1. In addition to the duties imposed by section 99.100, no housing authority in any city with a population of four hundred thousand or more inhabitants, and whose jurisdiction covers more than one county, shall rent or lease accommodations to any person who, within the preceding five years, has been convicted of a crime involving prostitution or the possession or sale of controlled substances listed in schedule I and II of section 195.017, or whose dwelling unit is known to have been the site of crimes involving prostitution or the possession or sale of controlled substances listed in schedule I and II of section 195.017.

2. If a family which is living in accommodations rented or leased by the housing authority becomes ineligible for such accommodations because a member of that family was convicted of a crime listed in subsection 1 of this section, the remaining members of such family may reapply to the board of commissioners of the housing authority for accommodations.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 99.103

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020