Missouri Statute | Act | Code |Conservation, Resources And Development| US Code - US Statute | Chapter 251 Community Affairs, Planning And Development

There is hereby created and established a department of state
government to be known as the "Department of Community Affairs". (L. 1967
p. 357 § 1)

*See sections 226.007, 620.010, 660.010 for transfer of duties.

For the purpose of sections 251.010 to 251.440, the following
terms shall mean:

(1) "Community affairs" includes those matters that are appropriate
subjects of interest to the governing body of a political subdivision or
to nonprofit private agencies and organizations engaged in activities
relating to special problems of a political subdivision or a significant
segment of the population of a political subdivision;

(2) "Department", the department of community affairs, created herein;

(3) "Director", the director of the department of community affairs;

(4) "Governing body", the board, body, or persons in which the powers of
a political subdivision are vested;

(5) "Local government", any political subdivision of the state;

(6) "Political subdivision", counties, townships, cities, towns,
villages, whether or not incorporated, special districts excluding school
districts, housing authorities, land clearance for redevelopment
authorities, municipal, county, regional or other planning commissions
and any other local public body created by the general assembly or
exercising governmental functions. (L. 1967 p. 357 § 2)

*See note following § 251.010. Apparently the office of administration is
responsible for administering §§ 251.150 to 251.440. Both the office of
administration and the department of economic development have certain
responsibilities in administering §§ 251.010 to 251.140.

The department shall assist the political subdivisions and
communities of this state, administer programs provided by sections
251.010 to 251.440, encourage local initiative, provide coordination of
and liaison with applicable federal and state programs and services, and
shall:

(1) Gather and disseminate information and material that may be helpful
in the improvement of political subdivisions and communities of this
state, including information on available federal and state financial and
technical assistance;

(2) Assist local governments by establishing and maintaining a program of
training for local governmental officials and other personnel;

(3) Provide, when requested to do so by a political subdivision,
technical and consultative services. Such services may be provided in
cooperation with other state agencies or institutions;

(4) Study and recommend to the governor methods of more effectively
coordinating the programs of state agencies that affect the development
of communities and the operation of political subdivisions;

(5) Encourage and assist local governments to develop solutions of their
common problems, through joint service agreements, interstate compacts,
and other appropriate means, and to foster common services between the
state government and its political subdivisions when such common services
offer promise of better services and economy;

(6) Carry out continuing studies, research and analysis of problems faced
by the political subdivisions of the state including studies of the
existing legal provisions that affect their structure, operation and
financing. In carrying out such studies and analysis, special emphasis
shall be given to the problems of metropolitan, suburban and other areas
in which economic and population factors are rapidly changing;

(7) Encourage educational institutions in the state to develop research
activities and to provide educational programs for state and local
governments in order to foster community development;

(8) Exercise the state's responsibility for administering, supervising,
coordinating and generally performing the role of state government as set
forth in those federal programs concerning community affairs which are
assigned to the department by the general assembly or by the governor;

(9) Supply information, advice, and assistance, when requested, to
governmental or civic groups which are studying problems of local
government;

(10) Serve as a liaison between local government officials and the
governor in formulating policy on state-local matters;

(11) Assist, confer and cooperate with associations and organizations of
local government officials;

(12) Establish field offices or otherwise arrange for staff assistants
who will be assigned to particular sections of the state within the
limits of the appropriations to the department. Such office
representatives will seek to expedite and coordinate projects of local
interest which involve the state government. (L. 1967 p. 357 § 3)

*See notes following §§ 251.010, 251.020.

The governor may authorize the department of economic
development to make payments annually to the various legally created
regional planning commissions, including East-West Gateway Coordinating
Council and Mid-America Regional Council, from state funds appropriated
for that purpose. Payments shall be scheduled as nearly as possible to be
made on the first day of July of each fiscal year. No such moneys shall
be paid to any council or commission which promotes or advocates the
construction of a major airport facility in Illinois. (L. 1973 S.B. 68 §
1)

Payments made under sections 251.032 to 251.038 to the various
regional planning commissions shall be distributed on a matching basis of
one-half state funds for one-half of local funds. No local unit shall
receive any payment without providing the matching funds required. The
state funds so allocated shall not exceed the sum of sixty-five thousand
dollars for the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council and for the
Mid-America Regional Council. The remaining allocated state funds shall
not exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars for each of the
following regional planning commissions: South Central Ozark, Ozark
Foothills, Green Hills, Show-Me, Bootheel, Missouri Valley, Ozark
Gateway, Mark Twain, ABCD, Southeast Missouri, Boonslick, Northwest
Missouri, Mid-Missouri, Kaysinger Basin, Lake of the Ozarks, Meramec,
Northeast Missouri, and Lakes Country. (L. 1973 S.B. 68 § 2, A.L. 1986
S.B. 426)

Whenever the general assembly has appropriated funds to be used
for making payments as authorized in sections 251.032 to 251.038, the
state department of economic development shall notify the respective
regional planning commissions of the amount allocated to each regional
planning commission and that an application for the funds may be made
upon forms provided therefor by the department of economic development.
Upon receipt of application for the allocated funds from a regional
planning commission, the department of economic development shall review
the application and advise the governor before state funds are allocated.
Upon approval of the governor, the department of economic development
shall allocate the funds. Any portion of any state or local funds
allocated under sections 251.032 to 251.038 may be used to qualify for
matching federal funds. (L. 1973 S.B. 68 § 3)

The regional planning commissions shall include the state
representatives and state senators of their region who shall serve
without pay but who shall be reimbursed for their necessary and actual
expenses incurred from the senate or house contingent fund and shall be
invited to all meetings in writing by the regional planning commission
where the meetings involve the discussion of the expenditure of state
funds. (L. 1973 S.B. 68 § 4)

*See § 251.250 for other provisions relating to the composition of
regional planning commissions.

The department may require reimbursement from a political
subdivision requesting technical or consultative services, provided that
such reimbursement shall not exceed the cost of the services rendered.
(L. 1967 p. 357 § 4)

The chief executive officer of the department shall be a
director who shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice
and consent of the senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the
governor. The director shall receive compensation not to exceed
twenty-one thousand, five hundred dollars per year. (L. 1967 p. 357 § 5)

*The department of community affairs was abolished by the Reorganization
Act of 1974.

The director shall:

(1) Prepare estimates of requirements for appropriations for the
department and for each division thereof;

(2) Procure, by means authorized by law, supplies, material, equipment or
contractual services for the department and for each division in the
department;

(3) Employ, remove and prescribe duties of the assistants, clerks or
other employees in the department and each of the divisions as the work
of the department or its divisions require and fix their compensation
within the limits of the appropriations;

(4) Order and supervise the exchange among the several divisions, bureaus
or sections of employees, quarters, facilities and equipment;

(5) Coordinate and arrange the functions, procedures and facilities of
the department and the several divisions, bureaus or sections as is
necessary to bring about economy and efficiency in the operation of the
department and each division of the department. (L. 1967 p. 357 § 6)

*The department of community affairs was abolished by the Reorganization
Act of 1974. Apparently these duties are now being handled by the
department of economic development, as well as the office of
administration. See notes above.

The department shall be responsible for the implementation of
the Older Americans Act in Missouri. This agency shall develop a state
plan describing a program for carrying out the Older Americans Act and
shall be the sole agency responsible for coordinating all state programs
related to the implementation of such plan. (L. 1967 p. 357 § 7)

*The Reorganization Act of 1974 transferred the state's responsibility
under the Older Americans Act to the department of social services.
"Department" in this section means the department of social services.

The director may:

(1) Delegate any of his functions, powers and duties to employees of the
department;

(2) Structure the department as may be required in order to carry out the
purposes of sections 251.010 to 251.440 and any other duties as are
assigned to the department;

(3) Appoint such advisory committees as may be required by various
federal programs in order to carry out the purposes of sections 251.010
to 251.440. (L. 1967 p. 357 § 8)

*The "director" as used in this section means both the director of the
department of economic development and the commissioner of administration
as the responsibilities under this chapter were split between the two
offices by the Reorganization Act of 1974.

In order to carry out the provisions of sections 251.010 to
251.440, the department, by and through the director, may convene
conferences, hold hearings, conduct demonstration projects, accept grants
and other financial assistance and may consult, cooperate with, assist,
make and enter into contracts with other boards, commissions, agencies
and institutions of this state, with local and federal governments, and
private organizations, upon such terms as may be mutually agreed upon,
and may exercise such additional powers and duties as may be necessary to
carry out the functions of the department under the law. (L. 1967 p. 357
§ 9)

*"Department" as used in this section apparently means both the
department of economic development and the office of administration as
the responsibilities under this chapter were split between the two
offices by the Reorganization Act of 1974.

The division of planning and construction shall furnish office
space for the department, the headquarters of which department shall be
located in Jefferson City, Missouri. (L. 1967 p. 357 § 10)

The department shall prepare and submit a biennial report to the
governor and to the legislature which shall include such recommendations
as the department may deem desirable to improve the quality,
organization, and functioning of local government in Missouri. (L. 1967
p. 357 § 11)

Nothing in sections 251.010 to 251.440 shall be deemed to
detract from the functions, powers and duties legally assigned to any
other agency of the state, nor to interrupt or preclude direct
relationships by any such agency with local governments in carrying out
its operations, nor to interfere with the power of local governments to
deal directly with the federal government. (L. 1967 p. 357 § 12)

1. All the duties and functions heretofore provided by law to be
performed by the office of state and regional planning and community
development shall hereafter be performed by the department. The
department shall succeed to all property, documents, records, assets and
obligations of the office of state and regional planning and community
development.

2. Insofar as practicable and desirable, all pending matters before the
office of state and regional planning and community development, begun
but not completed by that agency, shall be completed by the department.

3. All unencumbered balances of the office of state and regional planning
and community development are transferred to the department as of October
13, 1967, and shall continue to be available for the purposes for which
they were made. (L. 1967 p. 357 § 14)

Sections 251.150 to 251.440 shall be known and may be cited as
the "State and Regional Planning and Community Development Act". (L. 1965
2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 2)

1. For the purpose of sections 251.010 to 251.440, the following
terms mean:

(1) "Director", the director of the department of economic development;

(2) "Governing body", the board, body or persons in which the powers of a
local unit are vested;

(3) "Local governmental units" or "local units" includes cities,
villages, towns and counties;

(4) "Population", the population of a local unit as shown by the last
federal census or by any subsequent population estimate certified as
acceptable by the director;

(5) "State office", the department of economic development;

(6) "Transportation planning boundary", the portion of the boundary of a
metropolitan planning organization which is located in Missouri, as
established pursuant to 23 U.S.C., section 134, which defines the area in
which a metropolitan planning organization has responsibility for
transportation planning.

2. A regional planning commission may be created by the governor upon
petition in the form of a resolution by the governing body of a local
governmental unit and the holding of a public hearing on such petition.
If the petition shall be joined in by the governing bodies of all the
local units in the proposed region, including the county commission of
any county, part or all of which is in the proposed region, the governor
may dispense with the hearing. Notice of any public hearing shall be
given by the governor by mail at least ten days in advance to the clerk
of each local unit in the proposed region. If the governor finds that
there is a need for a regional planning commission, and if the governing
bodies of local units within the proposed region which include over fifty
percent of the population as determined by the last decennial census of
the United States shall consent to the formation of such regional
planning commission, the governor may create the regional planning
commission by order and designate the area and boundaries of the
commission's jurisdiction, taking into account the elements of
homogeneity based upon, but not limited to, such consideration as
topographic and geographic conformations, extent of urban development,
the existence of special or acute agricultural, forestry, conservation or
other rural problems, uniformity of social or economic interests and
values, park and recreational needs, civil defense, or the existence of
physical, social and economic problems of a regional character.

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 64.530, RSMo, the creation
of a regional planning commission and a local unit's participation in and
adoption of plans prepared by the regional planning commission shall not
require a referendum; except that, this provision shall not extend to the
adoption of county zoning laws or regulations under sections 64.620 to
64.690, RSMo.

4. No provision of sections 251.010 to 251.440 shall be construed to
impair or affect in any way the legal existence, powers, or functions of
any planning commission or other organization, public or private, in such
areas which heretofore has been constituted or designated by resolutions
approved by the governing bodies of the local units containing the
majority of the population of such area for the purpose of conducting
comprehensive planning, including transportation planning under or in
conformity with the requirements of any statute of the United States or
any regulation issued thereunder; and any such previously constituted
planning commission or organization shall be governed in all respects by
the resolutions of the governing bodies of the local units which
constitute such planning commissions or organizations, by the provisions
of this section, or by other applicable law.

5. A regional planning commission within a metropolitan statistical area
of more than five hundred thousand in population, which area does not
contain a city not within a county, and which commission is acting as a
metropolitan planning organization pursuant to state and federal law, may
only change its transportation planning boundary with the concurrence of
the governor. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 7, A.L. 1967 p. 361 § 6,
A.L. 1986 S.B. 426, A.L. 1993 H.B. 555)

1. The office of administration is hereby designated as the
official state planning agency for the purpose of providing planning
assistance to counties, municipalities, metropolitan planning areas, and
regional planning commissions herein created when requested by such local
governmental unit or planning commission to do so, and for such purposes
is authorized to:

(1) Contract with public agencies or private persons or organizations for
any purposes of sections 251.010 to 251.440;

(2) Delegate any of its functions to any other state agency authorized to
perform such functions, except that responsibility for such functions
shall remain solely with the state office;

(3) Require or receive reimbursement from any political subdivision or
subdivisions or regional planning commissions for the actual cost of
planning assistance or planning work, when such assistance or planning
has been requested by the political subdivision or commission; except
that, no reimbursement shall be required or received for such costs to
the extent that such costs are covered by federal grants.

2. From all regional planning commissions to which it provides planning
assistance pursuant to this section, the office of administration shall
gather information to identify expenditures of such commissions which are
or would be eligible to be used to generate matching funds under block
grant programs, including but not limited to community development block
grant programs. The office of administration shall report any such
expenditures which are so eligible to the department of economic
development within thirty days of determining that such expenditures are
so eligible. The department of economic development shall provide the
office of administration with information deemed necessary by the
commissioner of administration to implement the provisions of this
subsection. For any fiscal year in which a regional planning commission
which receives planning assistance from the office of administration does
not provide the office of administration with information necessary to
implement the provisions of this subsection, the office of administration
shall not distribute general revenue funds to that regional planning
commission in the following fiscal year. Any regional planning authority
shall have thirty days to cure any alleged defect prior to the
withholding of any funds. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 4, A.L. 1967 p.
361 § 4, A.L. 1986 S.B. 426)

Comprehensive planning, state and regional, shall include, but
not be limited to, the planning for the following:

(1) Public water systems;

(2) Storm water drainage and flood control systems;

(3) Sanitary sewerage systems;

(4) Integrated transportation systems;

(5) Orderly land-use arrangements for residential, commercial, industrial
and public and other purposes;

(6) Local, area-wide and state governmental services coordinated with
federal governmental services insofar as may be feasible;

(7) Solid waste disposal systems or facilities;

(8) Educational facilities;

(9) Open space, park and recreational areas;

(10) Improved standards of community aesthetics and facilities design;

(11) General living conditions and environmental health;

(12) Community health and hospital needs and related facilities; and

(13) The coordination of planning activities for all federal assistance
and grant-in-aid programs, which require comprehensive planning as
prerequisites for eligibility. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 3)

The state office shall have the following functions and powers:

(1) To provide general planning assistance to and for any county,
municipality, or regional planning commission when requested by such
local governmental unit or planning commission to do so;

(2) To contract for, receive and utilize grants or other financial
assistance made available by the state or federal government or from any
other source, public or private, for performing the functions of the
state office. Nothing in this section shall prevent or impair the powers
of the regional commissions or other state agencies or local governmental
units to contract for, receive or utilize grants directly from the
federal or local governments or from any other source, public or private;

(3) To provide assistance and coordination upon request in matters
relating to planning to state agencies and to local and regional planning
units. All present governmental units who engage in planning activities,
including but not limited to state agencies, other than the planning
activities of the division of commerce and industrial development, which
are transferred to the state office created herein, planning agencies or
commissions of local governmental units who are supported by local, state
or federal funds, shall in no way be affected, prevented or impaired in
such planning activities;

(4) To develop a comprehensive state plan;

(5) To perform such other functions and activities consistent with the
general purposes of sections 251.150 to 251.440. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p.
908 § 5)

The governor may for the proper fulfillment of the purposes of
sections 251.150 to 251.440 make other assignments to the state office
relating to planning or community development according to his powers and
duties as provided for in article IV section 12 of the Constitution of
the state of Missouri and various legislative acts of Congress. (L. 1965
2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 30)

The state office shall file with the governor and members of the
general assembly an annual report which shall include suggestions and
recommendations for the improvement and better coordination of said
planning activities. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 31)

All matching nonfederal funds required except those "in kind"
services performed by state agencies or institutions for regional
planning commissions or other planning commissions for any planning
assistance undertaken by the said planning commission pursuant to
sections 251.150 to 251.440 shall be provided by the local units within
the region requesting such planning assistance, unless such matching
nonfederal funds are appropriated by action of the general assembly. (L.
1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 32)

1. All the duties and functions heretofore provided by law to be
performed by the division of commerce and industrial development,
relating to state, regional or local comprehensive planning shall
hereafter be performed by the state office created herein.

2. The state office shall succeed to all property, documents, records,
assets and obligations of the division of commerce and industrial
development necessary to the above-mentioned duties and functions.

3. Insofar as practical and desirable, all pending matters before the
division of commerce and industrial development, which come under the
authority of sections 251.150 to 251.440, begun but not completed by that
agency, shall be completed by the state office.

4. All unencumbered balances of the division of commerce and industrial
development planning section, allocated for purposes which are the duties
and functions of the office of state and regional planning and community
development under the provisions of sections 251.150 to 251.440, are
transferred to the state office as of August 4, 1966, and shall continue
to be available for the purposes for which they were made.

5. Nothing in this transfer of functions and duties made herein shall
affect the administration of the community betterment program of said
division which shall retain all planning powers necessary to the
administration of said program. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 33)

The division of design and construction shall furnish office
space for the state office; the headquarters office shall be located in
Jefferson City, Missouri. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 34)

1. The membership composition of a regional planning commission
shall be in accordance with resolutions approved by the governing bodies
of the local units in the region, representing in the aggregate at least
half of the population of the region. For the purposes of this
determination, a county shall be as one local unit and the population of
such county shall be based upon the inhabitants residing in the
unincorporated area of such county as determined by the last decennial
census of the United States.

2. Terms of office for regional planning commission members shall be as
prescribed in the resolutions of approval; all regional planning
commission members shall be electors of the state and reside within the
region. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 §§ 8, 9)

*See § 251.038 for other provisions relating to the composition of
regional planning commissions.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 70.600, RSMo, to the
contrary, a regional planning commission shall be considered a political
subdivision for the purposes of sections 70.600 to 70.755, RSMo, and
employees of a regional planning commission shall be eligible for
membership in the Missouri local government employees' retirement system
upon the regional planning commission becoming an "employer" as defined
in subdivision (11) of section 70.600, RSMo. (L. 2004 H.B. 1440 merged
with S.B. 1130)

No compensation shall be paid members of regional planning
commission provided that this shall not affect in any way remuneration
received by any state or local official who, in addition to his
responsibilities and duties as a state or local official, serves also as
a member of the regional planning commission. All members may be
reimbursed for actual expenses incurred as members of the commission in
carrying out the work of the commission. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 §
10)

Each regional planning commission shall elect its own chairman
and executive committee and shall establish its own rules of procedure,
and may create and fill such other offices as it may determine necessary.
The commission may authorize the executive committee to act for it on all
matters pursuant to rules adopted by it. The commission shall meet at
least once each year. It shall keep a record of its resolutions,
transactions, findings, and determinations, which shall be a public
record. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 11)

The regional planning commission may appoint to serve at its*
pleasure and may compensate an executive secretary and such employees as
it deems necessary for its work and may hire such experts and consultants
for part-time or full-time service as may be necessary for the
performance of its responsibilities. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 12)

*Word "their" appears in original rolls.

The regional planning commission may appoint advisory committees
or councils whose membership may consist of individuals whose experience,
training or interest in the program may qualify them to lend valuable
assistance to the regional planning commission by acting in an advisory
capacity in consulting with the regional planning commission on all
phases of the commission's program. Members of such advisory bodies shall
receive no compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for
actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. (L. 1965 2d
Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 13)

The regional planning commission may conduct all types of
research studies, collect and analyze data, prepare maps, charts and
tables, and conduct all necessary studies for the accomplishment of its
other duties; it may make plans for the physical, social and economic
development of the region, and may adopt by resolution any plan or the
portion of any plan so prepared as its official recommendation for the
development of the region; it may publicize and advertise its purposes,
objectives and findings and may distribute reports thereon; it may
provide advisory services on regional planning problems to the local
government units within the region and to the other public and private
agencies in matters relative to its functions and objectives, and may act
as a coordinating agency for programs and activities of such local units
and agencies as they relate to its objectives. All public officials
shall, upon request, furnish to the regional planning commission, within
a reasonable time, such available information as it requires for its
work. In general, the regional planning commission shall have all powers
necessary to enable it to perform its functions and promote regional
planning. The functions of the regional planning commission shall be
solely advisory to the local governments and local government officials
comprising the region. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 14)

The regional planning commission shall make an annual report of
its activities to the legislative bodies of the local governmental units
within the region, to members of the general assembly elected from
districts lying wholly or partially within the region, and to the state
office. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 15)

The regional planning commission shall have the function and
duty of making and adopting a comprehensive plan for the development of
the region. The comprehensive plan, with the accompanying maps, plats,
charts, programs and descriptive and explanatory matter, shall show the
commission's recommendations for such development and may include, among
other things, without limitation because of enumeration, the general
location, character and extent of main traffic arteries, bridges and
viaducts; public places and areas; parks, parkways; recreational areas;
sites for public buildings and structures; airports; waterways; routes
for public transit; and the general location and extent of main and
interceptor sewers, water conduits and other public utilities whether
privately or publicly owned; areas for industrial, commercial,
residential, agricultural or recreational development. The comprehensive
plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing
a coordinated, adjusted and harmonious development of the region which
will, in accordance with existing and future needs, best promote public
health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity or the general
welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development.
(L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 16)

1. Before the adoption, amendment or extension of the
comprehensive plan or portion thereof, the regional planning commission
shall file such plan or part with the state office and hold at least one
public hearing thereon, fifteen days' notice of the time and place of
which shall be published in at least one newspaper having general
circulation within each county covered by the plan or portion thereof,
and fifteen days' notice of such hearing shall be given to the state
office and each local governmental unit within the region and shall be
posted at least fifteen days in advance thereof in at least one
conspicuous place in each township covered by the plan or portion
thereof. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time.

2. The regional planning commission may amend, extend or add to the
comprehensive plan or carry any part or subject matter into greater
detail in the same manner as the making and adoption of the original
plan. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 §§ 17, 18)

The regional planning commission may adopt the comprehensive
plan as a whole by a single resolution, or, as the work of making the
whole comprehensive plan progresses, may by resolution adopt a part or
parts thereof, any such part to correspond generally with one or more of
the functional subdivisions of the subject matter of the plan. The
resolution shall refer expressly to the maps, plats, charts, programs and
descriptive and explanatory matter, and other matters intended by the
regional planning commission to form the whole or any part of the plan,
and the action taken shall be recorded on the adopted plan or part
thereof by the identifying signature of the chairman of the regional
planning commission. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 19)

A copy of the plan or part thereof shall be certified to the
governing bodies of the local governmental units within the region and to
the director. The purpose and effect of adoption of the comprehensive
plan shall be solely to aid the regional planning commission and the
local governments and local government officials comprising the region in
the performance of their functions and duties. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p.
908 § 20)

1. The officer or public body of a local governmental unit
within the region having final authority thereon shall refer to the
regional planning commission, for its consideration and report, the
following matters: The location of or acquisition of land for any of the
items or facilities which are included in the adopted regional
comprehensive plan.

2. Within twenty days after the matter is referred to the regional
planning commission or such longer period as may be stipulated by the
referring officer or public body, the commission shall report its
recommendations to the referring officer or public body. The report and
recommendations of the commission shall be advisory only.

3. Local units and state agencies may authorize the regional planning
commission with the consent of the commission to act for such unit or
agency in approving, examining or reviewing plats, pursuant to sections
64.070, 64.245, 64.590, 64.820, 64.830 and 88.163, RSMo, as the case may
be. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 21)

Any local governmental unit within the region may adopt all or
any portion of the plans and other programs prepared and adopted by the
regional planning commission. Before the adoption, amendment or extension
of the plan or portion thereof, the governing body of any political
subdivision shall hold at least one public hearing thereon, fifteen days'
notice of the time and place of which shall be published in at least one
newspaper having general circulation within the political subdivision,
and/or notice of such hearing shall be given the state office and shall
be posted at least fifteen days in advance thereof in at least three
conspicuous public places within the political subdivision. (L. 1965 2d
Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 22)

In matters relating to comprehensive planning, a regional
planning commission created under sections 251.150 to 251.440, and any
planning commission or other organization, public or private, heretofore
constituted or designated may enter into a contract and cooperate with
any federal, state or local unit including other planning commissions, or
organizations, within this or other states under the laws of Missouri.
(L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 23, A.L. 1971 S.B. 158)

Aid, in any form, for the purpose of accomplishing the
objectives of the regional planning commission may be accepted from all
governmental agencies whether local, state or federal, if the conditions
under which such aid is furnished are not incompatible with the other
provisions of this section. The regional planning commission may accept
gifts and grants from public or private individuals or agencies if the
conditions under which such grants are made are in accordance with the
accomplishment of the objectives of the regional planning commission. (L.
1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 24)

For the purpose of providing funds to meet the expenses of a
regional planning commission, the commission shall annually prepare and
approve a budget reflecting the costs of its operations and services to
the local governmental units within the region. The amount charged to
each local unit shall be in the proportion that its assessed valuation
bears to the total, or such other method as may be agreed upon by the
governmental units within the region. The budget as prepared by the
regional planning commission shall show the proportionate share of each
local governmental unit participating in such commission and shall be
submitted to each participating local governmental unit at least sixty
days prior to the end of the regional planning commission's fiscal year.
The budget as submitted shall be approved by local governmental units
which represent more than fifty percent of the assessed valuation of the
participating local units. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 25)

By agreement between the regional planning commission and a
local governmental unit, special compensation to the commission for
unique and special services provided to such local governmental unit may
be arranged. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 26)

The regional planning commission may accept from any local
governmental units, supplies, the use of equipment, facilities and office
space and the services of personnel as part or all of the financial
support assessed against such local governmental unit. (L. 1965 2d Ex.
Sess. p. 908 § 27)

Within ninety days of the issuance by the governor of an order
creating a regional planning commission, any local unit of government
within the boundaries of such region may withdraw from the jurisdiction
of such commission by a two-thirds vote of the members of the governing
body after a public hearing of which notice shall have been given not
more than three nor less than two weeks prior thereto by registered mail
to the commission and to the public by publication in a newspaper of
general circulation within the boundaries of such local unit of
government. A local unit may withdraw from a regional planning commission
at the end of any fiscal year by a two-thirds vote of the members of the
governing body. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 29)

Upon receipt of certified copies of resolutions recommending the
dissolution of a regional planning commission adopted by the governing
bodies of a majority of the local units in the region, including the
county commission of any county, part or all of which is within the
region, and upon a finding that all outstanding indebtedness of the
regional planning commission has been paid, including moneys owed to any
retirement plan or system in which the commission participates and has
pledged to pay for the unfunded accrued liability of its past and current
employees, and all unexpended funds returned to the local units which
supplied them, or that adequate provision has been made therefor, the
governor shall issue a certificate of dissolution of the commission which
shall thereupon cease to exist. (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 28, A.L.
2004 H.B. 1440 merged with S.B. 1130)

Sections 251.470 to 251.485 shall be known and may be cited as
the "Missouri Main Street Program Act". (L. 1988 H.B. 1223 & 1246 § 1)

As used in sections 251.470 to 251.485, the following terms mean:

(1) "City", any city or town in this state with a population of fifty
thousand or under;

(2) "Program", the Missouri main street program, established under the
provisions of sections 251.470 to 251.485. (L. 1988 H.B. 1223 & 1246 § 2)

There is hereby established within the department of economic
development the "Missouri Main Street Program". The program shall provide
technical assistance and training for cities' governments, business
organizations, and merchants and property owners to accomplish community
and economic revitalization and development of older central business
districts and neighborhoods. The program shall attempt to ensure that the
business districts of Missouri's small cities remain essential elements
to their sense of community and to the state's economy. The program shall
also operate to increase the ability of small business and property
owners in cities to renovate and enhance their commercial and residential
properties. (L. 1988 H.B. 1223 & 1246 § 3)

The program shall employ techniques developed by the national
trust for historic preservation's main street center which are designed
to stimulate business reinvestment, restore building facades, retain
existing small business, strengthen the local tax base, create employment
opportunities, promote new business in downtown areas, and help to create
a renewed sense of community pride. (L. 1988 H.B. 1223 & 1246 § 4)

1. The program shall operate according to a plan developed by
the department of economic development and the department of natural
resources with the assistance of organizations representing merchants and
governments of cities, historic preservation interests, financial
institutions and economic development groups. The plan required by this
section shall describe the objectives of the program, how the program
will be coordinated with existing federal, state, local and private
sector small business development and historic preservation efforts, and
methods of selecting and providing assistance to participating cities.

2. The department shall select ten pilot cities in which to initiate the
program. (L. 1988 H.B. 1223 & 1246 § 5)

The duties of the department of economic development in
implementing the program shall include, but not be limited to the
following:

(1) Contract with the National Trust for Historic Preservation to assist
in accomplishing the program's objectives, to provide technical
assistance to the department, and to assist in developing criteria for
the selection of participating cities;

(2) Develop criteria for selecting participating cities which shall
include evidence of interest and commitment to downtown economic
development and historic preservation by both the private and public
sectors, evidence of potential private investment in the downtown area,
and evidence of organizational and financial commitment to implement a
long-term economic revitalization program which includes a commitment to
employ a professional project manager with an operating budget. (L. 1988
H.B. 1223 & 1246 § 6)

There is hereby established in the state treasury a special fund
to be known as the "Missouri Main Street Program Fund", which shall
consist of all moneys which may be appropriated to it by the general
assembly, and also any gifts, contributions, grants or bequests received
from federal, private or other sources. Money in the Missouri main street
program fund shall be used to carry out the provisions of sections
251.470 to 251.485 and for no other purpose. Moneys for main street
programs established under the provisions of sections 251.470 to 251.485
shall be obtained from appropriations made by the general assembly from
the Missouri main street program fund. Any moneys remaining in the
Missouri main street program fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not
lapse to the general revenue fund, as provided in section 33.080, RSMo,
but shall remain in the Missouri main street program fund. (L. 1988 H.B.
1223 & 1246 § 7)

As used in sections 251.500 to 251.510, the following terms mean:

(1) "Board", an economic development district board, as created under the
provisions of section 251.505;

(2) "Economic development district", a district formed by two or more
adjoining counties in this state or by one or more counties and an
adjoining city not within a county;

(3) "Governing body", a legislative body governing a county or a city not
within a county. (L. 1988 H.B. 1201 § 1)

1. An economic development district may be established by the
governing bodies of adjoining counties or the governing bodies of a
county or counties and a city not within a county in order to plan,
formulate, develop, promote, fund, conduct or cause to be conducted,
programs to encourage the economic development of the district. The
governing bodies may establish such districts by enactment of identical
ordinances or by mutual agreement of the governing bodies.

2. The qualifications, terms and number of members of the economic
development board for the district shall be determined by the enacting
ordinances or the mutual agreement of the governing bodies, except as
provided in this subsection. Each county and each city not within a
county shall have equal representation on the board. The chief executive
officer of a county or mayor of a city not within a county shall appoint
residents of such county or city to be on the board, and such officers
shall jointly appoint one additional member to the board. The board shall
select a chairman and any other officers it deems necessary to conduct
its business, and shall meet at least four times a year at a time and
place designated by the chairman in order to make policy and administer
the activities of the district. (L. 1988 H.B. 1201 § 2)

The ordinances or mutual agreement which established the
district shall specify the powers of the board which may include, but
shall not be limited to, the following:

(1) Adoption of bylaws, rules and regulations for the conduct of its
business;

(2) Maintenance of a principal office;

(3) The ability to sue and be sued;

(4) The making and executing of leases, contracts and other instruments
necessary to exercise its powers;

(5) Contracting with the cities and counties for services, and with
firms, corporations, persons, and governmental agencies in the necessary
performance of its duties;

(6) The employment of personnel;

(7) Application for and acceptance of local and federal grants and
appropriations;

(8) Performance of site improvements within the district. (L. 1988 H.B.
1201 § 3)

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