Missouri Laws 70.240 – Lands may be acquired — how — by whom
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 70.240
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- hereafter: means the time after the statute containing it takes effect. 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
The parties to such contract or cooperative action or any of them, or any joint board or commission formed pursuant to section 70.260 for the purpose of providing water or sewer services, may acquire, by gift or purchase, or by the power of eminent domain exercised by one or more of the parties thereto in the same manner as now or hereafter provided for corporations created under the law of this state for public use, chapter 523 and amendments thereto, or any joint board or commission formed pursuant to section 70.260 for the purpose of providing water or sewer services, the lands necessary or useful for the joint use of the parties for the purposes provided in section 70.220 or section 70.260, either within or without the corporate or territorial limits of one or more of the contracting parties, and shall have the power to hold or acquire said lands as tenants in common with the parties to such contract or in the name of any joint board or commission formed pursuant to section 70.260; provided however, that in no event shall any joint board or commission formed pursuant to section 70.260 for the purpose of providing water or sewer services exercise the power of eminent domain within the corporate or territorial limits of one of the contracting parties without such party’s consent.