Effective - 28 Aug 1955
99.310. Declaration of policy. — It is hereby found and declared that there exists in municipalities of the state insanitary, blighted, deteriorated and deteriorating areas which constitute a serious and growing menace injurious to the public health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state; that the existence of such areas contributes substantially and increasingly to the spread of disease and crime, necessitating excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for the preservation of the public health and safety, for crime prevention, correction, prosecution, punishment and the treatment of juvenile delinquency and for the maintenance of adequate police, fire and accident protection and other public services and facilities, constitutes an economic and social liability, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of communities and retards the provision of housing accommodations; that this menace is beyond remedy and control solely by regulatory process in the exercise of the police power and cannot be dealt with effectively by the ordinary operations of private enterprise without the aids herein provided; that the elimination or prevention of the detrimental conditions in such areas, the acquisition and preparation of land in or necessary to the development, renewal or rehabilitation of such areas and its sale or lease for development, renewal or rehabilitation in accordance with general plans and redevelopment or urban renewal plans of communities and any assistance which may be given by any public body in connection therewith are public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended and private property acquired; and that the necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination; and that certain insanitary, blighted, deteriorated or deteriorating areas, or portions thereof, may require acquisition and clearance, as provided in this law, since the prevailing condition of decay may make impracticable the reclamation of the area by conservation or rehabilitation, but other areas or portions thereof, through the means provided in this law may be susceptible of conservation or rehabilitation in such a manner that the conditions and evils hereinbefore enumerated may be eliminated, remedied or prevented, and to the extent feasible, salvable, insanitary and blighted areas should be conserved and rehabilitated through voluntary action and the regulatory process. A municipality, to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of this law, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the municipality as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment or renewal of areas by private enterprise.
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(L. 1951 p. 300 § 2, A.L. 1955 p. 279)
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.