Effective - 28 Aug 2002
99.134. Commissioners of housing authority — membership — terms (Kansas City). — This section shall apply to housing authorities of any home rule city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county. The provisions of this section shall apply to such housing authorities and the following provisions shall govern the composition of the housing authority and the selection of the members thereof:
(1) There shall be seven members of the housing authority commission, six shall be appointed and one shall be elected by the tenants of the housing authority;
(2) The appointive members of the housing authority commission shall be nominated by a nominating committee and appointed by the mayor. The nominating committee shall consist of five members, consisting of two disinterested persons selected by the jurisdiction-wide resident organization of which one must be a public housing resident and the other a person receiving Section 8 housing assistance, the remaining three members of the nominating committee shall be selected by the housing authority commissioners. At least one appointive member must be a resident in good standing receiving Section 8 housing assistance and participating in a self-sufficiency program or successfully completed a self-sufficiency program, and at least one appointive member must be an owner of rental property located within the limits of the city who is a resident of such city, but shall not own any property containing public housing;
(3) The election of the tenant commissioner shall be conducted by the jurisdiction-wide resident organization and overseen by an independent third party. The election shall be by written ballot and each tenant of the housing authority who has attained the age of eighteen years shall be entitled to one vote. In addition to the qualifications required for the office by the provisions of sections 99.010 to 99.230, the elected member of the commission shall be a tenant in good standing;
(4) Commissioners of the housing authority required by this section to be tenants of the housing authority or tenants receiving Section 8 housing assistance shall not be employed in any capacity by the housing authority and shall not be construed, because of such tenancy or receipt of housing assistance, to have direct or indirect interest in any housing authority project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, or in proposed contract for materials or services within the meaning of section 99.060;
(5) Each elective commissioner shall serve a term of four years. Of the six appointive members of the commissioners first appointed pursuant to this section, two shall serve a term of one year, two commissioners shall serve a term of two years, and two commissioners shall serve a term of three years. Thereafter all commissioners shall serve a term of office of four years except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term;
(6) The commissioners shall select from among its members a chairperson and a vice chairperson;
(7) Each commissioner shall receive a stipend of two hundred dollars per month for his or her services to the housing authority in any capacity in addition to reimbursement for expenses incurred for special travel or conference expenses incurred in the discharge of the commissioner's duties. The board of commissioners shall have the power to adjust the stipend amount annually to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index or similar prudent and object pre-escalator method;
(8) A quorum shall consist of at least four commissioners; and
(9) All commissioners shall be residents of the jurisdiction of the housing authority.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1510, A.L. 1995 S.B. 16, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1039)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages
Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing
Section 99.010 - Designation of law.
Section 99.030 - Declaration and purpose of law.
Section 99.040 - Creating a housing authority — need of, how determined.
Section 99.050 - Commissioners — appointment — qualifications — term — compensation.
Section 99.052 - Commissioner may be employee of city or county.
Section 99.055 - Annual audit, content — annual hearings.
Section 99.060 - Commissioner or employee of authority to have no interest in any housing project.
Section 99.070 - Commissioner, how removed.
Section 99.090 - Rentals, how fixed.
Section 99.100 - Rentals and tenant selection — duties.
Section 99.120 - Acquisition of property.
Section 99.130 - Housing projects subject to local regulations.
Section 99.134 - Commissioners of housing authority — membership — terms (Kansas City).
Section 99.140 - Authority to have power to issue bonds — liability therefor.
Section 99.150 - Bonds, how issued — how sold — interest.
Section 99.160 - Powers of authority in connection with issuance of bonds.
Section 99.170 - State auditor to pass upon validity of bonds.
Section 99.180 - Rights of an obligee of an authority.
Section 99.190 - Rights of authority upon the happening of an event of default.
Section 99.200 - Real property of authority exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution.
Section 99.210 - Authority may borrow money or accept grants or assistance from federal government.
Section 99.220 - Authority to file report annually.
Section 99.225 - Funds to be used only for certain purposes.
Section 99.230 - Effect of sections 99.010 to 99.230.
Section 99.300 - Citation of law.
Section 99.310 - Declaration of policy.
Section 99.330 - Authority may be created, when.
Section 99.340 - Board of commissioners — appointment — qualifications — terms.
Section 99.350 - Board of commissioners — meetings — quorum — employees.
Section 99.360 - Regional authority — creation — area of operation increased, how.
Section 99.380 - Commissioners — compensation — certificate of appointment.
Section 99.390 - Commissioner — misconduct in office — removal — procedure.
Section 99.400 - Commissioner not to acquire interest voluntarily in clearance project — penalty.
Section 99.410 - Resolution creating authority deemed conclusive, when — filing.
Section 99.420 - Powers of authority.
Section 99.450 - Authority may dispose of property, how.
Section 99.460 - Power of eminent domain — procedure.
Section 99.470 - Vacant land may be developed, when.
Section 99.480 - Bonds — authority to issue — how paid.
Section 99.490 - Bonds — conditions — interest rate — to be sold at par.
Section 99.520 - Bond issues — additional powers of authority.
Section 99.530 - Default of bonds — rights of obligee.
Section 99.540 - Obligee — additional rights.
Section 99.550 - Bonds — who may invest in.
Section 99.560 - Authority may convey property to federal government in case of default.
Section 99.570 - Property of authority exempt from execution.
Section 99.580 - Powers of a public body to cooperate in land clearance project.
Section 99.590 - Public notice of conveyance or agreement not required.
Section 99.600 - Community may issue and sell bonds to aid project.
Section 99.620 - Annual report, satisfactory progress of projects, procedure to determine.
Section 99.630 - Authority may take over projects of constitutional charter city or county.
Section 99.640 - Master plan — municipalities authorized to prepare.
Section 99.650 - Construction of law.
Section 99.660 - Powers additional to those conferred by other laws.
Section 99.705 - Assessor to issue current assessed value statement, when.
Section 99.710 - Assessor's statement, area covered — on file for ten years.
Section 99.800 - Law, how cited.
Section 99.830 - Notice of public hearings, publication and mailing requirements, contents.
Section 99.843 - Greenfield areas, no new projects to be designated, when.
Section 99.860 - Severability.
Section 99.886 - Discrimination in sale or rental prohibited.
Section 99.888 - Inspection by government agencies authorized, when — purpose.
Section 99.891 - Applicants, priority for selection.
Section 99.896 - Abatement or deferral of real property taxes, requirements.
Section 99.901 - Urban homesteading fund established, purpose.
Section 99.907 - Tax exemption for interest on bonds.
Section 99.912 - Civil actions to compel governing body issuing bonds to perform all duties.
Section 99.915 - Title — funding exclusions — act supersedes other inconsistent laws.
Section 99.919 - Out-of-state business, projects that relocate, calculation of new net revenues.
Section 99.921 - Downtown economic stimulus authority authorized, limitations.
Section 99.936 - Disposal of real property.
Section 99.968 - Debt service levies, computation of.
Section 99.975 - Application approvals, limitations.
Section 99.1000 - Definitions.
Section 99.1006 - Rural economic stimulus authority authorized, limitations.
Section 99.1021 - Disposal of real property.
Section 99.1027 - Developmental plan, contents, adoption of, procedure.
Section 99.1054 - Debt service levies, computation of.
Section 99.1080 - Citation of law.
Section 99.1082 - Definitions.
Section 99.1086 - Redevelopment plan, contents — adoption of plan, when.
Section 99.1092 - Fund established, allocation of moneys — rulemaking authority.