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Section 91.090 – Certain cities may construct or acquire waterworks.

Effective – 28 Aug 1986 91.090. Certain cities may construct or acquire waterworks. — The city council of any city of the third or fourth class in this state, or any city operating under a special charter, having three thousand inhabitants or more and less than one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants shall have the […]

Section 91.100 – May contract to supply.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 91.100. May contract to supply. — Any such city which shall erect or acquire a system of waterworks under sections 91.090 to 91.300 may, and is hereby authorized and empowered to, supply water from its waterworks to persons and private corporations for use in or beyond the corporate limits of […]

Section 91.110 – May acquire by purchase.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 91.110. May acquire by purchase. — Every such city shall have the right and is hereby expressly given the power to acquire, by purchase, as herein provided, a waterworks system, consisting of pipes, mains, machinery, buildings, standpipes, reservoirs, easements, rights-of-way, water supply and such real estate as is necessarily connected […]

Section 91.120 – May acquire water system — procedure.

Effective – 28 Aug 1978 91.120. May acquire water system — procedure. — 1. The city shall have the right to acquire by purchase any waterworks system in operation in such city at its fair and equitable value, to be agreed upon by the city and the person, firm or corporation owning the waterworks system, […]

Section 91.140 – Petition by citizens — duty of council.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 91.140. Petition by citizens — duty of council. — In case a proposition is made by the person, firm or corporation owning the plant in the city for the sale thereof under sections 91.090 to 91.300, and in case the city council fails or neglects to submit said proposition as […]

Section 91.150 – Plant, how paid for — bonds to constitute lien.

Effective – 28 Aug 1975 91.150. Plant, how paid for — bonds to constitute lien. — Whenever a proposition shall be submitted and adopted by a majority of the voters of the city voting on the proposition, then the waterworks system shall be conveyed to the city by the person, firm or corporation owning the […]

Section 91.160 – Management — form of bonds.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 91.160. Management — form of bonds. — 1. The said waterworks plant and system, when acquired, shall be subject to the control and management of a board known as “The Board of Waterworks Commissioners”, who shall have the power to issue to the person, firm or corporation, in payment for […]

Section 91.170 – May advertise for bids to construct.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 91.170. May advertise for bids to construct. — When there are no waterworks in operation in any such city, and the city shall desire to construct waterworks, the city council shall, by ordinance, cause plans and specifications of the waterworks system to be constructed, to be duly made and filed […]

Section 91.180 – Contractor to give bond.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 91.180. Contractor to give bond. — The contractor who shall be awarded said contract shall give to the city a bond with sufficient security for the performance of the work in accordance with the plans and specifications, and in accordance with the contract, which bond shall be for such sum […]

Section 91.190 – Bid for construction to be submitted to voters.

Effective – 28 Aug 1975 91.190. Bid for construction to be submitted to voters. — The council shall then, by ordinance, submit the proposition to erect the waterworks system as provided in the contract, ordinance and other proceedings, and to pay for same by bonds issued as aforesaid, to the voters of the city, as […]

Section 91.200 – Council to appoint superintendent of construction.

Effective – 28 Aug 1975 91.200. Council to appoint superintendent of construction. — As soon as the proposition to erect the waterworks system has been ratified by a majority of the voters of the city voting on the proposition as aforesaid, the city council shall appoint some suitable person to superintend the erection thereof, and […]

Section 91.210 – What provisions to apply.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 91.210. What provisions to apply. — All the provisions of sections 91.010 to 91.300, 91.450 to 91.540, 91.600 and 91.610, which concern the purchase of waterworks, shall apply, so far as the same are applicable, to the erection or purchase of electric light plants, gas plants, ice plants or other […]

Section 91.220 – Failure to redeem bonds.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 91.220. Failure to redeem bonds. — In case of default in the payment of the principal of the bonds or interest due thereon for a period of six months, all of said property, to wit: The waterworks system, consisting of pipes, mains, machinery, buildings, standpipes, reservoirs, easements, rights-of-way, water supply […]

Section 91.230 – City to pay for fire protection — rates.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 91.230. City to pay for fire protection — rates. — The city shall pay to the board of waterworks commissioners a reasonable fire hydrant rental for such hydrants as may be used by the city for the purpose of fire protection, and washing and flushing the streets, crossings, alleys and […]

Section 91.240 – Funds, where deposited.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 91.240. Funds, where deposited. — There shall be selected a depositary for the funds of the waterworks system in the manner as provided by section 95.280, and all moneys received from water consumers shall be deposited daily by the manager of the said waterworks system, and all to be drawn […]

Section 91.250 – Waterworks bonds of certain cities may be deposited as securities.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 91.250. Waterworks bonds of certain cities may be deposited as securities. — When any city of over twenty thousand inhabitants has purchased or erected a waterworks system under sections 91.090 to 91.300 and issued bonds in payment therefor as herein provided, such bonds shall be subject to be deposited with […]

Section 91.260 – Board of waterworks commissioners, how composed — compensation.

Effective – 28 Aug 1990 91.260. Board of waterworks commissioners, how composed — compensation. — The waterworks system, when acquired by purchase or erected by the city, shall be under the management and control of a board known as “The Board of Waterworks Commissioners”, which shall be composed of three residents of the city, well […]

Section 91.280 – Board and manager liable on bond for neglect.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 91.280. Board and manager liable on bond for neglect. — The board of waterworks commissioners and the manager of the waterworks system shall be liable on their bonds for any willful or negligent misappropriation of the moneys or properties of the waterworks system, and no part of the said moneys […]