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Section 420.136 – Duties of city clerk.

420.136 Duties of city clerk. The city clerk shall keep a certified list of delegates to the city convention elected at the precinct caucuses and a record of the precinct committee members elected at the primary election. The city clerk shall maintain a current list of all members of the city central committee. The certified […]

Section 420.137 – Applicable laws.

420.137 Applicable laws. All laws governing political parties and the nomination of candidates in elections shall, as far as applicable, govern the political parties and nomination and election of candidates in cities acting under a special charter in 1973 and having a population of fifty thousand or more, except where such a city by election […]

Section 420.41 – Applicability of provisions.

420.41 Applicability of provisions. 1. No state law shall be deemed to impair, alter or affect the provisions of any such special charter or any existing amendment thereto in any of the following respects: a. As an act of incorporation or as evidence thereof. b. In respect of authority to license, tax and regulate various […]

Section 420.155 – Waterfront improvement — fund.

420.155 Waterfront improvement — fund. Any city acting under special charter, which is bounded in part or divided by a river, may improve said waterfront by constructing retaining walls, filling, grading, paving, macadamizing, or riprapping the same and may improve and beautify its waterfront and the river bank and nearby uplands and made and reclaimed […]

Section 420.43 – Application of certain terms.

420.43 Application of certain terms. 1. a. Whenever the words “boards of supervisors”, “county auditor or recorder of deeds”, and “county treasurer” are used in any section made applicable by this chapter to special charter cities, the words “city council”, “city clerk” or “city recorder”, and “city collector or treasurer” shall be respectively substituted. b. […]

Section 420.157 – Bonds.

420.157 Bonds. In the event that the proceeds of such tax in any one year shall be insufficient to pay for the improvements of that year, or if the city council shall deem best to extend the payment over a number of years, then upon a majority vote of said council approving the same, said […]

Section 420.44 – Unliquidated claim — limitation of action.

420.44 Unliquidated claim — limitation of action. An action shall be brought against any such city for any unliquidated claim or demand within two years after the alleged injury or damage. [C97, §1050; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6733; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §420.44] 2009 Acts, ch […]

Section 420.45 – Claims for personal injury — limitation.

420.45 Claims for personal injury — limitation. In all cases of personal injury or damage to property resulting from defective streets or sidewalks, or from any cause originating in the neglect or failure of any municipal corporation or its officers to perform their duties, an action shall be brought against any such city within two […]

Section 420.126 – City convention.

420.126 City convention. Political parties in special charter cities having a population of fifty thousand or more shall hold a city convention within the city on the second Friday following the primary election. The city central committee shall set the time and place of the convention and shall file the same in the office of […]

Section 420.127 – Delegates elected.

420.127 Delegates elected. Delegates to city conventions of their respective political parties shall be elected at precinct caucuses held at 8:00 p.m. on the third Monday in August of the same year in which the city general election is conducted. The precinct caucuses shall be convened within the boundaries of each precinct at places designated […]