Effective - 28 Aug 1989
88.633. Water supply. — 1. The council may make contracts with any person, association or corporation for furnishing the city with water, and for supplying fire hydrants and public fountains, but no such contract shall be made for a longer time than twenty years. Any initial contract must be ratified by the vote of a majority of the voters of the city voting on the question. Any renewal contracts entered into under the provisions of this section shall be subject to voter approval of the majority of the voters voting on the question, pursuant to the provisions of section 88.251.
2. The council may erect, maintain and operate waterworks for the city, and may regulate the same, may prescribe and regulate the rates to charge to private consumers of water furnished from such waterworks, and may acquire by purchase, donation or condemnation, suitable grounds within or without the city upon which to erect such works, and the right-of-way to and from such works, and also the right-of-way for laying water pipes and posts and telephone, telegraph or electric wires and poles, under or above ground, as may be necessary for the efficient operation of said waterworks; all of which shall be done in such manner as shall be prescribed by ordinance, and the council may in its discretion grant the right to any person, association or corporation to erect, maintain and operate waterworks, and lay pipes, erect poles and telegraph, telephone and other electric wires, under or above ground, as may be necessary for the efficient operation of such works, upon such terms as the council may by ordinance prescribe, but in no case shall such right extend for a longer period than twenty years, except that such right may be renewed for another period or periods not to exceed twenty years per period. Every initial grant for such services shall be approved by a majority of the voters of the municipality voting on the question. Every renewal or extension shall be subject to voter approval of the majority of the voters voting on the question, pursuant to section 88.251. Nothing in this section* and section 88.630 shall be so construed as to prevent any city council from contracting with any person, association, or corporation for supplying fire hydrants and public fountains, and to furnish the city with gas or electric lights in cities where franchises have already been granted and where waterworks and electric plants already exist, without a vote of the people.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6967, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1989 H.B. 451)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6821; 1919 § 8303; 1909 § 9239
*Word "section" does not appear in original rolls.
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.