by jury.
Section 88.040 - Condemnation of property — appeals from judgment.
Section 88.043 - Condemnation of property — payment of assessed damages.
Section 88.047 - Condemnation of property — report of damages.
Section 88.050 - Condemnation of property — confirmation or rejection of report.
Section 88.053 - Condemnation of property — commissioners' compensation, how paid.
Section 88.057 - Condemnation of property — judgment rendered for city.
Section 88.060 - Condemnation of property — assessments a lien — special executions.
Section 88.063 - Condemnation of property — right to take possession after payment of damages.
Section 88.067 - Condemnation of property — change of venue.
Section 88.070 - Condemnation of property — duty of court.
Section 88.073 - Condemnation of property — right to condemn lands.
Section 88.077 - Condemnation of property — condemnation outside city limits.
Section 88.080 - Street grading — assessment of damages, procedure.
Section 88.087 - Street grading — report of commissioners, contents.
Section 88.090 - Street grading — review of commissioners' report.
Section 88.093 - Street grading — cost of proceedings.
Section 88.097 - Street grading — payment of damages.
Section 88.100 - Public improvement — assessment against railroad real property.
Section 88.103 - Tax bill as lien against property, how released.
Section 88.107 - Assessment adjudged invalid — reassessment.
Section 88.110 - Proposed reassessment — hearing of objections.
Section 88.113 - Proposed reassessment — contents of ordinance.
Section 88.117 - New assessment not to exceed old.
Section 88.120 - Ordinance — conclusive.
Section 88.123 - New tax bills issued.
Section 88.127 - Construction of law — limit on frequency of assessment.
Section 88.130 - Expiration of time limit.
Section 88.497 - Condemnation of private property.
Section 88.500 - City tax bills.
Section 88.503 - Appropriation of private property — records of ordinances and proceedings.
Section 88.510 - Assessment of public property — street improvements, how paid — special tax bills.
Section 88.520 - Declaration of necessity for improvement to be published — protests.
Section 88.523 - Certain street improvements — protest, how heard and determined.
Section 88.530 - Improvements, costs — limitations — payment.
Section 88.533 - Condemnation of sidewalks.
Section 88.613 - Lighting of streets.
Section 88.617 - White way system defined.
Section 88.620 - White way system — powers of city council.
Section 88.623 - White way system — further powers of council.
Section 88.627 - White way system — costs, how paid.
Section 88.630 - Public works, governing statutes.
Section 88.633 - Water supply.
Section 88.637 - May open, vacate and improve streets.
Section 88.640 - Sprinkling and cleaning of streets — cost, how assessed.
Section 88.647 - Opening, extending or widening county roads — duty of council as to benefits.
Section 88.653 - Declaration of necessity for improvement.
Section 88.657 - Owners to have thirty days to make improvements.
Section 88.660 - Cost to be assessed proportionally.
Section 88.663 - Special tax bills shall be assignable and collectible.
Section 88.667 - Condemnation of private property.
Section 88.670 - Public improvements — powers.
Section 88.673 - Board may open and vacate streets.
Section 88.677 - Public improvements — cost, how paid.
Section 88.680 - Street improvements — cost, how paid.
Section 88.683 - Street crossing improvements — special assessment.
Section 88.700 - Street improvements — declaration of necessity — taxpayers' protests.
Section 88.703 - Street repairs — cost, how paid.
Section 88.707 - Certain street improvements — protest, how heard and determined.
Section 88.710 - Sidewalk improvements — cost, how paid.
Section 88.713 - Condemnation of sidewalks.
Section 88.743 - County property subject to city ordinances.
Section 88.747 - Improvements, county property — duty of county commission.
Section 88.750 - Procedure upon failure of county commission to make improvements.
Section 88.767 - Sewage reduction device — assessment.
Section 88.773 - Water supply — contracts.
Section 88.777 - Public improvement powers (cities, under 30,000).
Section 88.790 - Assessment of public property — street repairs (cities, under 30,000).
Section 88.797 - Sprinkling and oiling of streets (cities, under 30,000).
Section 88.801 - General sewer system (cities, 10,000 to 30,000).
Section 88.804 - Council may require owners to build or repair sidewalks (cities, under 10,000).
Section 88.806 - Sidewalk improvement (cities, under 10,000).
Section 88.808 - Sidewalk improvement — notice (cities, under 10,000).
Section 88.811 - Limited street improvement costs — special tax bills.
Section 88.818 - Record of tax bills — payment to owner or city — procedure on payment to city.
Section 88.822 - Apportionment of costs of improvement and issuance of tax bills — contents.
Section 88.824 - Costs of improvement to be estimated — contracts not to exceed estimate.
Section 88.826 - Construction of street and sidewalk improvements by city, when — special tax bills.
Section 88.828 - Cost of bringing street to grade included in special assessment for surfacing.
Section 88.832 - General sewer system may be established — special public sewer tax.
Section 88.834 - District sewers — sewers constructed, when — changes.
Section 88.836 - Apportionment of costs of district sewer — levy of tax — tax bills.
Section 88.838 - Joint district sewers, costs, how paid.
Section 88.844 - City may condemn property for sewers.
Section 88.846 - Special tax bills for sewers, validity, how collected.
Section 88.848 - When no bids received, city may construct sewer, tax bills.
Section 88.854 - Special tax bills, how collected — evidence.
Section 88.856 - Action on tax bills, how tried.
Section 88.861 - Special judgment on tax bill, effect — interest rate — parties only bound.
Section 88.863 - Sidewalks — power of city council.
Section 88.870 - Council may regulate building of sidewalks and parkways.
Section 88.873 - Condemnation of sidewalks.
Section 88.877 - Sidewalk maintenance by owner.
Section 88.880 - Sidewalk construction.
Section 88.883 - Sidewalk maintenance by city.
Section 88.887 - Sidewalk districts.
Section 88.890 - Sidewalk improvement — assessments.
Section 88.893 - Sidewalk maintenance — tax bills.
Section 88.897 - Sidewalk improvement — certain tax bills a lien.
Section 88.900 - Sidewalk improvements — assessment of government property.
Section 88.903 - Special tax bills prima facie evidence.
Section 88.907 - Certification of tax bills.
Section 88.910 - Recording of tax bills.
Section 88.913 - Suit to enforce collection of special tax bill.
Section 88.917 - Street grading (cities, 300,000 or over).
Section 88.920 - Street grading — damages and benefits (cities, 300,000 or over).
Section 88.923 - Notice of suit on special tax bills (cities, 300,000 or over).
Section 88.927 - Limiting lien on special tax bills (cities, 300,000 or over).
Section 88.930 - Condemnation of property (cities, 150,000 to 500,000).
Section 88.940 - City improvements — contracts.
Section 88.950 - Special benefit parking districts — condemnation, procedure.