Missouri Laws 71.799 – Cities of 350,000 or more — powers of district — governing body to ..
1. In any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more, a district shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out any and all improvements adopted in the ordinance establishing the district and, in addition, may exercise the following powers:
(1) Cooperate with other public agencies and with any industry or business located within the district in the implementation of any project within the district;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 71.799
- Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) Enter into any agreement with any other public agency, any person, firm, or corporation to effect any of the provisions contained in sections 71.790 to 71.808;
(3) Contract and be contracted with, and to sue and be sued;
(4) Accept gifts, grants, loans, or contributions from the city in which the district is located, the United States of America, the state of Missouri, political subdivisions, foundations, other public or private agencies, individuals, partnerships, or corporations;
(5) Employ such managerial, engineering, legal, technical, clerical, accounting, and other assistance as it may deem advisable. The district may also contract with independent contractors for any such assistance.
2. In any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more, the governing body of the city creating the district shall have final discretion as to how the revenue derived from any tax to be imposed under sections 71.790 to 71.808 shall be used within the scope of the above purposes, and the governing body of the city shall give its advice and consent to members of a board of commissioners appointed by the mayor of the city to administer the district. The governing body of the city creating the district shall not decrease the level of publicly funded services in the district existing prior to creation of the district or transfer the financial burden of providing the services to the district unless the services at the same time are decreased throughout the city, nor shall the governing body discriminate in the provision of the publicly funded services between areas included in such a district and areas not so included.